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IB Theatre - Production Proposal: British & Irish Plays

This guide provides resources for the Production Proposal (Task 2) external assessment for IB Theatre.

ASW Library Resources

All ASW Library database resources require a username and password if you are using them outside of school. These usernames and passwords can be found here. Use your school email and password to login to the library password page. 

Scripts appropriate for Upper School can be found on this list. Please visit the library if you have questions about these or other library resources. 

Plays by British and Irish Playwrights

Find Drama for Students articles and ASW Library books with plays from the British and Irish  Republic of Ireland playwrights listed below. Also see:

Digital Theatre Plus - for films of theatre productions

Writers with plays in the ASW library are marked with:   

Anonymous  (c. 1400s - 1500s )  
John Arden  ( 1930 - 2012 )
Alan Ayckbourn  ( 1939 - )
Peter Barnes  ( 1931 - 2004 ) 
Sir J(ames) M. Barrie  ( 1860 - 1937 ) 
Samuel Beckett  ( 1906 - 1989 )  Republic of Ireland 
Brendan Behan  ( 1923 - 1964 )  Republic of Ireland  
Aphra Behn  ( 1640 - 1689 )
Robert Bolt  ( 1924 - 1995 ) 
Edward Bond  ( 1934 - )
Mary Chase  ( 1907 - 1981 )  Republic of Ireland  
Agatha Christie  ( 1890 - 1976 ) 
Caryl Churchill  ( 1938 - )
William Congreve  ( 1670 - 1729 )
Noël Coward  ( 1899 - 1973 ) 
Hannah Cowley  ( 1743 - 1809 )
Shelagh Delaney  ( 1939 - 2011 )
Maureen Duffy  ( 1933 - )
David Edgar  ( 1948 - )
John Ford  ( c. 1586 - 1639? )
Michael Frayn  ( 1933 - ) 
Brian Friel  ( 1929 - 2015 )  Republic of Ireland
Pam Gems  ( 1925 - 2011 )
Oliver Goldsmith  ( 1728 - 1774 )  Republic of Ireland 
David Hare  ( 1947 - )  
Ben Jonson  ( 1572 - 1637 )  
Thomas Kyd  ( 1558 - 1594 )
Bryony Lavery  ( 1947 - )
Hugh Leonard  ( 1926 - 2009 )  Republic of Ireland
Doris Lessing  ( 1919 - 2013 )
Christopher Marlowe  ( 1564 - 1593 ) 
Somerset Maugham  ( 1874 - 1965 )
Thomas Middleton  ( 1580 - 1627 )
William Nicholson  ( 1948 - )
Sean O'Casey  ( 1880 - 1964 )  Republic of Ireland  
Joe Orton  ( 1933 - 1967 )
John Osborne  ( 1929 - 1994 )  
Harold Pinter  ( 1930 - 2008 ) 
Terence Rattigan  ( 1911 - 1977 )
Tim Rice  ( 1944 - )
William Rowley  ( 1585? - 1626 )
Anthony Shaffer  ( 1926 - 2001 )
Peter Shaffer  ( 1926 - ) 
George Bernard Shaw  ( 1856 - 1950 )  Republic of Ireland 
Richard Brinsley Sheridan  ( 1751 - 1816 )  Republic of Ireland 
Tom Stoppard  ( 1937 - )  
John Millington Synge  ( 1871 - 1909 )  Republic of Ireland 
Andrew Lloyd Webber  ( 1948 - )
John Webster  ( 1580? - 1634? ) 
Oscar Wilde  ( 1854 - 1900 )  Republic of Ireland  

Digital Theatre Plus

Digital Theatre Plus 
Films of leading theatre productions, and symphony orchestra, opera, and ballet performances, along with interviews of directors, actors, and other creative team members and detailed analysis of play texts. (Username and password is required off campus)