# Sites for play scripts?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sites-for-play-scripts/263936>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 10, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sites-for-play-scripts/263936 "2004-09-10T17:59:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sites-for-play-scripts/263936/1 "2004-09-10T17:59:52Z")

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I’m trying to find out if the script for a very, very new play is available for purchase yet. Along with the usual Amazon and B&N suspects (and multiple Googles), I’ve searched Dramatists Play Service and Samuel French online. Are there any other good sites I should know about?

FWIW, I’m looking for Edward Albee’s _Homelife_: it is _Zoo Story_’s companion, and was world premiered this summer in Hartford, Ct. as a new play called _Peter and Jerry_ (_Homelife_ is Act I, _Zoo Story_ is Act II). It may simply be unavailable except to theatre companies, but I’d like to find a copy of the script if at all possible. 🙂

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**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sites-for-play-scripts/263936/2 "2004-09-10T23:09:12Z")

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Well, for future reference, [www.findaplay.com](http://www.findaplay.com) is a great resource. Unfortunately, it doesn’t turn anything up for this particular title. As I’m sure you know, it sometimes takes years after a play’s premiere to be published. Once they publish it, they’re pretty much opening it up for the possibility of both legal and illegal productions, and they’re not going to want that so quickly after the world premiere, especially with a big name like Albee.

Sounds like you’ve tried all the available avenues, short of calling the producing company and requesting a manuscript. But like you said, you’d pretty much have to be affiliated with a professional theatre group or a media machine to get that.

Good luck!

–DooWahDiddy, Samuel French employee

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sites-for-play-scripts/263936/3 "2004-09-11T05:35:48Z")

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Wow, a reply from a Samuel French employee, even! I love this place! 🙂

Thanks much, **DooWahDiddy**. We’re studying Albee in my graduate literature class, and when I mentioned _Homelife_ to the professor she asked me to look around for a copy of the script. I had a feeling that such a new work might not be available to the general public yet, but this woman has been teaching plays for many years so I also figured there was an excellent chance that she knew something I didn’t. Therefore I didn’t want to give up _too_ easily. 😉

(And I’ve bookmarked the FINDaPLAY site for future searches – thanks again!)