Online Plays and Monologues

Use the TABS at the left to get to the online plays. 

U.S. Plays

• These plays all come from the Internet Archive, most of them come from series of books called Best American Plays. 
• The U.S. Plays have been organized by date and by author. 
• You can read the entire play online if you sign up for a  FREE account or sign in with Google.  

PLAYS BY EUROPEANS

• The European plays are mostly those of Shaw, Pinter, Stoppard, and Ibsen.

ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN PLAYS 

• Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides in the Chicago series by Richmond Lattimore and Aristophanes and Menander. 
• Plautus,Terrence, and Seneca. 

Monologues

• The Women's and Men's monologues come from The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook by Ed Hooks.
• The link is the start line of the monologue. When you connect to the full-text of the play the start line should be highlighted in blue. 
• You can read the entire play online if you sign up for FREE account on sign in with Google.  
• The end line for the monologue, but in most cases, it will be obvious. 
• Sometimes you will need to cut one or two lines from another character to make the monologue work.
• You can find paper copies of most of the plays by searching for the TITLE of the PLAY in the Ellis library catalog. 
• Consult  The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook if you have questions, want a synopsis of the play, or need then end line of the monologue. 

MORE WOMEN"S AND MORE MEN'S MONOLOGUES

• These monologues come from The Contemporary monologue, women and The Contemporary monologue, men  both edited by Michael Earley and Philippa Keil. 
• One link goes to the monologue and the other to either the full-text of the play or to the MU catalog.
• For books in Ellis Library you can either use the call number to locate the play in the book stacks,
  or you can request the book be retrieved for you and held at the Circulation Desk where you can pick it up.

MONOLOGUES FROM SHAKESPEARE

• Monologues for men and women.  To see the monolgue you will need to sign up for a FREE account or sign in with Google.  
• You should be able to find a copy of the entire play online yourself in the Internet Archive or on the web.