Drama Online Available to Purchase

Drama Online is a remarkably handsome database focussed on plays, theatre, craft and drama criticism. Yet, good looks aside, as Shakespeare's Hamlet said, “The play's the thing”. That is, how a database looks is mostly irrelevant because the content is the most important consideration. And Drama Online excels in the provision of content. Plays from ancient times all the way through to contemporary are included. Examples of playwrights are Aeschylus, Bertolt Brecht, Tom Stoppard, Alan Bennett, Caryl Churchill, and David Hare.

Not only is full-text of many plays provided, so too are practitioner manuals such as A Practical Guide to...