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IB Theatre - Production Proposal: Plays from Other European Countries

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 European Playwrights

Find Drama for Students articles and ASW Library books with plays written by the  playwrights listed below, from these countries:

Austria Austria Czech Rep.  Czech Republic Germany Germany
Italy Italy Netherlands Norway Norway Norway
Spain  Sweden Sweden Switzerland Switzerland
 

 Also see:

Digital Theatre Plus - for films of theatre productions

Writers with plays in the ASW library are marked with: 

Bertolt Brecht  ( 1898 - 1956 )  Germany 
Antonio Buero Vallejo  ( 1916 - 2000 )  
Pedro Calderón de la Barca  ( 1600 - 1681 )  
Josef Čapek  (1887 - 1948 )  Czech Republic
Karel Čapek  ( 1890 - 1938 )  Czech Republic 
Jan de Hartog  ( 1914 - 2002 )  Norway
Dario Fo  ( 1926 - )  Italy
Max Frisch  ( 1911 - 1991 )  Switzerland

Natalia Ginzburg  ( 1916 - 1991 )  Italy
Carlo Goldoni  ( 1707 - 1793 )  Italy

Václav Havel  ( 1936 - 2011 )  Czech Republic 
Hugo von Hofmannsthal  ( 1874 - 1929 )  Austria
Henrik Ibsen  ( 1828 - 1906 )  Norway  
Federico García Lorca  ( 1898 - 1936 )   

Luigi Pirandello  ( 1867 - 1936 )  Italy 
August Strindberg  ( 1849 - 1912 )  Sweden 
Peter Weiss  ( 1916 - 1982 )  Sweden

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)