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Inhalt :: Content
Online-Service für englischsprachiges und internationales Theater, von klassischen bis zu zeitgenössischen Autorinnen und Autoren. Das Angebot von ca. 5.500 Dramentexten und Werkausgaben von Faber und Faber, aus "Bloomsburys Methuen Drama" (Modern Plays, Student Editions), der "Arden Shakespeare Series", von Nick Hern Books, Aurora Metro Books, Playwrights Canada Press, Oberon Books, TCG Books und Focal Press wird laufend um neue Titel und Medien, wie z.B. Fotos, Sammlungen von Audio- und Videoaufnahmen von Aufführungen, Sekundärliteratur und Kontextinformationen erweitert.
"Drama Online" ist besonders für theaterwissenschaftliche Studien, Literaturkurse und Schauspielunterricht konzipiert. Sämtliche Module des Portals können einzeln, als Teilpakete oder als Gesamtpaket im Rahmen eines Jahresabonnements bezogen oder durch einmaligen Datenkauf erworben werden. Updates: regelmäßig.
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Verlagsinformation :: Publisher's information
Drama Online is an award-winning digital library of over 5,000 playtexts, 450 audio plays, 800 hours of video, nearly 900 books of criticism and performance practice from leading theatre publishers and companies and over 30 volumes of major reference works. Together, these resources offer a complete multimedia experience of theatre. Designed to meet the full range of teaching needs for theatre studies, literature courses and drama schools, individual collections can be purchased separately to tailor Drama Online to your institution's specializations.
The Core Collection on Drama Online features the pre-eminent theatre lists of Bloomsbury's Methuen Drama and Arden Shakespeare imprints as well as those of Faber & Faber. It also includes production photos from the Victoria and Albert Museum and The American Shakespeare Center. Further playtext collections include Nick Hern Books, Aurora Metro Books and Playwrights Canada Press.
The platform also offers collections of filmed live performances including those from leading theatres such as Shakespeare's Globe, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, as well as a wealth of audio plays from L.A. Theatre Works.
Functionality and Special Features
- Interactive Transcript Player—Navigate easily to the relevant timestamp, track lines spoken, and search the transcript
- Bespoke video clips—Create and save clips to support teaching and learning
- Play Finder—Select plays based on cast size, gender of roles, word count, period, and playwright
- Related Content—Discover, compare and contrast related works by genre, period, and theme
- Personalization Features—Save searches, annotate text, and bookmark content
- Monologue Search—Find monologues by keyword, gender, and word count
Character Grid—View character appearances by part and scene, the number of lines spoken, and how and when characters interact
- Words and Speeches Graph—See the number of words in each scene by total or by individual character
- Part Book—View lines and stage directions for individual roles
- eReader—Easily read in-text annotations and citations, with page numbers and line numbers
Performance Rights Information—See production enquiry information on who owns rights for the play and how to contact them
New and recent collections
- National Theatre Collection 5
For the first time, Drama Online will offer The Arden Shakespeare Third Series of plays alongside the landmark five-volume The Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare’s Language to create a comprehensive digital guide to Shakespeare’s dramatic works.
Alongside the 42 fully annotated, world-leading Arden editions of the plays, the Encyclopedia details and illuminates the richness of Shakespeare’s language, providing a huge data set based on corpus linguistics and computational analysis. This gives users the unique opportunity to navigate between the primary play texts and accessible, evidence-based accounts of Shakespeare’s words, offering a richer understanding of the plays and the period in which they were first written and performed.
Discover six more National Theatre performances which feature stand-out performances from Harriet Walter (Succession), Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton), Emma D’Arcy (House of the Dragon), Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) and more.
This collection includes:
- The Playboy of the Western World: J.M. Synge’s story of youth and self-discovery stars Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton), Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls). ‘A performance of stealth power by Coughlan’ Telegraph
- The House of Bernarda Alba: Olivier Award-winner Harriet Walter (Succession) plays Lorca’s formidable matriarch, guarding her reputation against the rising tide of her family’s desires in this pitch-black drama exploring the consequences of oppressing women. ‘One of the finest acting ensembles of recent years’ Evening Standard
- Hamlet: Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. Robert Hastie directs a sharp, stylish and darkly funny reimagining. ‘Exactly the kind of Hamlet you would hope to see at The National Theatre’ Broadway World
- The Other Place: Inspired by the story of Antigone, Alexander Zeldin's play features Emma D’Arcy (House of the Dragon), Alison Oliver (Saltburn), and Tobias Menzies (The Crown). Guilt, grief, and greed battle it out as a family goes to war. ‘The entire cast are superb’ WhatsOnStage
- The Father and the Assassin: Anupama Chandrasekhar’s play traces the life of Mahatma Gandhi's murderer, Nathuram Godse, through to his radicalisation and their tragic final encounter in Delhi in 1948. ‘A must-watch’ Broadway World
- The Little Big Things: Based on the Sunday Times best-selling autobiography by Henry Fraser, this extraordinary true story about an ordinary family is told through an Olivier Award-nominated musical. ‘Full of the joy of being alive’ Observer
- NEU The Arden Shakespeare Play Collection: Text and Language
- NEU Musical Theatre Studies
Delve into the wonderful world of the musical with pioneering studies on contemporary blockbusters like Wicked and The Book of Mormon and insightful analyses of legends of the genre such as Stephen Sondheim and Jerome Kern. This collection also includes a 'detailed' and 'comprehensive' (Choice Reviews) twelve-volume reference work covering the past century of Broadway musicals, as well as practical guides from professionals to support theatre practitioners.
This essential collection features 76 books including Methuen Drama titles and those originally published under Rowman & Littlefield's renowned Applause, Limelight, and Scarecrow Press imprints.
- NEU Contemporary Australian Drama: The Playlab Theatre Collection
Explore exciting voices in Australian drama from leading publisher, developer and producer, Playlab Theatre, whose mission is challenging perspectives on Australian culture through theatre. This collection offers 270 plays by writers from a variety of backgrounds, particularly from the LGBTQ+ and First Nations communities. It includes classic plays with new translations, modern plays, and plays for young people.
- Shakespeare's Globe on Screen 3 (2022-2024)
Four new exclusive filmed performances from Shakespeare’s Globe, including Antony and Cleopatra, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, and Richard III. Inspired and informed by the unique historic playing conditions of two beautiful iconic theatres, Shakespeare’s Globe’s diverse programme of work harnesses the power of performance, cultivates intellectual curiosity, and excites learning to make Shakespeare accessible for all.
- Antony and Cleopatra: Shakespeare’s colossal story of love, duty, and power unfolds in an epic bilingual production using Spoken English and British Sign Language. Despite their different cultures, Roman general Antony falls for Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Their passion blazes across two continents, upsets the world order and puts thousands of lives at risk.
- The Merchant of Venice: In a world where money turns the wheels, men call the shots, and your religion or race can open or close doors, some win and some lose. A ‘heart-wrenching’ (The Guardian) and ‘tremendously sensitive’ (The Stage) production told by candlelight in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
- Othello: This is an Othello for our times. A confronting look at the destructive impact of institutional racism, toxic masculinity, and a justice system in a vicious cycle. This critically-acclaimed sold out production was captured live in the intimate, candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in 2024.
- Richard III: Starring Michelle Terry, this ‘hugely compelling’ (The Guardian) and ‘vibrant’ (The Telegraph) new production explores modern tyranny afresh. Richard’s self-serving manipulation, disruption and ambition for the crown threatens the lives of everyone around him. Can the factions resolve their inherited conflicts before the whole country is deceived and destroyed?
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