Research Guides: Theatre and Speech: Research Guide

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This research guide was put together by UTC Librarians and has links to a variety of resources that you have access to. Use this guide to find:

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e-Plays

Drama Online: TCG Play Collection
Plays representing the diverse voices of contemporary American theatre.
Drama Online: Nick Hern Books Modern Plays
Plays from the UK and Ireland's preeminent playwrights, as well as many others.
Drama Online: Shakespeare’s Globe on Screen
Streaming video of Shakespeare plays performed live by leading actors on the Globe stage.
Asian American Drama
Contains plays by Asian American playwrights. Includes detailed information on productions, companies, and theaters.
Black Drama
Contains plays by black playwrights. Includes detailed information on productions, companies, and theaters.
Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare
Contains major editions of individual plays and poems, selected apocrypha and related works. Includes more than 100 adaptations, sequels and burlesques from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, and Bell's Acting Edition of Shakespeare's Plays (1774).
North American Women's Drama
Contains plays by North American women. Includes detailed information on productions, companies, and theaters.
North American Indian Drama
Contains plays by members of the North American Indigenous communities. Includes detailed information on productions, companies, and theaters.
Theatre in Context Collection
Contains plays by North American playwrights. Includes detailed information on productions, companies, and theaters.
Twentieth Century North American Drama
Contains plays by North American playwrights. Includes detailed information on productions, companies, and theaters.

Finding Streaming Performances

Digital Theatre +
Video performances of theatre productions, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and backstage crew and educational materials.
Drama Online: Shakespeare’s Globe on Screen
Streaming video of Shakespeare plays performed live by leading actors on the Globe stage.
Theatre in Video
Hundreds of performances and related documentaries. Hosted by Alexander Street Press.
Shakespeare Plays (BBC)
Television adaptations of all 37 plays by William Shakespeare, produced by the BBC between 1978 and 1985.

Helpful Theatre Websites

The Costume Institute
Browse thousands of objects from this collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Global Performing Arts Database
An international collection of texts, images, other media objects related to the performing arts. Developed by Cornell University.
Kilroys
List of excellent new plays by women, trans, and non-binary playwrights.
Pulitzer Prizes for Drama
For a distinguished play by an American Author
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
The oldest and largest playwriting prize honoring women+ writing for the English-speaking theatre.
Theatrical Lighting Database
Download plots, focus charts, cue sheets, and more from actual productions. A unique resource from New York Public Library.
Victoria and Albert Museum Theatre and Performance
From the national collections of the UK. The V&A site features in-depth resources on costume design, theatre posters, props, and much more.
New Play Exchange
The world's largest digital library of scripts by living writers, subscription required (access NOT provided by UTC Library).

Theatre and Speech : Research Guide

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