Dramatists Play Service (also known as The Play Service) is a theatrical-publishing and licensing house, established in 1936 by members of the
Dramatists Guild of America
The Dramatists Guild of America is a professional organization for playwrights, composers, and lyricists working in the U.S. theatre market.
Membership as an Associate Member is open to any person having written at least one stage play. Active Mem ...
and the Society for Authors' Representatives. DPS publishes English-language acting editions of
plays and handles the licensing for professional and nonprofessional English-language productions of these plays in the United States, Canada, and throughout the world.
DPS is based in
New York City, with foreign affiliates in London, Australia, South Africa, India, Asia, and South America that serve DPS' interests in their respective regions. The DPS catalogue consists of over 3,300 titles from over 1,300 authors.
DPS authors include
Eugene O'Neill,
George S. Kaufman
George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, theater director and producer, humorist, and drama critic. In addition to comedies and political satire, he wrote several musicals for the Marx Brothers and others. ...
,
Tennessee Williams,
Arthur Miller,
Horton Foote,
Edward Albee
Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as ''The Zoo Story'' (1958), '' The Sandbox'' (1959), ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1962), '' A Delicate Balance'' (1966) ...
,
Sam Shepard,
Lanford Wilson,
Terrence McNally,
Beth Henley
Elizabeth Becker Henley (born May 8, 1952) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actress. Her play ''Crimes of the Heart'' won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the 1981 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play, and a ...
,
Alfred Uhry,
Wendy Wasserstein,
Christopher Durang,
Paula Vogel,
Donald Margulies,
Richard Greenberg,
John Patrick Shanley,
Doug Wright,
Tracy Letts
Tracy S. Letts (born July 4, 1965) is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He started his career at the Steppenwolf Theatre before making his Broadway debut as a playwright for '' August: Osage County'' (2007), for which he received ...
, and
Frederick Knott.
Broadway Licensing, a musical licensing company, acquired Dramatists Play Service in 2021.
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External links
Company website
Publishing companies established in 1936
Book publishing companies based in New York (state)
Companies based in New York City
Intellectual property organizations
United States intellectual property law
1936 establishments in New York City
American companies established in 1936
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