World Drama: Useful links for 2024-2025
If you click on any of these links (usually identified with a different colour in your browser, such as blue or purple) then you will be taken to another useful website, or to YouTube to view a video, or it will download a useful PDF document. If you need any help or guidance with this, please contact the Web Manager.
General
| Poetry in Translation | |
| Project Gutenberg | (e.g. Pirandello, Synge, Wilde, Shaw) |
| Project Gutenberg Australia | (e.g. O'Neill) |
| Project Gutenberg Canada | (e.g. Goldoni) |
| Standard ebooks | |
| Elizabethan and Jacobean play scripts |
BBC series on Ancient Greek drama
| A great introduction to the birth of drama in Ancient Greece | |
| Ancient Greek drama Episode 1 | |
| Ancient Greek drama Episode 2 |
Introduction to Greek theatre
| Introduction to Greek theatre-1 | |
| Introduction to Greek theatre-2 |
Open University series on Greek theatre
| OU: Attending the theatre | |
| OU: Actors |
Physical form of Greek theatre
| Physical form of Greek theatre |
Edith Hall
| Edith Hall is probably the leading | UK expert on Greek drama |
| A lot of her stuff is very readable | |
| a book by her on Greek Tragedy | Edith Hall on Greek Tragedy (PDF) |
| The Introduction is worth reading | at this stage |
| (and you might skim through | the next chapter on 'Play makers') |
Ibsen - A Doll's House
| Ibsen - A Dolls House: 1992 production | of the play |
| Ibsen - A Dolls House: 1973 production | |
| Ibsen - A Dolls House: New York Times | review of recent production |
| Ibsen - A Dolls House: Guardian review | from 2013 |
| Ibsen - A Dolls House: In Our Time | (Melvyn Bragg) discussion of Ibsen |
| Ibsen - A Dolls House: Short documentary | (with spoilers) |
Sophocles - Oedipus the King
| Oedipus the King: 1957 production | of the play |
| Oedipus the King: Historical context | |
| Oedipus the King: In Our Time | (Melvyn Bragg) discussion of the play |
| Oedipus the King: Influential paper | on the play |
| Oedipus the King: Myth of Oedipus |
Pirandello - Six Characters in Search of an Author
| Six Characters: Lecture | |
| Six Characters: Ten Great Writers | Episode from 1987 series |
| Six Characters: Article | on the play |
| Six Characters: Los Angeles Times review | |
| Six Characters: LibriVox audio version | of the play |
Shakespeare - Othello
| Shakespeare - Othello: 1965 film | version with star cast |
Ibsen - Ghosts
| Ibsen – Ghosts: 1987 film version | with star cast |
Wedekind - The Awakening of Spring
| Wedekind: LibriVox audio version | |
| Wedekind: Reading of the play | |
| Wedekind: Yale University article | |
| Wedekind: Homoeroticism in the play |