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Drama Online is a fast-growing study resource which now features over 4,000 playtexts from over 1,400 playwrights, over 400 audio plays, over 700 hours of video, and nearly 500 scholarly books from leading theatre publishers and companies, offering a complete multimedia experience of theatre.

Our unique Play Tools include Character Grids, Words and Speech graphs, and Part Books, offering new ways to engage with plays for study or performance. Video content is supported by a Transcript Player and Video Clipping functionality.

See below for details on all the collections that are available for subscription on Drama Online.

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Asian Theatre

Video
Interviews, filmed performances, documentaries, rehearsal footage and training videos.

Aurora Metro Books

Playtexts
International and translated drama and works by women, black and asian writers.

BBC Drama Films and Documentaries

Video
Award-winning film adaptations of classic plays, alongside interviews and documentaries.

British, American and Australian Theatre

Video
A rich array of biopics, interviews, workshops and filmed performances.

Classic Spring Oscar Wilde

Video
Live performances of Oscar Wilde's four Victorian plays from London's West End.

Core Collection

Playtexts
A diverse and rich catalogue of plays by the world's leading dramatists.

Critical Studies and Performance Practice

Books
Nearly 500 academic books on theatre craft and criticism and videos on physical actor training

Currency Press

Playtexts
Plays from Australia's leading performing arts publisher spanning the last 100 years.

Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy on Screen

Video
Julius Caesar, Henry IV and The Tempest, set in a women's prison with an all-female cast.

European Theatre

Video
Rare filmed recordings, archival footage and critical commentaries by leading directors

The Hollow Crown

Video
Shakespeare’s historical works on screen, covering five generations of medieval struggle.

L.A. Theatre Works

Audio
Over 400 professionally recorded audio plays, including those from leading US playwrights.

Maxine Peake as Hamlet

Video
Shakespeare’s most iconic work in a stripped-back, fast-paced and gender-flipped version.

National Theatre

Video
50 plays from 10 years of NT Live broadcasts, alongside high-quality archive recordings.

Nick Hern Books

Playtexts
Plays from the UK and Ireland’s preeminent playwrights, as well as exciting new voices.

Oberon Books

Playtexts
A diverse gathering of canonical and contemporary drama from Britain and around the world.

Playwrights and Practitioners

Video
Insights into the creative processes of the industry’s most esteemed writers and directors.

Playwrights Canada Press

Playtexts
Plays from notable and award-winning authors including Daniel MacIvor and Hannah Moscovitch.

RSC Live

Video
Offering students worldwide a seat in the renowned Royal Shakespeare Company theatre.

Shakespeare in the Present

Video
A six-hour masterclass with acclaimed master acting teacher Patsy Rodenburg.

Shakespeare Video

Video
Behind-the-scenes videos, candid interviews, controversial adaptations and more.

Shakespeare's Globe on Screen 1 & 2

Video
Plays recorded live on the Globe stage from leading actors and directors.

Shakespeare's Globe to Globe Festival

Video
International performances at the Globe from the 2012 World Shakespeare Festival.

Shakespeare's Heroes and Villains

Video
Steven Berkoff brings a host of Shakespeare’s most famous characters vividly to life.

Stage on Screen

Video
Four high-quality recordings of classic plays staged at the historic Greenwich Theatre.

Stratford Festival Shakespeare

Video
Live performances from the largest classical repertory theatre company in North America.

TCG Books

Playtexts
Canonical and contemporary classics from one of North America's biggest drama publishers.

Theatre Making and Performance Training

Video
Classes, documentaries and interviews on auditioning, vocal training and stage combat.

Theatre Performance and Practice

Video
Seven educational videos on creating theatre from inception through to performance.