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The award-winning digital library from Bloomsbury, the world's leading drama publisher. Exclusive Methuen Drama and The Arden Shakespeare texts, streaming and more.
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Playtexts, streaming collections, scholarly texts and more. 🎭
Watch our 1 minute video to discover everything Drama Online has to offer, then explore the online library here: dramaonlinelibrary.com
Watch our 1 minute video to discover everything Drama Online has to offer, then explore the online library here: dramaonlinelibrary.com
Did you know that you can now access all of Shakespeare's plays and The Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's Language in one digital space?
Watch the intro video or click here to find out more about The Arden Shakespeare Play Collection: Text and Language: bit.ly/3WUHfkr
Watch the intro video or click here to find out more about The Arden Shakespeare Play Collection: Text and Language: bit.ly/3WUHfkr
January 29, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Did you know that you can now access all of Shakespeare's plays and The Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's Language in one digital space?
Watch the intro video or click here to find out more about The Arden Shakespeare Play Collection: Text and Language: bit.ly/3WUHfkr
Watch the intro video or click here to find out more about The Arden Shakespeare Play Collection: Text and Language: bit.ly/3WUHfkr
Ken Rea's The Outstanding Actor: Actor Training Workshop includes 10 masterclass videos, giving students an opportunity to learn first-hand from the best.
Kickstart your acting students’ learning, from exploring physicality through to developing charisma: https://bit.ly/4qaRttn
Kickstart your acting students’ learning, from exploring physicality through to developing charisma: https://bit.ly/4qaRttn
January 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Ken Rea's The Outstanding Actor: Actor Training Workshop includes 10 masterclass videos, giving students an opportunity to learn first-hand from the best.
Kickstart your acting students’ learning, from exploring physicality through to developing charisma: https://bit.ly/4qaRttn
Kickstart your acting students’ learning, from exploring physicality through to developing charisma: https://bit.ly/4qaRttn
Read an extract from The Sugar Syndrome now, part of our exclusive featured content on Lucy Prebble.
The Sugar Syndrome focusses on Dani, a 17-year-old girl with an eating disorder, who is repeatedly let down by the society she finds herself in. Read now: https://bit.ly/413VUgA
The Sugar Syndrome focusses on Dani, a 17-year-old girl with an eating disorder, who is repeatedly let down by the society she finds herself in. Read now: https://bit.ly/413VUgA
January 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Read an extract from The Sugar Syndrome now, part of our exclusive featured content on Lucy Prebble.
The Sugar Syndrome focusses on Dani, a 17-year-old girl with an eating disorder, who is repeatedly let down by the society she finds herself in. Read now: https://bit.ly/413VUgA
The Sugar Syndrome focusses on Dani, a 17-year-old girl with an eating disorder, who is repeatedly let down by the society she finds herself in. Read now: https://bit.ly/413VUgA
Support your students as they develop their practical theatre skills with 72 guides covering acting, directing, lighting, design & makeup, theatre management, dance and more.
Explore the Focal Press Theatre Books collection now: https://bit.ly/4a7DeQU
Explore the Focal Press Theatre Books collection now: https://bit.ly/4a7DeQU
January 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Support your students as they develop their practical theatre skills with 72 guides covering acting, directing, lighting, design & makeup, theatre management, dance and more.
Explore the Focal Press Theatre Books collection now: https://bit.ly/4a7DeQU
Explore the Focal Press Theatre Books collection now: https://bit.ly/4a7DeQU
Discover playwright Lucy Prebble with a new introduction by Paulette Marty, including 3 free-to-read scenes.
Tackling subjects from mental illness to corporations and criminal corruption, Prebble’s plays interrogate contemporary society. Read now: https://bit.ly/413VUgA
Tackling subjects from mental illness to corporations and criminal corruption, Prebble’s plays interrogate contemporary society. Read now: https://bit.ly/413VUgA
January 15, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Discover playwright Lucy Prebble with a new introduction by Paulette Marty, including 3 free-to-read scenes.
