Plays & Playwrights

Starting Places • Plays Published Online • Monologues • Strictly Shakespeare Starting Places: Playwrights Union of Canada searchable web site lists about 2500 Canadian plays and the database is about to be updated. Well worth checking out. Carol Libman Online Script Collection - includes over 500 script titles by Canadian playwrights which have been developed with Playwrights' Workshop Montreal since 1963; requires Adobe Acrobat (available through the site) to view plays Playwrights on the Web - a good place to start... top of page Plays Published Online: Bang Bang You're Dead - by William Mastrosimone; free script, dealing with violence and today's youth Blood of the Prophets - by Martin N Bell; a play in three acts about the Pure Food and Drug Admistration's prosecution of Wilhelm Reich Con-Artist - a one-act comedy about life, art and theatre Grippy and Cormo's Idea Plays - audience participation science theatre Hard Candy - one-act comedy envisioned for high schools and low-budget theatre organizations Mackerel Conspiracy, The - a one act play by Darrell Kocha and Anthony Schwader Moshie's Candystore Robert the Bruce - a play about Robert the Bruce and the Scottish War of Independence Scenes For High School Drama Students - collection of monologues and scenes for high school drama students; includes top ten lists, improv games and ways to annoy your drama teacher Sotoba Komachi and Happy Independence Day, Mars - a postmodern Noh play, and a science fiction play set on Mars top of page Monolgoues: Monologues: Be Prepared - When researching possible monologues, I suggest that you look for the following... Monologue Shop - Fee-based collection of original and classical writings created for actors ages 17; an annotated and ready-to-work Shakespeare library; a collection of newly translated Molière; $6.95 a month Play and Monologue Collection - contributed by visitors from around the world; if they are performed, the authors must receive stage credit; no performance fees for Monologues Shakespeare's Monologues - complete guide to monologues in Shakespeare top of page Strictly Shakespeare: Works & Other Links • Canadian Shakespearean Festivals • US & Other Shakespearean Festivals • Shakespearean Humour Sites Works & Other Links Shakespeare link with a listing of texts by version (Quarto and Folio) Shakespeare - The complete works, marked up, digitized, searchable, incredible! Collected Works of Shakespeare - HTML versions of the Bard's work Complete Works of William Shakespeare - E-Text of all William Shakespeare plays Complete Works of William Shakespeare [MIT] Electronic Literature Foundation: The Plays of Shakespeare - features the collected works, with a search engine and concordance for each play The Internet Shakespeare Editions - aims to make scholarly, fully annotated texts of Shakespeare's plays available in a form native to the medium of the Internet Search The Collected Works of Shakespeare Search the Complete Plays of William Shakespeare Online - search for any text in any play Shakespeare's Complete Works - from the Internet Public Library Shakespeare's worst play provides high-brow violence - Titus Andronicus Shakespeare's Life and Times - an extensive exploration of Stratford, The Shakespearean Festival City - information for prospective tourists to Stratford A Taste of Shakespeare - series of educational Shakespeare video productions Shakespeare's Monologues - complete guide to monologues in Shakespeare A Shakespeare genealogy. A chart showing the relevant family relationships and dates A Shakespeare Timeline Summary Chart, showing the events of Shakespeare's life in outline along with important contemporary events and publications A Shakespeare Biography Quiz. If you are brave enough, you may take the quiz before reading the timeline Shakespeare Menu Canadian Shakespearean Festivals: Bard on the Beach - near the beach on English Bay, plays are presented in main performance tent from June until September Company of Fools - Ottawa's Premier Shakespearean Performance Company Free Will Players - the River City Shakespeare Festival presents the Free Will Players, performing in Hawrelak Park (Edmonton, Alberta) Resurgence Theatre Company - professional, non-profit theatre company that produces an annual Shakespearean production at Fairy Lake (Newmarket, Ontario) Shakespeare in Action - a non-profit educational theatre company dedicated to bringing new life to the plays of the bard. Through main stage performances, in-school plays and workshops, as well as a series of workshops for teachers at York University under Artistic Director Michael Kelly Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival - annual event in Saskatoon, renowned for its contemporary approach to Shakespeare by making his works relevant in current context Shakespeare in the Vineyard - Niagara winery presents summer productions of the Bard View program details, links to Shakespeare resources, and contact information Stratford Festival - Home of the finest in classical and contemporary theatre and North America's largest repertory heatre company Saskatchewan Shakespeare Festival - PO Box 1646, Saskatoon SK, S7K 3R8 Phone: 306-653-2300 Fax: 306-653-2357 Upstart Crow Theatre Group (Toronto) - Canadian Shakespearean Festivals: SHAKESPEARE'S RUGBY WARS!!! - a re-telling of Shakespeare's Wars of the Roses History Cycle as an all-out Rugby Game - July 5 - 15, 2001 at The Toronto Fringe Festival; DANISH AUGUST - production of HAMLET! - With an edited text and an intimate