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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.

She Stoops to Conquer

She Stoops to Conquer

By Oliver Goldsmith

The best-loved English comedy of the 18th century, a lighthearted farce full of entanglements and misunderstandings, all set over the course of single, eventful night. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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Shibboleth

Shibboleth

By Stacey Gregg

An exhilarating and unsentimental exploration of working-class life in Belfast.

Shining Souls

Shining Souls

By Chris Hannan

A riotously funny comedy with a gallery of unforgettable characters, published here in a revised version alongside its revival at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, in 2003.

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The Shipment

The Shipment

By Young Jean Lee

The Shipment is a provocative look at African-American identity in today's not-quite post-racial society.

Published in volume The Shipment and Lear: two plays
    A Shoemaker, A Gentleman

    A Shoemaker, A Gentleman

    By William Rowley

    In this entertainingly far-fetched play, Rowley combines mythical tales of the origin of St Alban's with folklore about the craft of shoemaking to produce a comic history which draws together the foundations of British nationhood.

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    The Shoemakers' Holiday

    The Shoemakers' Holiday

    By Thomas Dekker

    A rumbustious Elizabethan comedy featuring identity fraud, love triangles and a marriage proposal disguised as a shoe fitting. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    Shoot the Crow

    Shoot the Crow

    By Owen McCafferty

    An endearing yet hard-hitting comic portrait of how the need to work gets in the way of living.

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    Shush

    Shush

    By Elaine Murphy

    A funny and insightful play about the power of female friendship.

    Six Characters in Search of an Author

    Six Characters in Search of an Author

    By Luigi Pirandello Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    Pirandello's most famous play, about the nature of theatre and the problems of theatricality. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    Skunk

    Skunk

    By Zawe Ashton

    A surreal, dreamlike and hilarious play exploring the pressures and transformations that happen to teenagers as they grow up. In the Multiplay Drama series.

    Slave Ubu

    Slave Ubu

    By Alfred Jarry

    The third and final part of The Ubu Plays, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Slave Ubu concludes the adventures of Pa Ubu.

    Published in volume Ubu
      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.

      The Sleeping Beauty

      The Sleeping Beauty (stage version)

      By Stuart Paterson

      A variation on the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty, by the 'master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).

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      Smelling a Rat

      Smelling a Rat

      By Mike Leigh

      A black comedy/farce from the author of Abigail's Party, premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 1988.

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      So Long Life

      So Long Life

      By Peter Nichols

      A comedy drama portraying a ghastly family gathering with great humour and unflinching honesty.

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      Someone Else's Shoes

      Someone Else's Shoes

      By Drew Pautz

      A sharp and witty satire on the commodification of art and life.

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      Somewhere Out There You

      Somewhere Out There You

      By Nancy Harris

      A romantic comedy with a twist, playfully unravelling the love stories we weave for ourselves. First performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, as part of Dublin Theatre Festival.

      Space Girl

      Space Girl

      By Helen Stanley

      An action-packed play for young performers and audiences, bursting with songs and imagination, celebrating curiosity, resilience and exploration. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by young people.

      Spacewang

      Spacewang

      By Tom Wells

      A monologue play in which a teenage girl roams the streets of Withernsea in search of aliens.

      Published in volume The Kitchen Sink
        Speech & Debate

        Speech & Debate

        By Stephen Karam

        A fiercely funny play by the Tony Award-winning author of The Humans.

        St Nicholas

        St Nicholas

        By Conor McPherson

        An eccentric, teasing yarn from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

        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
          Steel

          Steel

          By Lee Mattinson

          A hilarious and heartfelt play set in West Cumbria, about first loves, forging identities and the wild, wild hearts of teenage boys. First performed at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, in 2024.