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Inventing a New Colour

Inventing a New Colour

By Paul Godfrey

A war-time Exeter family takes in an evacuee from London.

Published in volume First Run
    Cloud Nine

    Cloud Nine

    By Caryl Churchill

    A landmark play about sexual politics in colonial Africa and modern-day Britain, in which all our assumptions about sex and gender are stunningly exploded.

    Ghetto

    Ghetto

    By Joshua Sobol Adapted by David Lan

    The true story of the flourishing of a theatre in a wartime Jewish Ghetto.

    Playing for Time

    Playing for Time

    By Arthur Miller

    The extraordinary story of the women's orchestra in Auschwitz, originally filmed for television with Vanessa Redgrave, and adapted for the stage by Miller himself.

    Sunday in the Park with George

    Sunday in the Park with George

    By Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

    The Pulitzer-winning musical inspired by Georges Seurat's pointillist masterpiece, celebrating the art of creation and the creation of art.

    Elizabeth Gordon Quinn

    Elizabeth Gordon Quinn (original Traverse Theatre version)

    By Chris Hannan

    A contemporary classic set during the Glasgow Rent Strike of 1915, with one of the best women's roles ever to emerge from Scottish theatre, an unforgettable tragicomic heroine with an extraordinary power to repel and attract.

    Published in volume Scot-Free
      The Steamie

      The Steamie

      By Tony Roper

      A celebration of women's work in a Glasgow wash-house set on Hogmanay.

      Published in volume Scot-Free
        Cyrano de Bergerac

        Cyrano de Bergerac

        By Edmond Rostand Translated by Anthony Burgess

        The nineteenth-century French classic about the swordsman-poet with the nose too large to be taken seriously, in an acclaimed English translation by Anthony Burgess.

        Sweeney Todd

        Sweeney Todd

        By Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler

        The gruesomely fascinating musical about the 'Demon Barber of Fleet Street', one of Sondheim's greatest hits.

        Assassins

        Assassins

        By Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman

        A dark and funny look at the end of the American dream - Stephen Sondheim lifts musical theatre to new heights of brilliance.

        A Going Concern

        A Going Concern

        By Stephen Jeffreys

        A play about a washed-up family business, from the author of The Libertine.

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        The Clearing

        The Clearing

        By Helen Edmundson

        A powerful play about the effects of Oliver Cromwell's military campaign in Ireland.

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        The Mill on the Floss

        The Mill on the Floss (stage version)

        By George Eliot Adapted by Helen Edmundson

        A re-invention of George Eliot's classic story of loss, tragedy and the relentless nature of fate.

        The Maiden Stone

        The Maiden Stone

        By Rona Munro

        A wild and fantastical tale about a group of women struggling to get by in the harsh world of north-east Scotland in the early nineteenth century.

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        The Machine Wreckers

        The Machine Wreckers

        By Ernst Toller Translated by Ashley Dukes

        A classic of German expressionism by an active revolutionary who was also an accomplished poet and playwright.

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        Stanley

        Stanley

        By Pam Gems

        A brilliant and painfully truthful portrait of Stanley Spencer, the wayward genius of modern British painting.

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        Mary Stuart

        Mary Stuart

        By Friedrich Schiller Translated by Jeremy Sams

        Schiller's grand historical tragedy, a battle of wits between Mary Queen of Scots and her captor, Queen Elizabeth I.

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        Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

        Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (stage version)

        By Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted by David Edgar

        A superb adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous story of the unassuming Dr Jekyll and his dark alter-ego Mr Hyde.

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