Finding Playscripts Online
All of these resources full-text online access to playscripts.
Finding Playscripts at Milner
For a specific play, try a general keyword search for the playwright's surname and one or two keywords from the title.
For a broader search of Milner's playscript collection:
- Search for the term "playscript"
- On the results page, locate the GENRE dropdown in the right sidebar
- Click DRAMA to limit the results
All of the results returning should be playscripts. You may also further refine the search by topic, language, date of publication, etc.
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Play Index
Indexes plays by author, title, and subject. It also includes a cast analysis index, which allows the user to locate plays by type of cast and number of players. -
Ottemiller's index to plays in collections : an author and title index to plays appearing in collections published between 1900 and 1985
Provides citations to plays published in collections from the early 20th century through 1985. Provides separate author and title indexes
You may also search the Milner Library catalog by publisher:
- Dramatists Play Service
- Oberon Books
- Playwrights Canada Press
- Dramatic Publishing
- Theatre Communications Group
- Nick Hern Books
- Samuel French
- Calder
- Calder & Boyars
- Methuen
- PAJ Playscrips
