Some plays are bound with other plays and listed under a completely different title, which can make searching for plays difficult. Use the following links to locate plays from Bloomsbury's Drama Online.
Search Example:
I want to read After Sorrow (2004) by Ping Chong. Click on the link East-West Quartet. The link will direct you to the book record.
All of the links listed under "Item Available Online From" will take you to the book that has your selected play. In this scenario, we click on the first link at the top of the page. If off-campus, you will be asked to login with your UH username and password.
The first link takes us to the play "Chinoiserie" which is not the play we are looking for. If we scroll down the page we can find the table of contents.
Using the table of contents, looks for the play "After Sorrow." Click on the link and you will be taken to the play.
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
1 + 1 (2013) | Eric Bogosian | Sex Plays (4th Link) |
10 Out of 12 (2017) | Anne Washburn | Mr. Burns and Other Plays (3rd Link) |
101 Humiliating Stories (2001) | Lisa Kron | 2.5 minute ride and 101 humiliating stories (2nd Link) |
2 (1993) | Romulus Linney | Six Plays (2nd Link) |
2.5 Minute Ride (2006) | Lisa Kron | 2.5 minute ride and 101 humiliating stories (1st Link) |
365 Days/365 Plays (2006) | Suzan-Lori Parks | 365 Days/365 Plays |
'Til the Midnight Hour (2016) | John O'Neal | Don't start me to talking |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
Adoration of the Old Woman (2012) | José Rivera | Boleros for the disenchanted and other plays |
After Sorrow (2004) | Ping Chong | East-West Quartet |
Ain't No Use in Going Home, Jodie's Got Your Gal and Gone (2016) | John O'Neal | Don't start me to talking |
The American Play (1995) | Suzan-Lori Parks | The America play, and other works |
Ana en el Trópico (2003) | Nilo Cruz and Nacho Artime | Ana en el Trópico |
The Anarchist (2012) | David Mamet | The Anarchist |
Anna in the Tropics (2003) | Nilo Cruz | Anna in the Tropics |
Antila Pneumatica (2019) | Anne Washburn | Antlia pneumatica : a play |
The Appeal (2009) | Young Jean Lee | Songs of the dragons flying to heaven and other plays |
Approaching Zanzibar (2010) | Tina Howe | Birth and after birth and other plays |
April Snow (1993) | Romulus Linney | Six Plays (6th Link) |
The Art of Dining (1989) | Tina Howe | Coastal disturbances : four plays |
August: Osage County (2008) | Tracy Letts | August: Osage County |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
Bad Boy Nietzsche! (2007) | Richard Foreman | Bad Boy Nietzsche! and Other Plays |
Ballad of Yachiyo (1997) | Philip Kan Gotanda | Ballad of Yachiyo |
Barbecue (2016) | Robert O'Hara | Barbecue |
Beauty of the Father (2008) | Nilo Cruz | Beauty of the Father |
A Bicycle Country (2007) | Nilo Cruz | Two sisters and a piano and other plays |
Birth and After Birth (2010) | Tina Howe | Birth and after birth and other plays |
Blues for an Alabama Sky (1999) | Pearl Cleage | Flyin' west and other plays |
Boleros for the Disenchanted (2012) | José Rivera | Boleros for the disenchanted |
Bondage (2000) | David Henry Hwang | Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays |
The Book of Grace (2016) | Suzan-Lori Parks | Book of Grace |
Bootycandy (2016) | Robert O'Hara | Barbecue |
Bourbon at the Border (1999) | Pearl Cleage | Flyin' west and other plays |
Boxing 2000 (2004) | Richard Maxwell | Plays, 1996-2000 |
Brainpeople (2012) | José Rivera | Boleros for the disenchanted and other plays |
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (2013) | Lynn Nottage | By the Way, Meet Vera Stark |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
The Captain’s Tiger (1999) | Athol Fugard | |
Caroline, or Change (2004) | Tony Kushner | Caroline, or change : a musical |
Caveman (2004) | Richard Maxwell | Plays, 1996-2000 |
Chain (1999) | Pearl Cleage | Flyin' west and other plays |
Chain (2011) | Culture Culture Clash | Oh, wild west! : the California plays |
The Cherry Orchard (1903 , 2015) | Anton Chekhov, Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky | Cherry Orchard (1903) |
The Cherry Orchard (1904 Moscow Art Theatre, 2015) | Anton Chekhov, Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky | Cherry Orchard (1903) |
Childe Byron (1993) | Romulus Linney | Six Plays (4th Link) |
China Doll (2015) | David Mamet | China doll : a play |
Chinglish (2012) | David Henry Hwang | Chinglish : a play |
Chinoiserie (2004) | Ping Chong | East-West Quartet |
