Research and Course Guides: Theatre: Accents

Accents (world English)

Speech Accent Archive
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Listen to people from a wide variety of linguistic backgrounds (native and non-native speakers of English) read an English selection.
American English Dialect Recordings (Library of Congress)
"recordings documenting North American English dialects. The recordings include speech samples, linguistic interviews, oral histories, conversations, and excerpts from public speeches"
International Dialects of English Archive
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Recordings in English of native speakers. The Archive includes both English language dialects and English spoken in the accents of other languages.