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Zoo and Twelve Comic Monologues for Women

Zoo and Twelve Comic Monologues for Women

By Lily Bevan

A wildly inventive comedy drama about courage, female friendship and flamingos. This volume also includes twelve comic monologues for female performers.

Your Turn to Clean the Stair

Your Turn to Clean the Stair

By Rona Munro

A comically sinister study of the tensions in an Edinburgh tenement.

Published in volume Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue
    You, Me and Wii

    You, Me and Wii

    By Sue Townsend

    A short play by the author of the Adrian Mole books, set in a council house in a small Leicestershire town at election time.

    You Stupid Darkness!

    You Stupid Darkness!

    By Sam Steiner

    An urgent play about the struggle for optimism and community amid the chaos of a world falling apart.

    Yellowfin

    Yellowfin

    By Marek Horn

    Politics and the planet collide in a fiercely original play about the limits of science, the power of myths, and the things we can't control.

    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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    Writer's Cramp

    Writer's Cramp

    By John Byrne

    The debut play from the author of The Slab Boys and Tutti Frutti, taking satirical swipes at Anglo-Scottish cultural pretensions.

    Published in volume Scot-Free
      The Wonder of Sex

      The Wonder of Sex

      By Patrick Barlow

      A delightfully wacky comedy about the facts of life, from the fictional 'National Theatre of Brent'.

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      Wonder Boy

      Wonder Boy

      By Ross Willis

      A play about the power of finding your own voice, revolving around a twelve-year-old boy with a stammer. Winner of the Best Play Award at the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards.

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      A Woman of No Importance

      A Woman of No Importance

      By Oscar Wilde

      Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of a long-concealed secret. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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      The Winterling

      The Winterling

      By Jez Butterworth

      A comedy thriller from the author of the Olivier Award-winning Jerusalem.

      The Winter's Tale

      The Winter's Tale (Plays at the Garrick edition)

      By William Shakespeare Edited by Kenneth Branagh

      The official tie-in edition to the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company's 2015 production, starring Judi Dench. Featuring exclusive additional content.

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      The Wind in the Willows

      The Wind in the Willows (stage version)

      By Kenneth Grahame Adapted by Mike Kenny

      A delightful stage adaptation that combines all the joy and mystery of Kenneth Grahame's much-loved classic with the lightness of touch and playful theatricality that award-winning playwright Mike Kenny is known for.

      The Wife of Cyncoed

      The Wife of Cyncoed

      By Matt Hartley

      A charming and open-hearted one-woman play about self-discovery later in life.

      Whisky Galore

      Whisky Galore (stage version)

      By Compton Mackenzie Adapted by Philip Goulding

      A stage adaptation of Compton Mackenzie's comedy classic, combining rollicking physical theatre, panto and farce, with an array of hilarious characters for any female-led theatre company.

      Whipping It Up

      Whipping It Up

      By Steve Thompson

      A quick-witted satirical farce set in the Whips' office at Westminster.

      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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      Whiff Whaff

      Whiff Whaff

      By Jack Thorne

      A savagely funny short play about attitudes to disability and mental health.

      Published in volume Jack Thorne Plays: Two
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