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Shoot the Crow

Shoot the Crow

By Owen McCafferty

An endearing yet hard-hitting comic portrait of how the need to work gets in the way of living.

The Shoemakers' Holiday

The Shoemakers' Holiday

By Thomas Dekker

A rumbustious Elizabethan comedy featuring identity fraud, love triangles and a marriage proposal disguised as a shoe fitting. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

A Shoemaker, A Gentleman

A Shoemaker, A Gentleman

By William Rowley

In this entertainingly far-fetched play, Rowley combines mythical tales of the origin of St Alban's with folklore about the craft of shoemaking to produce a comic history which draws together the foundations of British nationhood.

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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
    Shining Souls

    Shining Souls

    By Chris Hannan

    A riotously funny comedy with a gallery of unforgettable characters, published here in a revised version alongside its revival at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, in 2003.

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    Shibboleth

    Shibboleth

    By Stacey Gregg

    An exhilarating and unsentimental exploration of working-class life in Belfast.

    She Stoops to Conquer

    She Stoops to Conquer

    By Oliver Goldsmith

    The best-loved English comedy of the 18th century, a lighthearted farce full of entanglements and misunderstandings, all set over the course of single, eventful night. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    The Shakespeare Revue

    The Shakespeare Revue

    By Christopher Luscombe and Malcolm McKee

    An enchanting collection of witty music and skits about the Bard, devised for and first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

    Sex with a Stranger

    Sex with a Stranger

    By Stefan Golaszewski

    Bleak, funny and excruciatingly accurate, Sex with a Stranger examines what it is to be in your twenties, lonely, hollow and uncertain.

    The Servant of Two Masters

    The Servant of Two Masters

    By Carlo Goldoni Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    A classic Italian comedy that remains blisteringly hilarious and relevant, over two hundred and fifty years after it was written. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    Screwed

    Screwed

    By Kathryn O'Reilly

    A gripping dramatic portrait of a destructive friendship between two women who push themselves to their limits.

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    The School for Scandal

    The School for Scandal

    By Richard Brinsley Sheridan

    A classic comedy of manners, ridiculing affectation and pretentiousness. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    Scapino

    Scapino

    By Molière Translated by Jeremy Sams

    A superlative farce by the master of the form, Molière, written at the height of his powers, a masterclass in comic construction. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    Scandaltown

    Scandaltown

    By Mike Bartlett

    A comedy for the new Restoration of the theatres, set in contemporary, post-pandemic London, full of illicit sex, political hypocrisy and the machinations of a fame-hungry elite.

    SAUCE

    SAUCE

    By Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

    A play about death and rebirth, from an award-winning Irish playwright.

    Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays
      Satin 'n' Steel

      Satin 'n' Steel

      By Amanda Whittington

      A comic two-hander about the irresistible allure of showbusiness, from the author of Be My Baby.

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      Rules for Living

      Rules for Living

      By Sam Holcroft

      A theatrically playful, dark comedy about the unwritten rules we follow in our lives.

      The Rover

      The Rover

      By Aphra Behn

      A classic Restoration comedy by one of the earliest and most celebrated female playwrights. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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