Tackling subjects from mental illness to corporations and criminal corruption, Prebble’s plays interrogate contemporary society. Read now: https://bit.ly/413VUgA
Tackling subjects from mental illness to corporations and criminal corruption, Prebble’s plays interrogate contemporary society. Read now: https://bit.ly/413VUgA
Covering everything from Hammerstein and Sondheim to Wicked and The Book of Mormon, the Musical Theatre Studies collection launches in June, with eBooks from Methuen Drama and Rowman & Littlefield's renowned Applause, Limelight, & Scarecrow Press imprints: https://bit.ly/49ovp8a
January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Covering everything from Hammerstein and Sondheim to Wicked and The Book of Mormon, the Musical Theatre Studies collection launches in June, with eBooks from Methuen Drama and Rowman & Littlefield's renowned Applause, Limelight, & Scarecrow Press imprints: https://bit.ly/49ovp8a
Contemporary Australian Drama: The Playlab Theatre Collection launches in June 2026 with over 270 plays by writers from a variety of backgrounds, particularly from LGBTQ+ and First Nations writers, from classic to modern plays and plays for young people: https://bit.ly/4so2BFz
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Contemporary Australian Drama: The Playlab Theatre Collection launches in June 2026 with over 270 plays by writers from a variety of backgrounds, particularly from LGBTQ+ and First Nations writers, from classic to modern plays and plays for young people: https://bit.ly/4so2BFz
89 more plays in translation from @methuendrama.bsky.social are joining Drama Online in February 2026!
The Global Plays Collection 2 offers work by dramatists spanning 5 continents and 14 countries, including Iraq, Spain, South Africa, Cuba, and Japan: https://bit.ly/4qeMfgp
The Global Plays Collection 2 offers work by dramatists spanning 5 continents and 14 countries, including Iraq, Spain, South Africa, Cuba, and Japan: https://bit.ly/4qeMfgp
December 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
89 more plays in translation from @methuendrama.bsky.social are joining Drama Online in February 2026!
The Global Plays Collection 2 offers work by dramatists spanning 5 continents and 14 countries, including Iraq, Spain, South Africa, Cuba, and Japan: https://bit.ly/4qeMfgp
The Global Plays Collection 2 offers work by dramatists spanning 5 continents and 14 countries, including Iraq, Spain, South Africa, Cuba, and Japan: https://bit.ly/4qeMfgp
Eline Arbo’s adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s memoir The Years charts a woman’s life in post-war Europe, recently performed in the West End to 5-star reviews.
The playtext is now live on Drama Online in the Nick Hern Books collection: https://bit.ly/3Utc8vk
The playtext is now live on Drama Online in the Nick Hern Books collection: https://bit.ly/3Utc8vk
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Eline Arbo’s adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s memoir The Years charts a woman’s life in post-war Europe, recently performed in the West End to 5-star reviews.
The playtext is now live on Drama Online in the Nick Hern Books collection: https://bit.ly/3Utc8vk
The playtext is now live on Drama Online in the Nick Hern Books collection: https://bit.ly/3Utc8vk
Break-ups aren't just about who gets the CD collection… Otherland by Chris Bush is a bold, genre-smashing exploration of gender identity, and a finalist for the 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
The playtext is now live in the Nick Hern Books collection: https://bit.ly/3Utc8vk
The playtext is now live in the Nick Hern Books collection: https://bit.ly/3Utc8vk
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Break-ups aren't just about who gets the CD collection… Otherland by Chris Bush is a bold, genre-smashing exploration of gender identity, and a finalist for the 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
The playtext is now live in the Nick Hern Books collection: https://bit.ly/3Utc8vk
The playtext is now live in the Nick Hern Books collection: https://bit.ly/3Utc8vk
Amy Jephta's funny and provocative play A Good House explores race, resentment and community politics, as it follows the mysterious construction of a shack in the quaint suburban community of Stillwater. Now in the Nick Hern Books collection: https://bit.ly/3Utc8vk
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Amy Jephta's funny and provocative play A Good House explores race, resentment and community politics, as it follows the mysterious construction of a shack in the quaint suburban community of Stillwater. Now in the Nick Hern Books collection: https://bit.ly/3Utc8vk
Mark Rosenblatt’s searing debut play about Roald Dahl and antisemitism won 2025’s Olivier and Critics' Circle Awards for Best New Play.
