You can find full scripts with Deaf characters written by Deaf playwrights in this website, Deaf Theatre. We have a collection of Deaf Plays which you can check out (some are on the Deaf Theatre website).You can search the library catalog for the keywords Deaf and plays or subject search Deaf---Drama. We have scripts from famous works like Johnny Belinda, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, etc.
The Hearing Test
Plays of Our Own
Plays of Our Own is the first anthology of its kind containing an eclectic range of plays by Deaf and hard-of-hearing writers. These writers have made major, positive contributions to world drama or Deaf theatre arts. Their topics range from those completely unrelated to deafness to those with strong deaf-related themes such as: a dreamy, headstrong girl surviving a male-dominated world in Depression-era Ireland; a famous Spanish artist losing his hearing while creating his most controversial art; a Deaf African-American woman dealing with AIDS in her family; and a deaf peddler ridiculed and rejected by his own kind for selling ABC fingerspelling cards. The plays are varied in style - a Kabuki western, an ensemble-created variety show, a visual-gestural play with no spoken nor signed language, a cartoon tragicomedy, historical and domestic dramas, and a situation comedy. This volume contains the well-known Deaf Theatre classics: Tales from a Clubroom, Sign Me Alice, My Third Eye, and A Play of Our Own. At long last, directors, producers, deaf and hearing students, professors, and researchers will be able to pick up a book of Deaf plays for production consideration, Deaf culture or multicultural analysis, or the simple pleasure of reading.
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