Play Texts
Online access to full texts of plays from all time periods.
- Black DramaProvides access to approximately 1310 plays by 210 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. It also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays.
- New Play ExchangeNew Play Exchange (NPX) is the world's largest digital library of scripts by living writers. NPX is created by the National New Play Network, an alliance of professional theaters that collaborate in innovative ways to develop, produce, and extend the life of new plays. Access is funded by the School of Drama.
- North American Indian DramaFull text of over 240 plays, about half of which were previously unpublished, by Native American playwrights.
- Open Source ShakespeareContains full text of all the plays, sonnets, and poems, searchable by character, keyword, genre, etc.
- Shakespeare in QuartoView 107 editions of 21 of Shakespeare's plays in quarto, published before the closing of the theatres in 1642. Can be viewed side-by-side for comparison.
- Teatro Espanol del Siglo de OroAccess significant literary plays of the sixteenth and seventeenth century in Spain.
- Theatre in ContextFormerly North American Theatre Online. A vast collection of full-text plays, reference works, and online material. Among the highlights: Asian American Drama (252 plays); Black Drama - 1850 to Present (1206 plays]; Latino Drama (380 plays); Twentieth Century North American Drama (834 plays); North American Women's Drama (1021 plays); Annals of the New York Stage (17th - 19th centuries}; Oxford Companion to the American Theatre; Theatrical Designers; approx. 20 collections on the Web.
Streaming Video and Audio
Watch or listen to plays, feature films, and documentaries from your computer or mobile device.
- Shakespeare's Globe Onscreen30 landmark productions from the theater's 2008-2018 seasons.
- Shakespeare in VideoFull productions of every Shakespeare play, originally aired on the BBC.
- Theatre in VideoTheatre In Video contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video.
- MIT Global ShakespearesOnline access to performances of Shakespeare from many parts of the world as well as essays and metadata provided by scholars and educators in the field. No login required.
- Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works CollectionOver 300 important dramatic works in streaming audio, featuring literature from the 19th through 21st centuries performed by leading actors.
- Kanopy Streaming VideoWatch feature and educational films online, on any device. International content, including the Criterion Collection. Effective October 1, 2018, Kanopy video access is mediated. This means that any video not licensed for use prior to that date will require the user to request access. Access is being enabled for class use with instructor approval.
- YouTubeIt's surprising what can be found on YouTube.