Say hello to our A4 Editions – the plays you love, bigger and better than ever.

Available exclusively from our website, thrse editions provide the same full texts as our normal paperback playscripts, along with some key extra features:

  • they're A4-sized with larger print – ideal for those with accessibility needs, as well as for making notes in the margins
  • they're spiral-bound for ease of use – perfect for lying open on a stage manager or technician's desk, so you'll never miss a vital moment
  • they feature a blank page opposite every page of text, allowing plenty of extra space for notes, cues or anything else actors, directors and others might need to add in rehearsal or production
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An A4 edition of Around the World in 80 Days, with a standard paperback edition for scale

A4 Editions of many of our most-popular plays can now be ordered exclusively from this website, priced at £13.59 each once our standard 20% discount has been applied.

See below for a list of all of the plays available in this format – when you've found the one you need, simply head to that play's page and click 'Add to Basket' just as you would for our paperback and ebook formats. Please note our A4 Editions are currently available for UK delivery only

Interested in ordering an A4 edition of a play that's not on this list? Send us an email or call us on 020 8749 4953 and we'll see what we can do.

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2:22 – A Ghost Story

A spine-chilling, funny and scary play from the award-winning writer and broadcaster behind the hit BBC podcast The Battersea Poltergeist.

A-Typical Rainbow

An uplifting play about the experience of growing up neurodivergent and queer in early 2000s Britain, based on real events from the perspective of the writer and the autistic community.

Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Dario Fo and Franca Rame's riotous satire, in a hilarious, bang-up-to-date adaptation by BAFTA-nominated comedy writer Tom Basden.

After Life

A surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live – and to die.

Animal Farm (stage version)

A powerful and straightforward dramatisation of Orwell's enduring parable on the perils of totalitarianism.

Anne Boleyn

A celebration of a great English heroine, Anne Boleyn dramatises the life and legacy of Henry VIII's notorious second wife, who helped change the course of the nation's history.

Arabian Nights (RSC stage version)

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

Around the World in 80 Days (stage version)

By Laura Eason Original author Jules Verne

Laura Eason's celebrated adaptation of Jules Verne's classic novel, a dazzling escapade that packs in more than fifty unforgettable characters.

Backstairs Billy

An irreverent comedy about the fifty-year relationship between the Queen Mother and her most loyal, most outrageous servant. Premiered in the West End in 2023.

The Ballad of Maria Marten

A thrilling play based on the nineteenth-century Red Barn Murder in Suffolk, rediscovering the lost story of the murder victim, Maria Marten.

Be My Baby

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

Bleak Expectations

A hilarious, chaotic, Dickensian caper for the stage, based on the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series.

Blue Stockings

A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women’s suffrage.

Bombshells

Six funny and perceptive monologues about the stresses of modern female life.

Bright. Young. Things.

A funny, fast-paced play about identity, truth and the challenge of finding out who you really are. Part of Platform, an initiative from Tonic Theatre in partnership with Nick Hern Books, aimed at achieving greater gender equality in theatre.

Brontë

A compelling literary detective story about the turbulent lives of the Brontë sisters - dramatised by Polly Teale and Shared Experience, the team behind After Mrs Rochester and Jane Eyre.

buckets

Wry, emotive, funny and heartfelt, buckets is a play with a unique perspective on a universal dilemma: how do you deal with the fact that time always runs out?

Bull

A razor-sharp play about the fine line between office politics and playground bullying, Bull offers ringside seats as three employees fight to keep their jobs.

Burying Your Brother in the Pavement

A play about grief and looking at someone that little bit more closely. Written specifically for young people as part of the 2008 National Theatre Connections Festival, and premiered by youth theatres across the UK.

Chaos

A symphony of characters searching for meaning in a complicated and unstable world. Part of the 2019 National Theatre Connections Festival.

Chasing Hares

A play about resistance and dignity in the face of global exploitation. Winner of Theatre Uncut's Political Playwriting Award.

The Children

Two ageing nuclear scientists in an isolated cottage on the coast, as the world around them crumbles. Then an old friend arrives with a frightening request.

A Christmas Carol (Derby Playhouse stage version)

An acclaimed dramatisation of Dickens' well-loved Christmas story - more faithful to the original than any other published version.

A Christmas Carol (RSC stage version)

An adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic – one of the best-loved stories ever written – that rediscovers the social conscience of the timeless tale.

A Christmas Carol (Old Vic stage version)

Charles Dickens' timeless classic, brought to life in a joyous new adaptation by Jack Thorne.

A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story (stage version)

A spine-tingling stage adaptation that is faithful to the heart and spirit of Charles Dickens' much-loved festive ghost story – with an emphasis on the ghostly.

Christmas Carol: A Fairy Tale (stage play)

A revitalised stage adaptation of Charles Dickens's Christmas tale, by renowned author Piers Torday, focussing on Ebenezer Scrooge's sister Fan, the most monstrous miser ever known.

Consent

A powerful, painful, funny play about the meaning of justice and consent when two friends take opposing briefs in a rape case.

Crime and Punishment (stage version)

An exciting, fresh and accessible adaptation of Dostoyevsky's masterful novel.

The Dark Room

An intricately layered psychological thriller exposing the startling mistreatment of those most vulnerable in our society, at the hands of those who are meant to protect them.