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Sugar Baby

Sugar Baby

By Alan Harris

A one-man comedy-drama about a small-time drug dealer in Cardiff, from critically acclaimed writer Alan Harris.

Swansong

Swansong

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A comic duologue about a melancholy old actor perked up by memories of past glories.

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
    Swimming to Cambodia

    Swimming to Cambodia

    By Spalding Gray

    Spalding Gray's extraordinary memoir/monologue, based on his experiences as an actor in the film The Killing Fields.

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    Take Me Away

    Take Me Away

    By Gerald Murphy

    A dark but very funny comedy about the collapse of a family of feckless chancers and no-hopers.

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    This Lime Tree Bower

    This Lime Tree Bower

    By Conor McPherson

    A poignant and gripping tale told through three interlinking monologues from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

    Three

    Three

    By Stephen Laughton

    A short play about three young Israelis caught up in a hostage situation.

    Published in volume One Jewish Boy
      Three Kings

      Three Kings

      By Stephen Beresford

      A heartbreaking and hilarious play for a solo actor about fathers and sons, the gifts and burdens of inheritance, and the unfathomable puzzle of human relationships. 

      The Three Musketeers

      The Three Musketeers (stage version)

      By John Nicholson and Le Navet Bete

      A riotously comic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel, originally performed by physical-comedy theatre company Le Navet Bete.

      Topdog/Underdog

      Topdog/Underdog

      By Suzan-Lori Parks

      A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

      A Tragic Figure

      A Tragic Figure

      By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      A comic duologue about a civil servant sweltering in Moscow coping with the incessant demands of his family from their summer dacha.

      Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
        Treasure Island

        Treasure Island (stage version)

        By Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted by Stuart Paterson

        A fresh and genuinely thrilling adaptation of the classic tale, and one that keeps close to Stevenson's original story.

        Treasure Island

        Treasure Island (Le Navet Bete stage version)

        By Le Navet Bete and John Nicholson Original author Robert Louis Stevenson

        A rip-roaring, swashbuckling, family-friendly retelling of a classic story.

        Tuesdays at Tesco's

        Tuesdays at Tesco's

        By Emmanuel Darley Translated by Matthew Hurt and Sarah Vermande

        A touching one-person play about a person's true identity, the first English-language adaptation of Emmanuel Darley's hit play, Le Mardi à Monoprix.

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        Tumulus

        Tumulus

        By Christopher Adams

        A chilling, queer play-noir set amongst the shadowy hills of Hampstead Heath.

        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 Unreturning

        The Unreturning

        By Anna Jordan

        A compelling drama that explores the profound effect that war has on young lives.

        The Waiting List

        The Waiting List

        By Owen McCafferty

        A blackly comic monologue about a man under siege in the community where he grew up.

        Published in volume Mojo Mickybo: Three Plays
          Wake Up And Smell The Coffee

          Wake Up And Smell The Coffee

          By Eric Bogosian

          A monologue by a master of the art - 100% pure high octane Bogosian.

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