Church (2009) | Young Jean Lee | Songs of the dragons flying to heaven and other plays |
Coastal Disturbances (1989) | Tina Howe | The color of desire : Hurricane : two plays |
The Color of Desire (2011) | Nilo Cruz | The color of desire : Hurricane : two plays |
Coming Home (2012) | Athol Fugard | The train driver and other plays |
Cost of Living (2018) | Martyna Majok | Cost of living : a play |
Crossing the Broken Bridge (2016) | John O'Neal | Don't start me to talking |
Crumbs from the Table of Joy (2004) | Lynn Nottage | Crumbs from the table of joy, and other plays |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
The Dance and the Railroad (2000) | David Henry Hwang | Trying to Find Chinatown: the selected plays |
Dawn (2015) | Thomas Bradshaw | Intimacy and other plays |
The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World (1995) | Suzan-Lori Parks | The America play, and other works |
Deshima (2004) | Ping Chong | East-West Quartet |
Detroit ’67 (2018) | Dominique Morisseau | Detroit project |
Do Not Disturb (2011) | Michael Weller | Loving longing leaving |
Dogeaters (2003) | Jessica Hagedorn | Dogeaters |
Don Quixote (2017) | Mikhail Bulgakov, Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky | Don Quixote |
Don’t Start Me to Talking or I’ll Tell Everything I Know (2016) | John O'Neal | Don't start me to talking |
A Dybbuk (1998) | Tony Kushner and Joachim Neugrochel | The dybbuk melody : and other themes and variations |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
Eurydice (2021) | Sarah Ruhl | Eurydice |
The Evening (2020) | Richard Maxwell | The evening |
Exquisite Agony (2019) | Nilo Cruz | Exquisite agony |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
Fabulation or The Re-Education of Undine (2006) | Lynn Nottage | Intimate apparel : Fabulation or The re-education of Undine |
Family Devotions (2000) | David Henry Hwang | Trying to Find Chinatown: the selected plays |
Fifty Words (2011) | Michael Weller | Loving longing leaving |
Flyin’ West (1999) | Pearl Cleage | Flyin' west and other plays |
F.M. (1993) | Romulus Linney | Six Plays (5th Link) |
FOB (2000) | David Henry Hwang | Trying to Find Chinatown: the selected plays |
For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday (2018) | Sarah Ruhl | For Peter pan on her 70th birthday |
Frank’s Home (2011) | Richard Nelson | Frank's Home |
Fulfillment (2015) | Thomas Bradshaw | Intimacy and other plays |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
The Gods Are Pounding My Head! (AKA Lumberjack Messiah) (2019) | Richard Foreman | Old-fashioned prostitutes : a true romance |
Golden Child (1998) | David Henry Hwang | Golden child |
Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals (2009) | Young Jean Lee | Songs of the dragons flying to heaven and other plays |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
Have You Seen Us? (2012) | Athol Fugard | The train driver and other plays |
Heathen Valley (1993) | Romulus Linney | Six Plays (1st Link) |
Helen (2005) | Ellen McLaughlin | The Greek plays |
Homebody/Kabul (2004) | Tony Kushner | Homebody/Kabul |
Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams (2007) | Nilo Cruz | Two sisters and a piano and other plays |
The House of Sleeping Beauties (2000) | David Henry Hwang | Trying to Find Chinatown: the selected plays |
How to transcend a happy marriage (2019) | Sarah Ruhl | How to transcend a happy marriage |
Hurricane (2011) | Nilo Cruz | The color of desire : Hurricane : two plays |
Hydriotaphia or The Death of Dr. Browne (2000) | Tony Kushner | Death & taxes : Hydriotaphia & other plays |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
I Have Loved Strangers (2017) | Anne Washburn | Mr. Burns and Other Plays (2nd Link) |
Idiot Savant (2019) | Richard Foreman | Old-fashioned prostitutes : a true romance |
The Illusion (1994) | Pierre Corneille and Tony Kushner | The illusion |
Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom (1995) | Suzan-Lori Parks | The America play, and other works |
In the Heart of America (2001) | Naomi Wallace | In the heart of America, and other plays |
In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) (2010) | Sarah Ruhl | In the next room, or, The vibrator play |
In the Wake (2014) | Lisa Kron | In the wake |
The Inspector (2014) | Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky and Nikolai Gogol | The inspector : a comedy in five acts |
