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Find plays and scripts

New Play Exchange This link opens in a new window
Access the worlds largest digital library of scripts by living writers. Designed and built with the needs of the entire new play sector in mind, this database serves writers, producers, directors, artistic directors, literary managers, dramaturgs, publishers, agents, actors, professors, students, and even fans of the theater.
Play Index This link opens in a new window
Find one-act plays, pageants, plays in verse, radio and television plays, classic drama, and monologues.
Twentieth Century Drama This link opens in a new window
Find plays, monologues, cast, stage directions; search by gender, number of speakers, year. Content is also available in Literature Online database.
Theatre in Context Collection This link opens in a new window
Find Canadian and American plays, scenes, productions, performers, playwright, and producers. Now called the Theatre in Context Collection.
Twentieth Century North American Drama This link opens in a new window
Find Canadian and American plays, companies, theatres, playwrights, characters.

Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections by Ottemiller, John H.
Call Number: Z5781 .O8
An author and title index to plays appearing in collections published between 1900 and 1985.

Library search

Don't have a specific play in mind?

If you are looking for a play, but don't have the title of a specific play, try these advanced library search options:

Do a title search on Best Plays and you'll see lots of choices.
Do a title search on Humana Festival. These are all American plays.
Do a subject search on "motion picture plays".