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I'm looking for some plays, as in theatre, that are public domain so I could use pieces and clips from them in a WIP. I know all of Shakespeares works are public domain, but I don't know any more...I don't really know about theatre stuff...

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Can you give me some idea what sort of plays you are looking for?

Something the average person would know?
Something very erudite?
Something dramatic? Humorous?

Is there a particular point you want to make?

There are lots of plays in the public domain. Lots.
 

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Can you give me some idea what sort of plays you are looking for?

I'm not really sure yet...

I guess I'd want plays who's writer's are generally well known. And I'd need a wide assortment of subjects: humorous, tragic, etc. The way I'd use them is to take a scene to put at the start, and maybe the ends, of chapters. The play excerpt would kind of introduce or allude to the contents of the chapter. Like if the mc falls in love or something then a love scene, or if he is really mad about something then an angry scene. The main character is into theater and stuff, so I thought it'd be an interesting addition to the work.
 

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Here are some play possibles --

The Beggars Opera by Gay
Marriage A La Mode by Dryden
School for Scandal by Sheridan
The Frogs by Aristophanes
Dr Faustus by Marlowe
The Skin Game by Galsworthy
Pygmalian by Shaw
The Importance of Being Ernest by Wilde


I chose these because they have lots of nifty quotes inside them.
 

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Thanks a ton! I'll check them all out.
 
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