Learn about Shakespeare's life and works. Begin with a biography, then move on to learn about his plays and sonnets. Includes summaries, as well as links to text, photographs from performances, and further information for each work.

Contains many short plays and skits for young people to put on.

Large collection of links including history, practitioners, companies, genres, styles, online plays, playwrights, education institutions, arts organisations, classroom resources, and set/lighting/costume designs.

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Literary journal devoted to contemporary literary art, publishing fiction, short plays, poetry, and literary non-fiction in traditional and experimental styles. Reviews, information on the current issue, author index, and writers' guidelines.

Learn how to stage a theatrical production, including finding a script, auditioning actors, building a set, and designing the lighting. Study the history of western theater from the time of ancient Greece to the twentieth century. Find out about authors and their plays which have made an impact on the development of theater.

These one-act play scripts of comedies and dramas may be used for free by students for in-class performances. Ticketed performances by arrangement with author.

Nerve celebrates original thinking and creativity on Merseyside in the UK.

"Performance is always about life or death, whether it is sports or theater." ~Caridad Svich~ An on-line forum for theater. Message boards for actors, playwrights, techies, & performing arts enthusiasts from all over the globe.

The official site of the Drama Desk Awards