type private founded new york city usa 1936 website official website established in 1936 by members of the dramatists guild of america and the society for authors representatives 1 dramatists play service inc. a.k.a. dps and the play service is a theatrical publishing and licensing house . 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 and south africa that serve dps interests in their respective regions . the dps catalogue consists of over 3 300 titles from over 1 300 authors . dps is especially known for its extensive list of pulitzer prize and tony award winning plays . dps authors include eugene o neill george s. kaufman tennessee williams arthur miller horton foote edward albee sam shepard lanford wilson terrence mcnally beth henley alfred uhry wendy wasserstein christopher durang paula vogel donald margulies richard greenberg john patrick shanley doug wright tracy letts and frederick knott . notes edit the society of authors representatives founded in 1928 and the independent literary agents association founded in 1977 merged in 1991 to become the association of authors representatives aar . external links edit company website this article about a united states publishing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this theatre related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dramatists play service & oldid 647217595 categories publishing companies established in 1936book publishing companies based in new yorkcompanies based in new york cityintellectual property organizationsunited states intellectual property lawunited states publishing company stubstheatre stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 february 2015 at 08 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view