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Don Juan

Don Juan

By Molière Translated by Kenneth McLeish

Molière's comedy about the notorious womaniser, in a fresh and performable translation by Kenneth McLeish.

Dora: A Case of Hysteria

Dora: A Case of Hysteria

By Kim Morrissey

A satirical feminist play debunking Sigmund Freud's theories about hysteria.

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Dracula: The Bloody Truth

Dracula: The Bloody Truth

By John Nicholson and Le Navet Bete

A comic retelling of the story of Dracula, from John Nicholson and Exeter-based theatre company Le Navet Bete.

A Dream

A Dream

By Chris Bush

A riotous musical play transporting Shakespeare's most beloved characters to the chaos of a busy modern-day hospital. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series.

Dreams of Violence

Dreams of Violence

By Stella Feehily

A riotous comedy about love, death and responsibility.

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Drip

Drip

By Tom Wells By (composer) Matthew Robins

A one-man musical comedy about a fifteen-year-old boy who finds himself in deep water when he joins a synchronised swimming team, even though he can't swim.

The Drunks

The Drunks

By Mikhail and Vyacheslav Durnenkov Translated by Nina Raine

A darkly comic and freewheeling epic that gets to the heart of small-town politics and what it means to please all of the people all of the time.

Dry Powder

Dry Powder

By Sarah Burgess

A razor-sharp comedy about the people who shape – and skew – the economy.

Dusk Rings A Bell

Dusk Rings A Bell

By Stephen Belber

A beautifully crafted play from the American playwright, author of Tape and associate writer of The Laramie Project, whose events are echoed in this play.

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East Coast Chicken Supper

East Coast Chicken Supper

By Martin J. Taylor

A scabrously funny look at 'young enterprise' in modern Scotland.

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East is East

East is East

By Ayub Khan Din

A wonderful comedy about growing up in multiracial Salford.

Eastward Ho!

Eastward Ho!

By Ben Jonson, John Marston and George Chapman

A collaboratively written City Comedy which sees true love and virtue triumphing over social-climbing, deception and trickery. In the Nick Hern Books RSC Classics series.

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Ecstasy

Ecstasy

By Mike Leigh

A play about loneliness, togetherness, longing, warmth and love.

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Edgar & Annabel

Edgar & Annabel

By Sam Holcroft

An Orwellian dystopian fable about a group of freedom fighters attempting to stand up to a repressive regime, while being continuously subjected to surveillance.

Educating Agnes

Educating Agnes

By Liz Lochhead

A dark and wickedly funny farce about one man's twisted attempts to find a woman he can control completely.

Education, Education, Education

Education, Education, Education

By The Wardrobe Ensemble

A theatrical love letter to the schools of the 1990s, asking big questions about a country in special measures, exploring what we are taught and why, and where responsibility lies. Full of inventive theatricality and irreverent humour.

Eggs

Eggs

By Florence Keith-Roach

A dark comedy about female friendship, fertility and freaking out, by Florence Keith-Roach, 'rising star of the London theatre scene' (Evening Standard).

Elephants

Elephants

By Rose Heiney

A sharp black comedy with a tender heart that explores the paths we take in life and their repercussions on the people we love most.

Enter A Gentleman

Enter A Gentleman

By Elizabeth Kuti

A 15-minute play based on Restoration playwright Aphra Behn's tempestuous love affair with John Hoyle.

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    Escaped Alone

    Escaped Alone

    By Caryl Churchill

    A play about three old friends and a neighbour having tea in the back yard, and contemplating catastrophe.

    failure project

    failure project

    By Yolanda Mercy

    A warm and witty one-person play exploring grief, the strings attached to success, and what it means to 'fail'. Premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2024.

    Fanboy

    Fanboy

    By Joe Sellman-Leava

    A five-star hit at the Edinburgh Fringe, Fanboy is a love-hate letter to pop culture and nostalgia, about a thirty-something, self-confessed nerd obsessed with Star Wars and Nintendo.

    Fanny

    Fanny

    By Calum Finlay

    A joyful and irreverent comedy about Felix Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny, celebrating music, family and – at last – the work of a composer overlooked because of her sex.

    Fault Lines

    Fault Lines

    By Ali Taylor

    A razor-sharp new comedy that exposes the dilemmas of working in charity today and asks whether doing good is always the same as being good.

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