Searching for Scripts and Screenplays
Browse the library's collection of scripts and screenplays via subject heading:
Scripts and Screenwriting Databases
The library provides access to the following databases of scripts and screenplays. Check out the research guides for Film Studies and Performance for more resources.
- American Film Scripts Online This link opens in a new window
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American Film Scripts Online contains 1,009 scripts by 1,062 writers together with detailed, fielded information on the scenes, characters and people related to the scripts. In addition, the database includes facsimile images for more than 500 of these screenplays. - Drama Online Core Collection This link opens in a new window
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The Core Collection forms the heart of Drama Online. This collection is truly the foundation of the platform and offers a diverse and rich catalogue of plays by the world's leading dramatists.
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North American Theatre Online is a comprehensive reference work covering all aspects of the Canadian and American Theatre. It includes some 40,000 pages of major reference materials, together with records to approximately 30,000 plays, 57,000 people, 5,400 theatres, 22,000 productions, and 2,500 production companies. Each year we'll add more than 20,000 new records. The collection also includes approximately 10,500 images, playbills, postcards, scrapbooks and other resources.
Online Resources
The following sites provide links to online sources of screenplays:
- Scripts on Screen: Scripts on Screen is the movie script search engine! With over 9,000 films indexed from 300+ sites
- TV Scripts: Scripts, including pilots, as well as pitches and show bibles.
- BBC Script Library: Radio, TV, and film scripts produced by the BBC