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Plays with Music

See also Musicals

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Ghetto

Ghetto

By Joshua Sobol Adapted by David Lan

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

The Gospel at Colonus

The Gospel at Colonus

By Lee Breuer

Writing at the end of his own long life, in Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles depicts his doomed hero's final hours; at the moment of his death the aged Oedipus is free at last. Envisaging this meditation on mortality as a rousing service in a black church, Lee Breuer has created a remarkable text based on Robert Fitzgerald's splendid translation.

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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.

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
    Grace

    Grace

    By Doug Lucie

    A far-reaching, comic portrait of the effects of hypocrisy and corporate greed on the values of late-twentieth-century England.

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    The Shakespeare Revue

    The Shakespeare Revue

    By Christopher Luscombe and Malcolm McKee

    An enchanting collection of witty music and skits about the Bard, devised for and first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

    Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast (Young Vic stage version)

    By Laurence Boswell

    A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, with music by Mick Sands drawn from traditional French folk melodies.

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    Hotel

    Hotel

    By Caryl Churchill

    An innovative theatre piece combining music, voices and dance, with a text by Caryl Churchill and music by Orlando Gough.

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    Arabian Nights

    Arabian Nights (Young Vic stage version)

    By Dominic Cooke

    A simple and delightfully inventive re-telling of the stories from the Arabian Nights.

    Cinderella

    Cinderella (stage version)

    By Stuart Paterson

    A classic fairy tale with a twist, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.

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    The Cavalcaders

    The Cavalcaders

    By Billy Roche

    A rousing, comic play set in an old-fashioned cobbler's shop in small-town southern Ireland.

    Published in volume The Cavalcaders and Amphibians
      Beauty and the Beast

      Beauty and the Beast (RSC stage version)

      By Laurence Boswell

      A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, first performed in this version by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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      Sleeping Beauty

      Sleeping Beauty (stage version)

      By Rufus Norris

      The classic tale of Sleeping Beauty's curse – as seen through the eyes of the fairy who curses her.

      Gone to Earth

      Gone to Earth (stage version)

      By Mary Webb Adapted by Helen Edmundson

      A vivid, emotional stage version of Mary Webb's novel of rural passion, premiered by Shared Experience Theatre Company.

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      Satin 'n' Steel

      Satin 'n' Steel

      By Amanda Whittington

      A comic two-hander about the irresistible allure of showbusiness, from the author of Be My Baby.

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      Blood Wedding

      Blood Wedding

      By Federico García Lorca Adapted by Tanya Ronder

      García Lorca's blood-soaked story of doomed love, in a version by playwright Tanya Ronder.

      Be My Baby

      Be My Baby

      By Amanda Whittington

      A poignant drama about attitudes to teenage pregnancy in 1960s Britain.

      Coram Boy

      Coram Boy (stage version)

      By Jamila Gavin Adapted by Helen Edmundson

      A heartbreaking tale of orphans, angels, murder and music - dramatised from the Whitbread award-winning novel set in 18th-century England.

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