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Drama & Theater: Copyright and the Theater

Copyright in the United States

A few sources of plays that may be available in the public domain

Getting permission to use a work

The following companies will allow users to purchase performance rights to plays from their catalogs.  Please note that while some plays originally written before 1920 which are in the public domain may have translations, orchestrations, etc., that were created later and which may still be in copyright.