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Saturday at the Commodore

Saturday at the Commodore

By Rona Munro

A short solo play from the award-winning Scottish playwright, in which an Aberdonian woman remembers a painful teenage betrayal.

Published in volume Scot-Free
    Albertine in Five Times

    Albertine in Five Times

    By Michel Tremblay Translated by John Van Burek and Bill Glassco

    A simultaneous portrait of a woman at five different ages. Five actresses portray Albertine at different times of her life whilst conversing freely with each other and with their sister Madeleine.

    Published in volume The Guid Sisters and other plays
      The Guid Sisters

      The Guid Sisters

      By Michel Tremblay Translated by Bill Findlay and Martin Bowman

      Germaine Lauzon has won a million Green Shield stamps. She invites her female friends and relations to a party to paste the stamps into the books. The temptation to pilfer the stamps is irresistible and an enormous fight breaks out.

      Published in volume The Guid Sisters and other plays
        Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet

        Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet

        By Jo Carson

        Fifty-four monologues and dialogues drawn from ‘found’ stories told by everyday people living everyday lives in East Tennessee and the Appalachia region of the USA.

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        Fugue

        Fugue

        By Rona Munro

        A psychological horror story about a woman suffering a mental breakdown, from the award-winning author of Iron.

        Published in volume Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue
          Ubu

          Ubu

          The Ubu Plays: King Ubu, Cuckold Ubu & Slave Ubu

          By Alfred Jarry Translated by Kenneth McLeish

          Alfred Jarry's trilogy of plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu, satirising power, greed, and bourgeois pretension.

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          The House of Bernarda Alba

          The House of Bernarda Alba

          By Federico García Lorca Translated by Rona Munro

          García Lorca's drama about the shattering effects of emotional repression on a family of cloistered daughters, in a version by playwright Rona Munro for the critically acclaimed Shared Experience Theatre Company.

          Flyin' West and Other Plays

          Flyin' West and Other Plays

          By Pearl Cleage

          A collection of work for the stage that provides a remarkable and penetrating look at the African-American experience over the last 100 years.

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          Midden

          Midden

          By Morna Regan

          A sharp, funny, moving story of five women across three generations, and a prodigal daughter's return.

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          Julie Burchill Is Away

          Julie Burchill Is Away

          By Tim Fountain

          A one-woman show based on the life and writings of the provocative columnist, writer and broadcaster, Julie Burchill.

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          Animal Farm

          Animal Farm (stage version)

          By George Orwell Adapted by Ian Wooldridge

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

          Bombshells

          Bombshells

          By Joanna Murray-Smith

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

          Be My Baby

          Be My Baby

          By Amanda Whittington

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

          trade & generations: two plays

          trade & generations: two plays

          By debbie tucker green

          Two plays from the acclaimed playwright debbie tucker green.

          trade

          trade

          By debbie tucker green

          A short play dealing with the controversial topic of female sex tourism.

          Published in volume trade & generations: two plays
            Jordan

            Jordan

            By Anna Reynolds With Moira Buffini

            A short play that tells the true story of Shirley Jones, who kills her baby boy, Jordan, rather than have him taken away by his abusive father.

            Published in volume Singular Female Voices
              The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret

              The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret

              By Catherine Johnson

              The alternating stories of two women (played by the same actress), both of whom 'lose' their sons - one murdered, the other a runaway.

              Published in volume Singular Female Voices
                Unsuspecting Susan

                Unsuspecting Susan

                By Stewart Permutt

                A monologue play about a middle-aged woman whose adult son has converted to Islam.

                Published in volume Singular Female Voices
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