Contents of the Drama Collection

The holdings of The Drama Collection (end of 2009) number more than 30.000 theatre texts in manuscript (primarily by Danish dramatists or in Danish translation) plus some 18.500 published drama texts (mostly foreign). Close to 85 % are now catalogued in the REX online base.

Moreover, a Guide to the collections of The Drama Collection (only in Danish) provides access to both the catalogued and as yet uncatalogued parts of the Drama Collection. The guide is updated continously.

Literature about The Drama Collection (in Danish with an English summary)

For other collections about theatre in The National Library see under Theatre collections

The manuskriptet for J.P.E. Hartmann and Hans Christian Andersen's opera

Music and Theatre Department

One of Scandinavia's largest collections of music and drama. Visit the Orchestral Collection and the Drama Collection.

Drama Collection

Contents of the Drama Collection

Special catalogues in the Drama Collection

Theatre texts on open shelves

Lending period and use of material

Copying

See the web-exhibition "The Poet's theatre dreams"

Web-exhibition about Hans Christian Andersen and the theatre