Giant is now live in the Nick Hern Books collection on Drama Online: https://bit.ly/3Utc8vk
Giant is now live in the Nick Hern Books collection on Drama Online: https://bit.ly/3Utc8vk
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Mark Rosenblatt’s searing debut play about Roald Dahl and antisemitism won 2025’s Olivier and Critics' Circle Awards for Best New Play.
Giant is now live in the Nick Hern Books collection on Drama Online: https://bit.ly/3Utc8vk
Giant is now live in the Nick Hern Books collection on Drama Online: https://bit.ly/3Utc8vk
Transmedia Theatre Plays: A Contemporary Anthology edited by Caridad Svich explores pieces made during the pandemic for hybrid and audio performance, including podcasts, multi-location theatre and interactive livestream. Now in the Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Transmedia Theatre Plays: A Contemporary Anthology edited by Caridad Svich explores pieces made during the pandemic for hybrid and audio performance, including podcasts, multi-location theatre and interactive livestream. Now in the Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
Naomi Wallace's And I and Silence explores the fierce dreams of youth and the brutal reality of adulthood in 1950s segregated America, following two imprisoned young women.
The play is now part of the Core Collection on Drama Online: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
The play is now part of the Core Collection on Drama Online: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Naomi Wallace's And I and Silence explores the fierce dreams of youth and the brutal reality of adulthood in 1950s segregated America, following two imprisoned young women.
The play is now part of the Core Collection on Drama Online: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
The play is now part of the Core Collection on Drama Online: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
The Arden Shakespeare Play Collection: Text and Language is now live! 🎭
With The Arden Shakespeare Third Series of plays alongside The Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare’s Language, you can now easily shift between plays and meanings in one digital space: bit.ly/3WUHfkr
With The Arden Shakespeare Third Series of plays alongside The Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare’s Language, you can now easily shift between plays and meanings in one digital space: bit.ly/3WUHfkr
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The Arden Shakespeare Play Collection: Text and Language is now live! 🎭
With The Arden Shakespeare Third Series of plays alongside The Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare’s Language, you can now easily shift between plays and meanings in one digital space: bit.ly/3WUHfkr
With The Arden Shakespeare Third Series of plays alongside The Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare’s Language, you can now easily shift between plays and meanings in one digital space: bit.ly/3WUHfkr
Discover David Hare’s adaptation of The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen, in which aging genius Halvard meets mysterious young woman Hilde in a mesmeric exploration of control, power, lust and death.
Now available in the Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
Now available in the Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Discover David Hare’s adaptation of The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen, in which aging genius Halvard meets mysterious young woman Hilde in a mesmeric exploration of control, power, lust and death.
Now available in the Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
Now available in the Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
Join us TODAY to discover how Drama Online can support your theatre and literature teaching with our walkthrough webinar! Sign up here: attendee.gototraining.com/r/2596354221...
Can’t make the date? Register and we’ll email you a link to the recording!
Can’t make the date? Register and we’ll email you a link to the recording!
November 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Join us TODAY to discover how Drama Online can support your theatre and literature teaching with our walkthrough webinar! Sign up here: attendee.gototraining.com/r/2596354221...
Can’t make the date? Register and we’ll email you a link to the recording!
Can’t make the date? Register and we’ll email you a link to the recording!
Next week!
Discover how Drama Online can support your theatre and literature teaching with our walkthrough webinar on November 18th. Sign up here: attendee.gototraining.com/r/2596354221...
Can’t make the date? Register and we’ll email you a link to the recording!
Discover how Drama Online can support your theatre and literature teaching with our walkthrough webinar on November 18th. Sign up here: attendee.gototraining.com/r/2596354221...
Can’t make the date? Register and we’ll email you a link to the recording!
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Next week!
