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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
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 Core Collection on Drama Online: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
Giant is now live in the Core Collection on Drama Online: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
November 20, 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 Core Collection on Drama Online: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
Giant is now live in 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...
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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...
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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 Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
The playtext is now live on Drama Online in the Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
November 13, 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 Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
The playtext is now live on Drama Online in the Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
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...
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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...
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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...
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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!
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November 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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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
This #BlackHistoryMonth UK, we explore plays that share Black British stories.
Today’s recommendation is The Lonely Londoners, adapted by Roy Williams from Sam Selvon’s novel about the Windrush Generation.
The play is available in the Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3KMiKmO
Today’s recommendation is The Lonely Londoners, adapted by Roy Williams from Sam Selvon’s novel about the Windrush Generation.
The play is available in the Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3KMiKmO
October 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This #BlackHistoryMonth UK, we explore plays that share Black British stories.
Today’s recommendation is The Lonely Londoners, adapted by Roy Williams from Sam Selvon’s novel about the Windrush Generation.
The play is available in the Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3KMiKmO
Today’s recommendation is The Lonely Londoners, adapted by Roy Williams from Sam Selvon’s novel about the Windrush Generation.
The play is available in the Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3KMiKmO
For #BlackHistoryMonth UK, we are sharing plays that explore Black British stories.
Small Island travels from Jamaica to Britain through the Second World War to 1948 - watch this clip from the National Theatre’s production, or find out more about the play: bit.ly/48HdVVI
Small Island travels from Jamaica to Britain through the Second World War to 1948 - watch this clip from the National Theatre’s production, or find out more about the play: bit.ly/48HdVVI
October 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
For #BlackHistoryMonth UK, we are sharing plays that explore Black British stories.
Small Island travels from Jamaica to Britain through the Second World War to 1948 - watch this clip from the National Theatre’s production, or find out more about the play: bit.ly/48HdVVI
Small Island travels from Jamaica to Britain through the Second World War to 1948 - watch this clip from the National Theatre’s production, or find out more about the play: bit.ly/48HdVVI
Dre & Des. Young. Gifted. Black. He stayed. She left. Years later, they come crashing back together.
This #BlackHistoryMonth, discover plays exploring Black British stories. Today we recommend Shifters by Benedict Lombe from the Nick Hern Books collection: https://bit.ly/42Djlxa
This #BlackHistoryMonth, discover plays exploring Black British stories. Today we recommend Shifters by Benedict Lombe from the Nick Hern Books collection: https://bit.ly/42Djlxa
October 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Dre & Des. Young. Gifted. Black. He stayed. She left. Years later, they come crashing back together.
This #BlackHistoryMonth, discover plays exploring Black British stories. Today we recommend Shifters by Benedict Lombe from the Nick Hern Books collection: https://bit.ly/42Djlxa
This #BlackHistoryMonth, discover plays exploring Black British stories. Today we recommend Shifters by Benedict Lombe from the Nick Hern Books collection: https://bit.ly/42Djlxa
In a crumbling house full of fossils, three adopted sisters – Pauline, Petrova and Posy – are learning who they want to be.
Kendall Feaver’s adaptation of Noel Streatfeild’s beloved novel, Ballet Shoes, is now live in the National Theatre Collection 4: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
Kendall Feaver’s adaptation of Noel Streatfeild’s beloved novel, Ballet Shoes, is now live in the National Theatre Collection 4: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
October 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
In a crumbling house full of fossils, three adopted sisters – Pauline, Petrova and Posy – are learning who they want to be.
Kendall Feaver’s adaptation of Noel Streatfeild’s beloved novel, Ballet Shoes, is now live in the National Theatre Collection 4: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
Kendall Feaver’s adaptation of Noel Streatfeild’s beloved novel, Ballet Shoes, is now live in the National Theatre Collection 4: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
This #BlackHistoryMonth UK, we’re celebrating with plays that share Black British stories, starting with Tyrell Williams’ Red Pitch.
Listen to Tyrell Williams and director Daniel Bailey discuss the play in a free-to-listen episode from The Play Podcast: https://bit.ly/471eo2A
Listen to Tyrell Williams and director Daniel Bailey discuss the play in a free-to-listen episode from The Play Podcast: https://bit.ly/471eo2A
October 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This #BlackHistoryMonth UK, we’re celebrating with plays that share Black British stories, starting with Tyrell Williams’ Red Pitch.
Listen to Tyrell Williams and director Daniel Bailey discuss the play in a free-to-listen episode from The Play Podcast: https://bit.ly/471eo2A
Listen to Tyrell Williams and director Daniel Bailey discuss the play in a free-to-listen episode from The Play Podcast: https://bit.ly/471eo2A
Discover feminist prison theatre and the work of Open Clasp with our exclusive new featured content, Feminist Theatre and the Prison System.
