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London Assurance

London Assurance

By Dion Boucicault

A classic comedy of manners with two of the great comic roles of the English stage, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Me, As A Penguin

Me, As A Penguin

By Tom Wells

A charmingly offbeat, surreal comedy of knitting, penguins and Battenberg.

Notes for First Time Astronauts

Notes for First Time Astronauts

By Tom Wells

A comic monologue warning of the perils of self-abuse in zero gravity conditions.

Published in volume Me, As A Penguin
    Player's Angels

    Player's Angels

    By Amanda Whittington

    A play set in 1950s Nottingham, following a group of friends who work on the production line of the John Player tobacco factory.

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    The Late Middle Classes

    The Late Middle Classes

    By Simon Gray

    A funny yet melancholic look at the frustrations, secrets and guilt of middle-class respectability in 1950s England.

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    La Bête

    La Bête

    By David Hirson

    An exuberant, wildly distinctive comedy that encompasses timeless concerns about life and art.

    Yellow Face

    Yellow Face

    By David Henry Hwang

    A mock documentary that puts Hwang himself centre-stage as he uses the controversy over colour-blind casting for Miss Saigon and the racially motivated federal investigation of his own father to explore Asian identity and the ever-changing definition of what it is to be an American.

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    While You Lie

    While You Lie

    By Sam Holcroft

    A blistering play about our need for honesty in relationships and how it can sometimes bring about their downfall.

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    Tribes

    Tribes

    By Nina Raine

    A penetrating play about belonging, family and the limitations of communication.

    Red Bud

    Red Bud

    By Brett Neveu

    A play exploring the creeping onset of middle age in a group of people increasingly disillusioned by the American Dream.

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    Big Ole Piece of Cake

    Big Ole Piece of Cake

    By Sean McLoughlin

    A sparky play from the winner of the Irish Times Best New Play Award and the Stewart Parker Trust Award (for Noah and the Tower Flower).

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    Joseph K

    Joseph K

    By Tom Basden Original author Franz Kafka

    A darkly comic stage adaptation of The Trial, relocating Kafka's classic novel to twenty-first-century London.

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    Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast (National Theatre stage version)

    By Lucy Kirkwood and Katie Mitchell

    Lucy Kirkwood's delightful version of the classic fairytale, first seen in a production devised and directed by Katie Mitchell at the National Theatre for Christmas 2010.

    Clybourne Park

    Clybourne Park

    By Bruce Norris

    An acerbically brilliant satire that explores the fault line between race and property.

    No Romance

    No Romance

    By Nancy Harris

    A tender and funny tale about our secret selves, and our search for connection in a fractured world.

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    Ecstasy

    Ecstasy

    By Mike Leigh

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

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    Superior Donuts

    Superior Donuts

    By Tracy Letts

    An entertaining comedy-drama set in a local donut shop in the heart of one of Chicago's most diverse communities. By the Pulitzer Prize winning author of August: Osage County.

    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
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