Drama : Plays & Film Scripts

Aurora Metro Books is a collection of contemporary dramas, with a focus on women’s drama, international drama, drama in translation, and drama by black and Asian writers.

The Nick Hern Books Modern Plays collection includes plays from many of the UK and Ireland’s preeminent playwrights, with exciting new voices as well. It offers a wide and varied range of award-winning and widely studied plays and is continually updated with new works fresh from leading theatres.

Oberon Books Collection is a unique and inspiring collection of over 500 titles that features a diverse gathering of canonical and contemporary drama.

Shakespeare Video Collection Showcasing behind-the-scenes videos at the Globe, candid interviews with renowned Shakespeare actors and directors, as well as controversial adaptations of the Bard, the Shakespeare video collection is an ideal resource for students, academics, and practitioners. Rare documentary footage focuses on the Globe’s status as a unique theatrical institution, whilst the collection’s critical commentaries aim to demystify and illuminate Shakespeare’s most challenging works.

Theatre Making and Performance Video Collection The Theatre Making and Performance Training video collection uses masterclasses, documentaries, and actor interviews to guide students and early-career practitioners through the art of auditioning, vocal training, and stage combat. Through a tailored selection of ‘How To’ resources, the collection also proves essential for those specialising in the design elements of theatre, such as make-up artistry, set design, theatre safety, and lighting.

A collection of play scripts by Asian American playwrights, along with related biographical, production, and theatrical information.

A collection of plays "written by more than 100 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries. Many of the works are rare, hard-to-find, or out of print."

A collection of plays and pages of "prose and poetry by Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican and other Latin writers working in the United States."

A collection of over 1000 plays by over 200 North American women playwrights, together with detailed "information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more."

A collection of over 800 plays by over 100 playwrights writing in North America. Also includes detailed information on "related productions, theaters, production companies, and more."

Published scholarly resources in the area of Shakespeare Texts (old-spelling transcriptions, modern editions, facsimile images of originals), Contexts (multimedia resource providing contextual bibliographies, background of his ideas, politics, etc.) and Performance (current and historical performances providing a view of the way his plays have been interpreted over time).

A collection of scripts with detailed, fielded information on scenes, characters and people related to the scripts, including facsimile images of the screenplays. Most scripts have never before been published, may have won a major award, been critically acclaimed or had some historical, sociological significance.