Instructional Video18:04
TED Talks

Handspring Puppet Co.: The genius puppetry behind War Horse

12th - Higher Ed
"Puppets always have to try to be alive," says Adrian Kohler of the Handspring Puppet Company, a gloriously ambitious troupe of human and wooden actors. Beginning with the tale of a hyena's subtle paw, puppeteers Kohler and Basil Jones...
Instructional Video8:54
National Theatre

Angels in America: Behind the Scenes of a Two-Play Day

9th - 12th
This video provides an inside look at the busy and complex world of theater production, specifically for the play Angels in America. From lighting and sound technicians to wigs assistants and stage managers, each member of the team plays...
Instructional Video1:35
National Theatre

Exploring Class and Race in Polly's Modern Adaptation of Miss Julie

9th - 12th
This video discusses the updated and modern version of the play "Miss Julie" that deals with class and race. The relationships between the powerful characters, including Julie, her Brazilian housekeeper Christina, and her father's driver...
Instructional Video2:51
National Theatre

How to Do a Costume Quick Change

9th - 12th
What does it take to be a dresser in the theatre? Quick changes happen backstage at the theatre when an actor comes off stage from one scene and then quickly has to go back on stage for the next scene in a different costume. Watch some...
Instructional Video
TES Global

Tes: An Introduction to Greek Comedy and Satyr Drama

9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a National Theater video that explains the early Greek drama and discusses comedy and satyr drama. It also explains the festival of Dionysus, god of theater, and the season of theater beginning...
Instructional Video
TES Global

Tes: The Wedding Scene in Much Ado About Nothing

9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this video clip, Simon Russell Beale talks about the very complicated wedding scene in the National Theatre's production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. [6:25]
Instructional Video
TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Othello: Othello and Iago

9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this video, Adrian Lester (Othello) and Rory Kinnear (Iago) talk about their characters and their relationship in the National Theatre's 2013 production of Shakespeare's Othello. [4:51]