Script Databases
Drama Texts Collection This link opens in a new window
Cross-search drama e-resources from Alexander Street Press including Asian American Drama, Black Drama, Contemporary World Drama, English Drama, North American Indian Drama, North American Women's Drama, and Twentieth Century North American Drama. Terms of Use.
Film Scripts Online This link opens in a new window
Over 1,100 scripts and accurate and authorized versions of copyrighted screenplays. Most scripts in the series have never been published before and are available only in this database through arrangements with Warner Bros., Sony, RKO, MGM, and other major film studios. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1903-present.
Play Index (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Provides citations to some 31,000 plays with coverage of a wide range of plays written in or translated into English, including one-act plays, pageants, plays in verse, radio and television plays, puppet performances, mysteries, and classic drama. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1949-present.
Scripts in the library
Hark! We have a new Theatre Scripts Collection in the library!
This library contains only the acting editions rather than the published editions. Wondering what is the difference? Please read my recent blog post on the Leatherby Libraries blog.
It will now be much easier to find theatre scripts and also to browse for new discoveries in the library.
Also, it is now easier than ever to browse online as well. Just do a title search for “theatre scripts collection.”
You can find the new location on the second floor, next to the Humanities library and the Friedman Reading room.
Use the Leatherby Libraries catalog to search and browse online.
To browse for scripts online, try searching for common publishers such as "Dramatists Play Service" or "Samuel French."
Finding scripts as e-books
Script Searching tool from UCI
