Theatre: Scripts
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Online Script Collections
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American Drama 1714-1915 This link opens in a new windowFull text of more than 1500 plays from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries, written by early American dramatists.
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Black Drama, 3rd Edition (1850 to Present) This link opens in a new windowMore than 1,700 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 200 playwrights from English-speaking Africa, North America, the Caribbean, and elsewhere in the African diaspora.
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Drama Online This link opens in a new windowPlay texts, books on theater, filmed performances, master classes, documentaries and more.
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English Drama This link opens in a new windowMore than 3,900 plays in verse and prose tracing the development of drama in English from the medieval period through the twentieth century.
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Global Plays (Drama Online) This link opens in a new windowFull scripts of translated contemporary plays from around the world.
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Latin American Drama This link opens in a new windowPlays written by Latin American playwrights in the 19th-21st centuries, searchable by subject, language, date published, subject, play name, and playwright name.
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Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama and Fiction This link opens in a new windowPoetry, fiction, and plays written in English and Spanish by Latino writers working in the United States, including some works that have not been previously published.
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New Play Exchange This link opens in a new windowDatabase of contemporary plays by current writers, with recommendations from users.
Note: Not all titles have full scripts available and users will need to contact the author for a copy. You do not need to register for an account. -
Twentieth Century North American Drama This link opens in a new windowFull text of plays by 223 playwrights, together with information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. Also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays.
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