About this database

Drama Online introduces new writers alongside the most iconic names in playwriting history, featuring over 1,200 titles.

From the epic to the monologue; ensemble to one-person plays; comedy to tragedy; the historical to the contemporary; and from the highly political to the profoundly personal, there is plenty to discover. The Play Tools with Character Grids, Words and Speech graphs and Part Books offer a new way to engage with plays for close study or for performance. Also included in Drama Online is Shakespeare's Globe on Screen Film Collection, a collection of twenty one Shakespeare Globe stage productions representing over 55 hours of content. 

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Coverage
Summary: 
Drama productions, playtexts, audio plays, and scholarly books, introducing new writers alongside the most iconic names in playwriting history.
Content Types: 
  • Images, Music, and Video
Dates: 
Ancient times-present