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Theatre

Departmental Resource

Finding Plays

You can locate plays in the Knox Library catalog by searching for a TITLE or AUTHOR. Remember, if we do not have a play you need, you can request it through I-Share or ILLiad! (See the tab above for how)

Or, browse these print resources for possible titles:

Collections

(Search "Drama--Collections" in the Knox Online Catalog as a Subject)

The Best Plays of... PN6112 .B45

The Best Short Plays PN6120 .A4 B44

Lists of Plays

Drury's guide to best plays  Z5781 .D8

Samual French's basic catalog of plays  PN6111 .S357 1977

 

Online Resources

Doollee

"Free online guide to modern playwrights and theatre plays which have been written, or translated, into English since the production of Look Back in Anger in 1956."

Dramatic Publishing

Publishing plays since 1885. Search for plays by title, author, cast size, theme, genre, etc.

Dramatists Play Service

An extensive list of titles, including the most significant American plays of the past half-century.

Guide to Musical Theatre

List hundreds of musicals, provides a synopsis, original cast list, musical numbers, and links to purchase the script and score.

Internet Broadway Database

Like the Internet Movie Database, search for production credits, shows and dates

The Internet Theatre Bookshop

Offers a huge selection of scripts available for purchase

Playscripts

"A publisher of new plays, selling books and performance rights and offering free online script samples."

Samuel French

Selling scripts since 1830. Allows you to search for plays by number of actors.

Researching Theatre Companies

American Theatre Profiles

"Theatre Profiles is an online compendium of information about TCG member theatres and their productions, going back to 1995. Each completed profile contains a wealth of information accessible in ways never before possible when in book form. Simple searches by production, playwright, or theatre or advanced searches by various combinations of theatre and production information reveals the diversity of TCG theatres and their work. The ultimate goal of this project is to provide a complete record of our member theatres' activity from 1995 to the present." -tcg website

Yahoo Theatre Directory

Yahoo's subject directory lists thousands of theatre companies. (http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Performing_Arts/Theater/Theater_Companies/)