Insurrection: Holding History (1999) | Robert O’Hara | Insurrection : holding history |
Intimacy (2015) | Thomas Bradshaw | Intimacy and other plays |
Iphigenia and Other Daughters (2005) | Ellen McLaughlin | The Greek plays |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
Job (2015) | Thomas Bradshaw | Intimacy and other plays |
Junebug/Jack (2016) | John O'Neal | Don’t Start Me to Talking … |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
Keep Your Pantheon (2012) | David Mamet | Keep your pantheon (and school) : two unrelated plays |
Killer Joe (2014) | Tracy Letts | Killer Joe |
Title | Author | Part of the Books |
Las Meninas (2004) | Lynn Nottage | Crumbs from the table of joy, and other plays |
Late: a cowboy song (2006) | Sarah Ruhl | Clean house and other plays |
Late Bus to Mecca (1999) | Pearl Cleage | Flyin' west and other plays |
LEAR (2010) | Young Jean Lee | The shipment : Lear |
Lecture on the Blues (2015) | Thomas Bradshaw | Intimacy and other plays |
Like Poison Ivy (2016) | John O'Neal | Don't start me to talking |
Linda Vista (2020) | Tracy Letts | Linda Vista |
The Liquid Plain (2016) | Naomi Wallace | The liquid plain |
Lysistrata (2005) | Ellen McLaughlin | The Greek plays |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
Maria Del Bosco (2007) | Richard Foreman (Author), 2007 | Bad Boy Nietzsche! and Other Plays |
Mary Page Marlowe (2016) | Tracy Letts (Author), 2016 | Mary Page Marlowe |
Melancholy Play (2006) | Sarah Ruhl (Author), 2006 | Clean house and other plays |
Mlima’s Tale (2021) | Lynn Nottage (Author), 2021 | Mlima's tale |
Molière, or the Cabal of Hypocrites (2017) | Mikhail Bulgakov, Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky | Don Quixote |
A Month in the Country (2014) | Ivan Turgenev, Richard Nelson , Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky | A month in the country : a comedy in five acts |
Mr. Burns (2017) | Anne Washburn | Mr. Burns and Other Plays (1st Link) |
Mud, River, Stone (2004) | Lynn Nottage | Crumbs from the table of joy, and other plays |
Museum (1989) | Tina Howe | Coastal Disturbances |
Title | Author | Part of Book |
Night Is a Room (2016) | Naomi Wallace | Night is a room |
Notes from Underground (1997) | Eric Bogosian | Notes from underground |
Now That Communism Is Dead My Life Feels Empty! (2007) | Richard Foreman | Bad Boy Nietzsche! and Other Plays |
Nursing (2013) | Adam Rapp | The hallway trilogy : includes Rose, Paraffin, Nursing |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
Oedipus (2005) | Ellen McLaughlin | The Greek plays |
Old-Fashioned Prostitutes: A True Romance (2019) | Richard Foreman | Old-fashioned prostitutes : a true romance |
One Flea Spare (2001) | Naomi Wallace | In the heart of America, and other plays |
One Shoe Off (2010) | Tina Howe | Birth and after birth and other plays |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
Pablo and Andrew at the Altar of Words (2012) | José Rivera | Boleros for the disenchanted and other plays |
The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek (2018) | Athol Fugard | |
Painting Churches (1989) | Tina Howe | Coastal disturbances : four plays |
Paradise Blue (2018) | Dominique Morisseau | Detroit project |
Paradiso (2020) | Richard Maxwell | The evening |
Paraffin (2013) | Adam Rapp | The hallway trilogy : includes Rose, Paraffin, Nursing |
Passion Play (2010) | Sarah Ruhl | Passion play |
The Penitent (2018) | David Mamet | The penitent |
The Persians (2005) | Ellen McLaughlin | The Greek plays |
Pipeline (2018) | Dominique Morisseau | Pipeline |
Pojagi (2004) | Ping Chong | East-West Quartet |
Por’knockers (2004) | Lynn Nottage | Crumbs from the table of joy, and other plays |
Pride’s Crossing (1998) | Tina Howe | Pride's crossing |
Promise of a Love Song (2016) | John O'Neal | Don't start me to talking |
Pullman, WA (2009) | Young Jean Lee | Songs of the dragons flying to heaven and other plays |
Purity (2015) | Thomas Bradshaw | Intimacy and other plays |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
Race (2010) | David Mamet | Race : a play |
References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot (2003) | José Rivera | References to Salvador Dali Make me hot and other plays |
Rodney’s Wife (2006) | Richard Nelson | Rodney's Wife |
Rose (2013) | Adam Rapp | The hallway trilogy : includes Rose, Paraffin, Nursing |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
Samara (2020) | Richard Maxwell | The evening |
Scenes from the New World (1997) | Eric Bogosian | Notes from underground |
