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Miseryguts

By Liz Lochhead Original author Molière

A Scots version of Molière's play Le Misanthrope, by 'Scotland's greatest living dramatist' Scotland on Sunday.

Published in volume Miseryguts & Tartuffe

    Meeting Miss Ireland

    A short play commissioned and performed as part of The Fairer Sex, a series of play readings at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in June 2009.

    Published in volume Irish Shorts

      Enter A Gentleman

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

      Published in volume Fishskin Trousers

        The Bear

        A one-act comic play about a reclusive young widow whose life takes a surprisingly romantic turn.

        Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

          The Proposal

          A brilliantly funny one-act play about a hypochondriac attempting to propose to an argumentative young woman.

          Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

            A Tragic Figure

            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

              On the Evils of Tobacco

              A bittersweet monologue in which a scientific lecture is hijacked by thoughts of domestic misery.

              Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

                The Shipment

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

                  The After-Dinner Joke

                  A short play satirising the charity business, written for television. First broadcast on BBC One as part of the BBC's Play for Today series.

                  Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts

                    Mr Incredible (VAULT version)

                    A monologue about love and entitlement by Camilla Whitehill, author of Where Do Little Birds Go?, who was described by The Times as 'a writer of huge promise'.

                    Published in volume Plays from VAULT

                      Jonesy

                      A short play from the author of Jumpers for Goalposts.

                      Published in volume Jumpers for Goalposts

                        Beautiful Eyes

                        A short play about a family divided by politics, first performed in the week of Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017.

                        Published in volume Caryl Churchill Plays: Five

                          The Steamie

                          A celebration of women's work in a Glasgow wash-house set on Hogmanay.

                          Published in volume Scot-Free

                            Swansong

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

                            Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

                              King Ubu

                              Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension, the first of his three plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu.

                              Published in volume Ubu

                                Cuckold Ubu

                                A sequel to King Ubu, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Cuckold Ubu continues the adventures of Pa Ubu.

                                Published in volume Ubu

                                  Slave Ubu

                                  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

                                    Last Easter

                                    A funny, moving and provocative drama about the true nature of friendship.

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