Collection Spotlight: Plays & Scripts

It’s playtime at the library with these plays and scripts.

Below is just a handful of options from Plano Public Library’s collection, visit a library location or browse the catalog for more recommendations.

Browsing tip: Head for the 800s in nonfiction and you’ll find a feast of dramas. 812 (American), 822 (English), 882 (classic Greek), and 892 (Afro-Asiatic), just to list a few of the wonders that await you.

The Making of Shakespeare’s First Folio by Emma Smith. A revised and updated edition of Shakespeare’s First Folio that explains the significance of the iconic publication. Print.

Sebastian Faulks’s Birdsong: in a Stage Version by Rachel Wagstaff. This is a beautiful and terrible story about love, courage, and the endurance of the human spirit. Print.

What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck. When she was fifteen years old, Heidi Schreck started travelling the country, taking part in constitutional debates to earn money for her college tuition. Decades later, in What the Constitution Means to Me, she traces the effect that the Constitution has had on four generations of women in her family, deftly examining how the United States’ founding principles are inextricably linked with our personal lives. Print.

The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book by Neil Gaiman. Neil Gaiman’s complete original scripts for the highly anticipated six-episode original series, adapted from the classic novel he wrote with Terry Pratchett. Print / eBook.

The White Card: a Play in One Act by Claudia Rankine. A play about the imagined fault line between black and white lives. Print.

The Mother; and the Father by Florian Zeller. Christopher Hampton’s acclaimed translations of Florian Zeller’s plays, The Mother and The Father, both of which were sensational hits when they were first staged in Britain, winning the Moliere Award for Best Play in 2011 and 2014 respectively. Print.

The Tempest by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s valedictory play is also one of his most poetical and magical. The story involves the spirit Ariel, the savage Caliban, and Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, now a wizard living on a remote island who uses his magic to shipwreck a party of ex-compatriots. Print / eBook.

Front Lines: Political Plays by American Women. Front Lines is a pathbreaking collection of the most important, critically acclaimed plays written by the country’s leading contemporary female playwrights. Print.

The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts by Douglas Adams. The original, complete, and totally unedited scripts from the now famous BBC “Hitchhiker Radio Show.” Join Douglas Adams on an epic adventure in time and space–including some helpful advice on how to see the universe for less than 30 Altairian dollars a day. Print.

Glengarry Glen Ross: a Play by David Mamet. This scalding comedy is about small-time, cutthroat real estate salesmen trying to grind out a living by pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers in a never-ending scramble for their fair share of the American dream. Print / DVD.