School (2012) | David Mamet | Keep your pantheon (and school) : two unrelated plays |
The Seagull (2017) | Anton Chekhov, Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky | Seagull |
Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (1996) | Eric Bogosian | Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll |
The Shadow of the Hummingbird (2014) | Athol Fugard | The Shadow of the Hummingbird |
The Shipment (2010) | Young Jean Lee | The Shipment : Lear |
Side Effects (2011) | Michael Weller | Loving longing leaving |
Skeleton Crew (2018) | Dominique Morisseau | Detroit project |
Skunkweed (2013) | Eric Bogosian | Sex Plays |
Slaughter City (2001) | Naomi Wallace | In the heart of America, and other plays |
Slavs! (1995) | Tony Kushner | Thinking about the longstanding problems of virtue and happiness : essays, a play, two poems, and a prayer |
The Small (2017) | Anne Washburn | Mr. Burns and Other Plays (4th Link) |
Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven (2009) | Young Jean Lee | Songs of the dragons flying to heaven and other plays |
Sonnets for an Old Century (2003) | José Rivera | References to Salvador Dali Make me hot and other plays |
Sorrows and Rejoicings (2002) | Athol Fugard | Detroit project |
Sotto Voce (2016) | Nilo Cruz | Sotto voce |
The Sound Inside (2019) | Adam Rapp | The sound inside |
The Sound of a Voice (2000) | David Henry Hwang | Trying to Find Chinatown: the selected plays |
Southern Promises (2015) | Thomas Bradshaw | Intimacy and other plays |
Strom Thurmond is not a Racist (2015) | Thomas Bradshaw | Intimacy and other plays |
subUrbia (2009) | Eric Bogosian | Suburbia (new version) |
Sueño (2003) | José Rivera | References to Salvador Dali Make me hot and other plays |
Superior Donuts (2010) | Tracy Letts | Superior donuts |
Swimming to Cambodia (1985) | Spalding Gray | Swimming to Cambodia |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
Talk (2004) | Carl Hancock Rux | Talk |
Talk Radio (2007) | Eric Bogosian | Talk radio |
Tennessee (1993) | Romulus Linney | Six Plays (3rd Link) |
Terminating or Sonnet LXXV (2000) | Tony Kushner | Death & taxes : Hydriotaphia & other plays |
The Thanksgiving Play (2021) | Larissa FastHorse | Thanksgiving play |
Theater For Beginners (2015) | Richard Maxwell | Theater for Beginners |
Three Sisters (2020) | Anton Chekhov, Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky | Three sisters |
Three Sisters (2016) | Anton Chekhov and Tracy Letts | Three sisters by Anton Chekhov : a new version |
The Train Driver (2012) | Athol Fugard | The train driver and other plays |
The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek (2001) | Naomi Wallace | In the heart of America, and other plays |
The Trojan Women (2005) | Ellen McLaughlin | The Greek plays |
Trouble in Mind (2021) | Alice Childress | Trouble in mind |
Trying to Find Chinatown (2000) | David Henry Hwang | Trying to Find Chinatown: the selected plays |
Trying to Find My Way Back Home (2016) | John O'Neal | Don't start me to talking |
Two Sisters and a Piano (2007) | Nilo Cruz | Two sisters and a piano and other plays |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
Uncle Vanya (2018) | Anton Chekhov, Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky | Uncle Vanya |
Until the Flood (2018) | Dael Orlandersmith | Until the flood |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
Venus (1997) | Suzan-Lori Parks | Venus |
The Voyage (2000) | David Henry Hwang | Trying to Find Chinatown: the selected plays |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
The War Boys (2001) | Naomi Wallace (Author), 2001 | In the heart of America, and other plays |
Water & Power (2011) | Culture Culture Clash (Author), 2011 | Oh, wild west! : the California plays |
Well (2006) | Lisa Kron (Author), 2006 | Well |
We’re Gonna Die (2015) | Young Jean Lee (Author), 2015 | We're Gonna Die |
What the Constitution Means to Me (2020) | Heidi Schreck (Author), 2020 | What the constitution means to me |
What Would Crazy Horse Do? (2021) | Larissa FastHorse (Author), 2021 | Thanksgiving play |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
Yellow Face (2009) | David Henry Hwang | Trying to Find Chinatown: the selected plays |
You Can’t Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover (2016) | John O'Neal | Don't start me to talking |
Title | Author | Part of the Book |
Zorro in Hell! (2011) | Culture Culture Clash | Oh, wild west! : the California plays |