Plays Online
Many plays and works of literature are no longer protected by copyright and are considered "public domain". Some works may be available for free on the Web. Other full text plays are accessible only via licensed databases. Use the resources below to find, and research, full text plays.
- Project GutenbergOver 30,000 ebooks (including plays) available free in the U. S. because their copyright has expired. Use the search boxes on the left column.
- The Complete Works of William ShakespeareCourtesy of MIT
- Eugene O'Neill PlaysSelected list of O'Neill Plays
- Internet Classics Archive"Select from a list of 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors, including user-driven commentary and "reader's choice" Web sites. Mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English translation."
- Charles Mee"Please feel free to take the plays from this website and use them freely as a resource for your own work . . But, if you would like to perform the plays essentially or substantially as I have composed them, they are protected by copyright in the versions you read here, and you need to clear performance rights."
- Simply ScriptsFull scripts from movies and TV.
- Gale Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
"Provides researchers with unbounding literary resources to support their literary responses, literary analysis, and thesis statements through a diversity of scholars and critics that ensure all views and interpretations are represented." -Gale
- New Play Exchange This link opens in a new windowIs an online script database, a social network for writers and producers
