Copies of plays are located in several libraries on campus. For browsing, a good starting place is the Arts Library Selected Plays & Monologues collection, located near the Reference shelves on the entry level. This collection is focused on acting editions, monologue anthologies, and dialect CDs, which can be borrowed for two weeks. Other locations for plays include Young Research Library and Powell Library.
These sources can help you identify a play by subject or by cast size and other factors. Some of them also help you locate where plays are published in collected works and anthologies, which is common for short plays.
The Library subscribes to a number of full text play collections, where you may also locate monologues and scenes of interest. If connecting from off-campus and using library-subscribed resources, make sure your computer is configured properly.
The Heinemann African Studies Series (AWS), founded in 1962, covers a broad historical range of modern African fiction, from novels, poetry, and drama by black African authors. Most of the works in the series come from English-speaking countries in western, southern, and eastern Africa, but there are also a number of volumes translated from other languages.
Online collection of American dramatic writing. Contains full text of more than 1,100 plays from the colonial period to the beginning of the 20th century.
Full text plays by 42 playwrights, together with detailed information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more.
Contains approximately 1600 plays by 200 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.
Full text of plays by American Indian and First Nation playwrights of the 20th century, information about the plays and their production, and biographical data. Represents tribes across the United States and Canada. Also includes issues of the Native playwrights' newsletter.