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Fred & Madge

Fred & Madge

By Joe Orton

Joe Orton's brilliantly inventive and staggeringly bold first play.

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Freak

Freak

By Anna Jordan

A punchy and provocative new play by the Bruntwood Prize-winning author of Yen.

My Night With Reg

My Night With Reg

By Kevin Elyot

A deliciously funny and bittersweet comedy that captures the fragility of friendship, happiness and life itself. Winner of the Evening Standard and Olivier Awards for Best Comedy.

Holes

Holes

By Tom Basden

An absurd, hilarious and fast-paced comedy by the writer of some of Britain's most acclaimed TV comedies.

Jeeves & Wooster in 'Perfect Nonsense'

Jeeves & Wooster in 'Perfect Nonsense'

By The Goodale Brothers Original author P.G. Wodehouse

An inventive, fast-paced comedy based featuring P.G. Wodehouse’s iconic double act.

An Intervention

An Intervention

By Mike Bartlett

A touching, funny play about what happens when you hate your best friend.

The Roaring Girl

The Roaring Girl

By Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton

A hilarious city comedy by the authors of A Mad World, My Masters and The Shoemaker's Holiday. features the text edited for the RSC production, and introductions by key members of its creative team. Part of the RSC's Roaring Girls season.

The Girl's Guide to Saving the World

The Girl's Guide to Saving the World

By Elinor Cook

A frank and funny new play about friendship, feminism and what it means to be successful.

Chancers

Chancers

By Robert Massey

A fast and furious comedy about the lengths we will go to when our backs are against the wall.

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The Bear

The Bear

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

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

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
    The Proposal

    The Proposal

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    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 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
        On the Evils of Tobacco

        On the Evils of Tobacco

        By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

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

        Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
          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
            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.

            Godchild

            Godchild

            By Deborah Bruce

            A sharp, dark comedy that explores the inescapable difference between feeling 19 and being 19.

            Mojo

            Mojo

            By Jez Butterworth

            The cult hit first seen at the Royal Court, a slick and violent black comedy set in the Soho clubland of the 1950s. The hit debut play from the author of Jerusalem.

            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.

            Published in volume Fishskin Trousers
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