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Oberon Books: Drama and Performing Arts Collection Now Available on Trial in the Online Library

Published: 7 Nov, 2024

Trial access to the Oberon Books Collection will be available until the 4th of January 2025 via Drama Online.

Oberon Books is long recognised as one of the most exciting publishers specialising in drama and the performing arts, with a reputation for publishing challenging and compelling works.  

From ground-breaking British plays to the best of international drama and plays in translation, this unique and inspiring collection features a diverse gathering of canonical and contemporary drama.  

Highlights of the collection include: 

  • Contemporary, stand-out plays by British writers such as Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Alice Birch, Inua Ellams, Dennis Kelly, Jasmine Lee-Jones, and Laura Wade. 
  • Key contemporary writers from the USA, such as Clare Barron and Anne Washburn 
  • Modern classics from writers such as Mojisola Adebayo, Neil Bartlett, Rikki Beadle-Blair, Richard Bean, Bryony Lavery and Duncan Macmillan. 
  • Verbatim theatre from acclaimed companies shining a light on pressing social issues, such as Breach Theatre’s “It’s True, It’s True, It’s True” and LUNG Theatre’s “Trojan Horse.” 
  • International plays in translation, including the work of Hanoch Levin. 
  • Canonical works from writers such as J.B Priestley and Arnold Wesker and modern reimagining of classics texts from authors such as Anne Carson and Gary Owen. 

Trial access to Oberon Books is available using your TU Dublin email credentials and can be accessed through Drama Online on the library’s A-Z Databases site here 

If you are experiencing any difficulties in accessing our online eResources, please contact eResources support at library.eresources@tudublin.ie.

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