Search for detailed information about Asian American plays
Search and find the full text of plays by 200 leading African dramatists from North America, Africa, and the Caribbean
Search in a collection of 1,000 international contemporary plays, from 2000 to present day.
Search for historical plays, melodramas, political satires, black minstrel shows, comic operas, musical extravaganzas, parlor entertainments in the United States from 1820-1900.
Find and listen to streaming audio from the curated archive of The L.A. Theatre Works radio theatre company
Find and watch BBC television productions of the entire Shakespeare canon of 37 plays
Contains plays from the earliest Greek works through the present day, in text, video, and audio formats. Includes background and contextual works on playwrights, theater movements, genres, practitioners and periods, as well as scholarly monographs, dictionary content, and practical books on acting and stage craft.
Duke has access to the following modules:
--Aurora Metro Books Collection 1
--Classic Spring Oscar Wilde Collection
--Core Collection
--Critical Studies and Performance Practice
--Global Plays Collection 1
--The Hollow Crown
--National Theatre Collection 1, 2, 3
--Nick Hern Books Modern Plays
--Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) Live Collection
--Shakespeare Video Collection
--Shakespeare's Globe on Screen
--Shakespeare’s Globe to Globe Festival on Screen 1 & 2
--Shakespeare’s Globe to Globe Festival on Screen 3
--Stratford Festival Shakespeare Collection 1 & 2
--Theatre Communications Group (TCG) Books Play Collection
Find and watch streaming videos of performances in dance, theater and the arts
Find and stream video of definitive performances of the world’s most important plays beginning in the 1930s and progressing through the 20th century
Provides unlimited access to over 1000+ full-length productions and educational resources. Includes documentaries, masterclasses, lectures, study guides, practical workshop guides or encyclopedia entries.
Access note: To access Digital Theatre+ click the “Sign in” button and enter your Duke email address. You will be redirected to the NetID login page. This resource is not available for Duke Kunshan University users.
Search a collection of recorded live theater plays and musicals. Includes 25 performances from the New York theater scene
Search for news articles from the New York Times from 1851-2019
Search facsimiles of 15,000 broadsides printed between 1820 and 1900 and 15,000 pieces of ephemera printed between 1749 and 1900 from the American Antiquarian Society.
Search a collection that covers all aspects of theater production design, from the 17th century through to the present day, including scenic and set design, lighting design, sound design, costume design, and makeup.
The Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library will have many items related to the study of theater.
A good place to start searching their collections is the Collection Guides. You can browse by subject and look for theater to see theater-related topics.
