Contact us

We're a small editorial team and we read every message that comes in, although it sometimes takes us a few days to respond. Here's how to reach us, and which channel is best for which kind of question.

Corrections and missing plays

The single most useful thing readers do for this archive is point out errors. If you've spotted a typo in a script, a mis-attributed author, a play we've filed under the wrong era, or a famous public-domain work that we somehow don't have, please write to editors [at] stagepages [dot] example with the URL of the page in question and a quick description of what's off.

Our priority queue is, roughly: factual errors in metadata first, then text errors that affect meaning, then text errors that affect formatting, then suggestions for new plays to add. We'll get to all of them eventually.

Performance and rights questions

Every play we publish is in the public domain in the United States, which means you're free to perform it, adapt it, translate it, and charge for tickets without paying us or anyone else a royalty. However, public-domain status varies by country, and a translation of a classical play (e.g. a 1970s English translation of an Ibsen original) may itself still be under copyright even when the underlying work is not.

We are not lawyers and cannot give legal advice on a specific production. If you have any doubt, consult a theatrical licensing attorney in your jurisdiction. As a general rule, the original-language texts of anything written before about 1900 are safe everywhere; translations are a separate question.

Takedown requests

If you believe we are hosting a text that is in fact still under copyright in your jurisdiction, please write to editors [at] stagepages [dot] example with the title, URL, and the basis for the rights claim. We take these seriously and respond within a few business days. Our policy is to remove first and discuss second when the claim is plausible.

Press and partnerships

If you're a teacher, librarian, dramaturg, or theatre company that would like to embed our texts, build a syllabus around the archive, or partner on a feature, we'd love to hear from you. Tell us about your project and we'll figure out how to help.

Donations

Stage Pages is run on a shoestring. If you'd like to keep it that way, the most useful thing you can do is donate to Project Gutenberg, which actually digitises the texts we republish. Without their forty years of patient, unglamorous scanning and proofreading, this entire site would be impossible.