Theatre: Scripts
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Online Script Collections
- American Drama 1714-1915 This link opens in a new windowWhen complete, this collection will contain more than 2,000 plays by American dramatists that chronicle the history and culture of America through its dramatic writing. At present, American Drama includes 1500 plays by dramatists such as Thomas Paine, Edward Hitchcock, and James Lawson.
- Black Drama, 3rd Edition (1850 to Present) This link opens in a new windowThis collection includes more than 1,700 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 200 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries (Adam Matthew).
- Drama Online This link opens in a new windowExplore theatre Collections! See more information for the varied subjects available.
- English Drama This link opens in a new windowA collection of more than 3,900 plays in verse and prose tracing the development of drama in English from the medieval mystery cycles to the comedies of Oscar Wilde.
- English Prose Drama (1280-1915) This link opens in a new windowEnglish Prose Drama contains more than 1,600 plays written by more than 350 different authors from the Renaissance to the end of the nineteenth century. The database includes plays, masques, entertainments, and certain closet dramas.
- Latin American Drama This link opens in a new windowThis collection includes plays written by Latin American playwrights in the 19th-21st centuries (Alexander Street Press).
- Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama and Fiction This link opens in a new windowThis collection consists of "poetry, fiction, and over 450 plays written in English and Spanish by hundreds of Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and other Latino authors working in the United States. Among the gems of the collection are nearly 800 items (poems, novels, and plays) that have never been published before (Alexander Street Press)." This collection is part of ProQuest's World Literature Collection.
- Twentieth Century North American Drama This link opens in a new window20th Century North American Drama contains 1,530 plays by 223 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays.
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