Drama Online

Drama Online is an award-winning study resource available on subscription to schools, colleges and higher education institutions around the world. Originally created by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc in partnership with Faber and Faber, the resource currently includes 2,500 playtexts from Methuen Drama, the Arden Shakespeare, Faber and Faber, Nick Hern... Books, Playwrights Canada Press and Aurora Metro Books. These play collections are complemented by over 350 audio plays from L.A. Theatre Works. The platform also includes 700 images from the Victoria and Albert Museum and The American Shakespeare Center, and a collection of Critical Studies and Performance Practice scholarly works from the Arden Shakespeare and Methuen Drama lists. The RSC Live Collection will complement the platform's other collections, which feature titles from 500 playwrights, including the full texts of Shakespeare's plays from the Arden Shakespeare series. The RSC Live Collection will further expand the library's existing video content from Shakespeare's Globe, Stage on Screen, BBC Films, The Hollow Crown, Maxine Peake's Hamlet and a six hour acting masterclass with international coach, Patsy Rodenburg. Drama Onlineis the only resource to combine exclusively available playtext content and scholarly publications with filmed stage performances, film adaptations and audio plays - thus offering users the unique opportunity to read, study and watch Shakespeare's plays in the same digital space.Read More