setting, we hope to bring Shakespeare's legend down to size for a more personal experience. Exact date to be announced. Vancouver Island Theatre Site - a free service featuring information about live theatre on Vancouver Island and surrounding islands Vancouver Shakespeare Festival - 1101 West Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6H 1G2 Ph: (604) 737-0625 Fax: (604) 737-0425 Shakespeare Menu US & Other Shakespearean Festivals: Alabama Shakespeare Festival - Carolyn Blount Theater, #1 Festival Drive, Montgomery, Alabama 36117 Austin Shakespeare Festival - PO Box 683 Austin, TX Florida Shakespeare Theatre - The Biltmore Hotel, 1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida 33134 Georgia Shakespeare Festival - Oglethorpe University, 4484 Peachtree Road, Oglethorpe Gold Coast Shakespeare Festival - Presents performances of the Bard's works in Long Island Peruse archives on past productions, a current calendar, and mailing list details Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival - University and productions are located in Allendale, Missouri Peruse news and event updates, playwriting competitions, and related links Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival - Pennsylvania group also features a street theatre ensemble Find a play schedule, news, education workshops, and audition and volunteer details Heart of America Shakespeare Festival - Kansas City event provides details on student contests, theater workshops, and volunteer and sponsor programs View play schedules and profiles Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival - Peruse a brief history of this New York summer event, program and ticket details, a visitor guide, education programs, and related links Idaho Shakespeare Festival - 5657 Warm Springs Avenue, Boise, ID 83707 Illinois Shakespeare Festival - Bloomington-Normal, Illinois Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival - Foothill Theater Company, Sand Harbor, North Lake Tahoe Maine Shakespeare Festival - Group features performance schedules and play profiles for its annual event Find visitor directions, and ticket ordering information Marin Shakespeare Company - Theater group features details on performances, special events, and educational programs Browse actor profiles and a ticket order form Michigan Shakespeare Festival - Guide to this annual summer event includes play schedules and profiles, contact info, ticket details, volunteer opportunities, and a photo tour Montana Shakespeare in the Parks -Montana University troupe performs in various locations during the summer Peruse tour schedules, school programs, and contact information Nebraska Shakespeare Festival - Theater troupe provides a history, staff profiles, play schedules, outreach programs, contact information, sponsor details, and related links Nevada Shakespeare Festival - Mounts performances of the Bard's work and other plays View a schedule, staff bios, community programs, audition details, and an email address New Jersey Shakespeare Festival - Drew University, Madison, NJNJSF, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ 07940 Ojai Shakespeare Festival - California guild features summer productions and other events View schedules, play profiles, photos, related links, and contact details Royal Shakespeare Company, The - Stratford-upon-Avon and London (UK) San Francisco Shakespeare Festival - Presents details on Shakespeare in the Park and other programs, reviews, sponsorship information, and volunteer and audition opportunities Santa Cruz Shakespeare Festival - Performing Arts Complex, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 Fax (408) 459-3552 Shakespeare Festival of Dallas - Group has staged summer performances of the Bard over three decades Peruse a media clip, visitor directions, and contact information Shakespeare Santa Cruz - Browse a calendar for this group's summer Bard festival, a ticket order form, a history of the program, and audition and outreach details Smoky Mountain Shakespeare Festival - East Tennessee performance group features a play calendar, ticketing information, an organization profile, related links, and a visitor guide South Carolina Shakespeare Company - Group holds summer festivals and Browse event schedules, an archive of past shows, an actor's guide, a discussion forum, and visitor information Southern Shakespeare Festival - PO Box 38096, Tallahassee, Florida Summer Shakes - Hampton Roads Shakespeare Festival - Theater company features details on its annual Shakespeare production, an overview of the group, visitor directions, and contact information Theater At Monmouth - Maine facility features summer productions of Shakespeare's plays Peruse program info, a seating chart, visitor directions, and contact details Shakespeare Menu Shakespearean Humour Sites: Elizabethan Curse Generator - be insulted by the likes of Shakespeare or Ben Jonson. A great source for witty party repartee Randy's Shakespearean Insult Server Shakespearean Insulter - Randomly chooses an insult from the plays themselves or generates an insult from an expanded insult kit Book-A-Minute Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. Othello by William Shakespeare. Richard III by William Shakespeare. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. The Tempest by William Shakespeare Shakespeare Menu top of page   about | contact | sponsors | breaking news | search | classifieds | fans etc. | discussion boardz | actors | models | writers | directors | producers | home Built by Biz-Zone