Launching next month - Devised Theatre Workshop: Told by an Idiot 🎭 Help students find out what it means to be alive on stage with this dynamic series of filmed workshops from industry-leading devised theatre company, Told by an Idiot. Find out more: https://bit.ly/4fMoZmt
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From Shakespeare and Interpretation to Arthur Miller and New York, the Critical Studies and Performance Practice update launches next month with 82 new eBooks from @methuendrama.bsky.social and @ardenpublisher.bsky.social. Discover the collection: https://bit.ly/4pQ9DC6
Including Tony Award-winning and Olivier Award-nominated plays, the Core Collection update launches this October, with renowned US writers like Anne Washburn and Jocelyn Bioh, plus adaptations of classics like The Line of Beauty. Explore the collection: https://bit.ly/4ptkdib
The Nick Hern Books Collection update launches in October, including Richard Eyre's thrilling take on August Strindberg's Dance of Death, and The Manningtree Witches adapted by “playwright of the moment” (Telegraph), Ava Pickett. Explore the collection: https://bit.ly/4ywpEAY
Day 2 of ISC. Come find out about the new Arden Shakespeare Play Collection: Text & Language resource on @dramaonlinelib.bsky.social, pick up some free merch & browse some of our latest releases!
The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series editions of Julius Caesar and Titus Andronicus are joining The Arden Shakespeare Play Collection: Text and Language next month! Navigate these plays and their meanings in one digital space: https://bit.ly/4h7x6vU
Join us TOMORROW to discover how Drama Online can help support your institution's teaching of global theatre and literature. 🎭 Sign up to the webinar now to explore playtexts and video from Europe to Asia and Australia: https://bit.ly/4v9WswC
Join us next week on Thursday 9th to discover how Drama Online can help support your institution’s teaching of global theatre and literature. 🎭 Sign up to the webinar now to explore playtexts and video from Europe to Asia and Australia: https://bit.ly/4v9WswC
Head to Drama Online now to discover the plays of Tony and Obie award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang, whose plays speak to the Asian American experience. Read an exclusive introduction by expert William C. Boles plus selected plays and chapters: https://bit.ly/4xw5Vkh
Covering everything from Sondheim to Wicked and The Book of Mormon, the Musical Theatre Studies collection launches next month, with eBooks from Methuen Drama and Rowman & Littlefield's renowned Applause, Limelight, & Scarecrow Press imprints: https://bit.ly/4g2QSbF
Head to our new featured content to find out more about Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang, a mock documentary play that puts Hwang himself centre-stage to explore Asian identity and what it is to be an American. Read the article now: https://bit.ly/4xw5Vkh
This #PrideMonth, delve into Shakespeare and queer theory with an exclusive essay by Goran Stanivukovic. From Twelfth Night to Coriolanus, the article features a free clip from Shakespeare’s Globe, and reading recommendations for subscribers: https://bit.ly/4vVeTG8
Congratulations to Nick Hern on the award of an OBE in this year's King's Birthday Honours for his Services to Theatre! Find the Nick Hern Books Plays collection on Drama Online, which offers 900+ plays from preeminent playwrights and exciting new voices: https://bit.ly/3QsGgIu
Contemporary Australian Drama: The Playlab Theatre Collection is now live! The collection offers 260+ plays by writers from a variety of backgrounds, particularly from LGBTQ+ and First Nations writers, from classic to modern plays & plays for young people: https://bit.ly/4ec9aEM
The Devised Theatre Workshop: Told by an Idiot foregrounds collaboration, teaching students to work and write as a group, and collaborate with designers during the creative process. Find out more about the collection, launching in September: https://bit.ly/41xZz5f
Huge applause for Mark Rosenblatt's Giant after its success at the Tony Awards last night! The play's star, John Lithgow, won 'Best actor's performance', whilst writer Mark Rosenblatt and director Nicholas Hytner were also shortlisted. Discover the play: https://bit.ly/4gckVxo
A comedy about the misadventures of miscommunication, David Henry Hwang's Chinglish follows Daniel, an American who wants to open up China for his business. Read an extract now as part of our featured content on the plays of David Henry Hwang: https://bit.ly/3Rwawm0
Exploring what it is like to be Chinese in America, David Henry Hwang’s FOB explores immigration and identity among a group of students. Read a scene now as part of our featured content on the plays of David Henry Hwang: https://bit.ly/3Rwawm0
Support your students to find rhythm both in text and physicality with The Devised Theatre Workshop: Told by an Idiot, which draws on the themes of Commedia dell’arte to unlock participants’ creativity. Discover the collection, launching in September: https://bit.ly/4mx1vVl
Discover the plays of Tony and Obie award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang, whose plays speak to the Asian American experience. Read an exclusive introduction by expert William C. Boles plus selected plays and chapters: https://bit.ly/3Rwawm0
Before you watch the new Dear England TV series, check out James Graham’s acclaimed play, available in the Drama Online Core Collection. Core Collection subscribers can read the play now: https://bit.ly/4dr4NoR
The Devised Theatre Workshop: Told by an Idiot will help students explore ‘complicité’, teaching them how to find an instinctive shared understanding with their fellow actors through exercises which build trust and understanding. Find out more: https://bit.ly/42bW8kR
Discover 30 new plays now live on Drama Online in the Nick Hern Books Collection, including West End hits Inter Alia by Suzie Miller and 1536 by Ava Pickett. Explore the whole collection here: https://bit.ly/4f2uG0H
Drama Online’s Core Collection now includes 60 new plays, including multiple plays fresh from the London stage such as Nima Taleghani’s Bacchae and Simon Stone’s interpretation of The Lady from the Sea. Explore the collection now: https://bit.ly/4ndwdDg
The Told by an Idiot devising process takes the notion of 'play' very seriously. In the Devised Theatre Workshop: Told by an Idiot, coming soon to Drama Online, participants are guided through games and exercises to help grow their devising skills: https://bit.ly/4mvWgVN
Happy Shakespeare Day! 🎭 Did you know that you can now access all of Shakespeare's plays and The Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's Language in one digital space? Head to The Arden Shakespeare Play Collection: Text and Language to find out more: bit.ly/4mIAZIx
Read James Graham’s Punch, winner of best new play at the Olivier Awards 2026! Core Collection subscribers can read the play now: https://bit.ly/4tLmNkh Interested in the collection? Find out more here: https://bit.ly/428VeFR
Launching in September - Devised Theatre Workshop: Told by an Idiot 🎭 Help students find out what it means to be alive on stage with this dynamic series of filmed workshops from industry-leading devised theatre company, Told by an Idiot. Find out more: bit.ly/4dJD44F
Did you know that you can now access all of Shakespeare's plays and The Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's Language in one digital space? Watch the intro video or click here to find out more about The Arden Shakespeare Play Collection: Text and Language: https://bit.ly/3WUHfkr
In case you missed it, you can now discover the plays of Lucy Prebble, writer for Succession, with a new introduction by Paulette Marty, including 3 free-to-read scenes. Read now: https://bit.ly/413VUgA