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Drama, Theatre, & Performance Studies

Online collections of full-text plays

English Drama This link opens in a new window
Literature Online (LION) This link opens in a new window

North American Women's Drama This link opens in a new window
Twentieth Century North American Drama This link opens in a new window

Searching the catalogue for a specific play

You will find many plays (in print and online) in the U of T Libraries Catalogue.
To find a particular play, it helps to know the title of the play and in some cases the name of the collection it was published in.

To search for a play (or a collection of plays) by title, start at the library homepage, then click "Advanced search".

Select "Catalogue" and type the title of a play or a play collection
Select "title" from the dropdown menu, then click Search

In your search results, click "And Other Locations" to get more information:

In the list of locations, take note of:

1) the call number: e.g. PS8307 .C25 V.1
2) the library that has the item: e.g. Robarts
3) the location within the library: e.g. Stacks
4) whether the item is currently "Available" vs "Not Available"

Play indexes