Find Full-length Plays
Some plays are separately published, but many are included in collections, either a work by ONE playwright, or anthologies of the works of various playwrights. The challenge is to find those plays that appear in anthologies.
1. Specific play (in Primo):
- Search using:
- two keywords from the title > EXAMPLE: moon AND misbegotten
- title and author keywords > EXAMPLE: Williams AND menagerie
- Search by Title (for plays published individually) by changing the drop down menu from All Fields to Title
- Plays in an playwright's collected work: Type in Name and Collected > EXAMPLE: Inge and collected
2. Genre or Nationality of plays (in Primo)
- Search using:
- "Latin-American" AND plays
- Peru AND plays
- women AND plays
3. While Primo will find plays we don't have, it may be easier to search WorldCat for the Interlibrary Loan link. Use the same kinds of searches you performed in the Primo.
Databases for Full-Length Plays
- Early American Imprints, Series I. (1639-1800) This link opens in a new windowFor texts of early American plays.
- Early American Imprints, Series II. (1801-1819) This link opens in a new windowFor texts to early 19th-century American plays.
Finding Scenes, Monologues, Dialogues, and more
1. BROWSE the Main Book Stacks in the call number PN2080. You'll find a number of collections of play scenes.
2. Search for scenes (in Primo)
- try these searches
- scenes AND plays
- scenes AND women
3. Search for specific number of characters (in Primo)
- monologues
- duologues
- dialogues and plays
- "three actors" or "3 actors"
Finding Plays in Anthologies
NOTE: If you find a play listed in one of the sources below, check Primo to see if we have the collection in which the play is published.
Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9780810877207Publication Date: 2011-08-11Search by author and play title
Includes list of plays by nationality/race/ethnic group of author; by women authors; and by sexual orientation of author