Discover how Drama Online can support your theatre and literature teaching with our walkthrough webinar on November 18th. Sign up here: attendee.gototraining.com/r/2596354221...
Can’t make the date? Register and we’ll email you a link to the recording!
Discover how Drama Online can support your theatre and literature teaching with our walkthrough webinar on November 18th. Sign up here: attendee.gototraining.com/r/2596354221...
Can’t make the date? Register and we’ll email you a link to the recording!
Hot Chicks is contemporary Welsh theatre at its sharpest, following teenagers Ruby and Kyla as they dream of travelling to Vegas and going viral – but at what price?
Rebecca Jade Hammond’s play is now live in the Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
Rebecca Jade Hammond’s play is now live in the Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Hot Chicks is contemporary Welsh theatre at its sharpest, following teenagers Ruby and Kyla as they dream of travelling to Vegas and going viral – but at what price?
Rebecca Jade Hammond’s play is now live in the Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
Rebecca Jade Hammond’s play is now live in the Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
Discover how Drama Online can support your theatre and literature teaching with our walkthrough webinar on November 18th!
Sign up here: attendee.gototraining.com/r/2596354221...
Can’t make the date? Register and we’ll email you a link to the recording!
Sign up here: attendee.gototraining.com/r/2596354221...
Can’t make the date? Register and we’ll email you a link to the recording!
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Discover how Drama Online can support your theatre and literature teaching with our walkthrough webinar on November 18th!
Sign up here: attendee.gototraining.com/r/2596354221...
Can’t make the date? Register and we’ll email you a link to the recording!
Sign up here: attendee.gototraining.com/r/2596354221...
Can’t make the date? Register and we’ll email you a link to the recording!
30 plays including West End standouts are now live in the Nick Hern Books Collection annual update, including The Years by Annie Ernaux and adapted by Eline Arbo, Unicorn by Mark Bartlett and Giant by Mark Rosenblatt. Explore the collection: https://bit.ly/3Utc8vk
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
30 plays including West End standouts are now live in the Nick Hern Books Collection annual update, including The Years by Annie Ernaux and adapted by Eline Arbo, Unicorn by Mark Bartlett and Giant by Mark Rosenblatt. Explore the collection: https://bit.ly/3Utc8vk
60 new plays are now live in the Core Collection Annual Update 2025, including work by James Graham, Naomi Wallace and David Hare, plus an anthology of transmedia theatre plays. Discover the collection here: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
60 new plays are now live in the Core Collection Annual Update 2025, including work by James Graham, Naomi Wallace and David Hare, plus an anthology of transmedia theatre plays. Discover the collection here: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
Now live! The Theatre And Series: Drama and the Wider World offers 55 books which ask how the theatre might illuminate a topic and how that topic might illuminate theatre. Topics range over fields including philosophy, medicine, law, religion and more: https://bit.ly/4hBP3Bb
October 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Now live! The Theatre And Series: Drama and the Wider World offers 55 books which ask how the theatre might illuminate a topic and how that topic might illuminate theatre. Topics range over fields including philosophy, medicine, law, religion and more: https://bit.ly/4hBP3Bb
Get ready for Halloween with @NationalTheatre's Frankenstein! Benedict Cumberbatch & Jonny Lee Miller take turns as both Frankenstein and his monster in two performances of Danny Boyle's play, available in the National Theatre Collection 1: bit.ly/3JS3lxn
October 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Get ready for Halloween with @NationalTheatre's Frankenstein! Benedict Cumberbatch & Jonny Lee Miller take turns as both Frankenstein and his monster in two performances of Danny Boyle's play, available in the National Theatre Collection 1: bit.ly/3JS3lxn
Kin is a powerful story of desperation, compassion and acceptance inspired by the migration stories of Gecko’s performers and the extraordinary voyage the artistic director’s grandmother undertook as a young child. Now in the National Theatre Collection 4: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
October 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Kin is a powerful story of desperation, compassion and acceptance inspired by the migration stories of Gecko’s performers and the extraordinary voyage the artistic director’s grandmother undertook as a young child. Now in the National Theatre Collection 4: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