“All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players”
-- As you like it, by William Shakespeare.
Auckland City Libraries has a large collection of plays and critical studies on drama.
If you are looking for plays as literary works - ie. texts and criticism - you will find them shelved in the 800s. If you are looking for books on theatre and stage production, you will find them shelved at 792.
Useful shelf (Dewey) numbers:
792 History of Theatre and Play Production
808.82 Monologues and audition pieces
812 American plays
822 English plays
822.99 New Zealand plays
If you have difficulty locating a particular play, please ask us for assistance. We may be able to locate the play in an anthology, or interloan it from another library in New Zealand.
Alternatively, if the play is still in print, we can request that the library purchase a copy.
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