Screen Plays is concerned with all plays written for the theatre that have been produced for British television since 1930. It documents, explores and contextualizes the history of more than 3,000 television productions, encompassing both studio-based work and collaborations with theatre companies.

This website offers five major thematic ‘ways in’ to this rich and fascinating aspect of British cultural history:

• Greek drama
• Shakespearean plays
• Jacobean tragedy
• Edwardian drama
• American plays.

The website also offers a wealth of information on the work of

• other playwrights
• related, miscellaneous topics.