Playscripts & Performances

Read and Watch

Search the Library for the name of the play, eg: "streetcar named desire". - limit to books and ebooks

Browse digital playscripts in Drama Online and Australian Plays Transform [check your unit Canvas site for instructions on creating an APT login]

Browse playscripts in the library, published by:

Browse plays by country:

Find published screenplays and shooting scripts [in print in the library] and online via Film Scripts Online (via Alexander Street)

Find monologues

Search the Library for the name of the play, eg: "streetcar named desire". - limit to videos & DVDs

Watch streaming video:

National Theatre Live (NT Live)
Broadcasts as well as recordings never previously seen outside of the National Theatre’s archive.
Digital Theatre Plus
Online videos of current leading British theatre productions.
Theatre in Video
Videos of theatrical performances, early television broadcasts, classical and experimental live performances and film documentaries.
Shakespeare's Globe on Screen
Recordings of nine live performances of plays from Shakespeare's Globe in London from 2016-2018.
The Royal Shakespeare Company Collection
High-definition, surround-sound recordings of William Shakespeare’s plays featuring the world’s best Shakespearean actors, like David Tennant, Sir Antony Sher, Paapa Essiedu, and Simon Russell Beale.