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IB Theatre - Production Proposal: French & Russian 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 French & Russian Playwrights

Find Drama for Students articles and ASW Library books with plays from the
French France and Russian Russia playwrights listed below.  Also see:

Digital Theatre Plus - for films of theatre productions

Writers with plays in the ASW library are marked with: 

Jean Anouilh  ( 1910 - 1987 ) France  
Antonin Artaud  ( 1896 - 1948 ) France
Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais  ( 1732 - 1799 ) France
Anton Chekhov  ( 1860 - 1904 )  Russia 
Jean Cocteau  ( 1889 - 1963 ) France
Pierre Corneille  ( 1606 - 1684 ) France
Marguerite Duras  ( 1914 - 1996 )  France
Jean Genet  ( 1910 - 1986 ) France
Nikolai Gogol  ( 1809 - 1852 )  Russia
Maxim Gorki  ( 1868 - 1936 )  Russia
Eugène Ionesco  ( 1912 - 1994 ) France  

Alfred Jarry  ( 1873 - 1907 )  France
Molière  ( 1622 - 1673 ) France  
Yasmina Reza  ( 1959 - ) France 
Edmond Rostand  ( 1868 - 1918 ) France  

Jean-Paul Sartre  ( 1905 - 1980 )  France 
Ivan Turgenev  ( 1818 - 1883 )  Russia

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)