Read an exclusive essay, watch clips from Open Clasp plays and discover free-to-read chapters: www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/featured-con...
Read an exclusive essay, watch clips from Open Clasp plays and discover free-to-read chapters: www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/featured-con...
October 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Discover feminist prison theatre and the work of Open Clasp with our exclusive new featured content, Feminist Theatre and the Prison System.
Read an exclusive essay, watch clips from Open Clasp plays and discover free-to-read chapters: www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/featured-con...
Read an exclusive essay, watch clips from Open Clasp plays and discover free-to-read chapters: www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/featured-con...
New York, 1930: in the face of dwindling opportunity, Angel and her friends battle to keep their artistic dreams alive.
Featuring Samira Wiley & Olivier Award-winner Giles Terera, Blues for an Alabama Sky is now live in the National Theatre Collection 4: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
Featuring Samira Wiley & Olivier Award-winner Giles Terera, Blues for an Alabama Sky is now live in the National Theatre Collection 4: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
October 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
New York, 1930: in the face of dwindling opportunity, Angel and her friends battle to keep their artistic dreams alive.
Featuring Samira Wiley & Olivier Award-winner Giles Terera, Blues for an Alabama Sky is now live in the National Theatre Collection 4: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
Featuring Samira Wiley & Olivier Award-winner Giles Terera, Blues for an Alabama Sky is now live in the National Theatre Collection 4: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
In Nye, Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan, often referred to as the politician with greatest influence on the UK without ever having been Prime Minister.
Nye’s memories combine to form an epic Welsh fantasia, now live in the National Theatre Collection 4: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
Nye’s memories combine to form an epic Welsh fantasia, now live in the National Theatre Collection 4: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
October 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
In Nye, Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan, often referred to as the politician with greatest influence on the UK without ever having been Prime Minister.
Nye’s memories combine to form an epic Welsh fantasia, now live in the National Theatre Collection 4: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
Nye’s memories combine to form an epic Welsh fantasia, now live in the National Theatre Collection 4: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
New collection now live: Acting and Practical Theatre Guides 🎭
Support budding theatre careers with 85 books by leading theatre voices and originally published under Rowman & Littlefield's renowned imprints, Applause, Limelight, and Scarecrow Press: bit.ly/4pGwTSg
Support budding theatre careers with 85 books by leading theatre voices and originally published under Rowman & Littlefield's renowned imprints, Applause, Limelight, and Scarecrow Press: bit.ly/4pGwTSg
September 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
New collection now live: Acting and Practical Theatre Guides 🎭
Support budding theatre careers with 85 books by leading theatre voices and originally published under Rowman & Littlefield's renowned imprints, Applause, Limelight, and Scarecrow Press: bit.ly/4pGwTSg
Support budding theatre careers with 85 books by leading theatre voices and originally published under Rowman & Littlefield's renowned imprints, Applause, Limelight, and Scarecrow Press: bit.ly/4pGwTSg
After speaking out against the Taliban, a family are forced to flee their country and seek refuge in the UK. As their eldest son’s heart condition worsens the escape becomes a race against time.
The Boy with Two Hearts is now live in the National Theatre Collection 4: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
The Boy with Two Hearts is now live in the National Theatre Collection 4: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
After speaking out against the Taliban, a family are forced to flee their country and seek refuge in the UK. As their eldest son’s heart condition worsens the escape becomes a race against time.
The Boy with Two Hearts is now live in the National Theatre Collection 4: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
The Boy with Two Hearts is now live in the National Theatre Collection 4: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
Discover how Drama Online can help support your theatre and literature teaching with our webinar TOMORROW at 11:00 EDT / 16:00 BST!
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September 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Discover how Drama Online can help support your theatre and literature teaching with our webinar TOMORROW at 11:00 EDT / 16:00 BST!
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The Importance of Being Earnest is now live in the National Theatre Collection 4!
Discover this joyful and flamboyant reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy, featuring Olivier Award-winner Sharon D. Clarke, Ncuti Gatwa and Hugh Skinner: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
Discover this joyful and flamboyant reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy, featuring Olivier Award-winner Sharon D. Clarke, Ncuti Gatwa and Hugh Skinner: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
September 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The Importance of Being Earnest is now live in the National Theatre Collection 4!
Discover this joyful and flamboyant reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy, featuring Olivier Award-winner Sharon D. Clarke, Ncuti Gatwa and Hugh Skinner: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ
Discover this joyful and flamboyant reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy, featuring Olivier Award-winner Sharon D. Clarke, Ncuti Gatwa and Hugh Skinner: bit.ly/3Vth0AQ