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Death and Taxes: Hydriotaphia & Other Plays

Death and Taxes: Hydriotaphia & Other Plays

By Tony Kushner

A wide-ranging collection of work from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angels in America.

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Death and the Maiden

Death and the Maiden

By Ariel Dorfman

A woman seeks revenge when the man she believes to have been her torturer happens to re-enter her life.

Death of a Cyclist

Death of a Cyclist

By Steve Waters

A poignant, bleakly comic short monologue told by a woman killed in a cycling accident.

Death of Long Pig

Death of Long Pig

By Nigel Planer

Two great artists - Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin - confront their own mortality in the strange and supernatural Polynesian islands they made their home.

Decade

Decade

Two towers. Ten years. Twenty plays.

By Various

Ten years after 9/11, twenty international writers respond to the defining event of our times.

The Deep Blue Sea

The Deep Blue Sea

By Terence Rattigan

Written in the early fifties when Rattigan was at the height of his powers, The Deep Blue Sea is a powerful account of lives blighted by love - or the lack of it.

Delirium

Delirium

By Enda Walsh

A radical re-interpretation of The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky's classic and compelling tale of family rivalries.

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Deluge

Deluge

By Fiona Doyle

A deeply provocative thriller set in a blighted landscape where nature is fiercely taking its course, Deluge is a gripping drama from the Papatango Prize-winning author of Coolatully.

Deposit

Deposit

By Matt Hartley

A bittersweet and vital play that throws a spotlight on 'Generation Rent' and the lengths they will go to in order to get that first step on the property ladder.

Desire Under the Elms

Desire Under the Elms

By Eugene O'Neill

A story of greed, yearning and murder with incest and infanticide, and edged with echoes of Ancient Greek tragedy within a New England farming family.

Published in volume Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown
    Dexter and Winter's Detective Agency

    Dexter and Winter's Detective Agency

    By Nathan Bryon

    A madcap adventure story for young people (and older detectives) to watch, read and perform.

    Di and Viv and Rose

    Di and Viv and Rose

    By Amelia Bullmore

    A warm and funny play about female friendship, crackling with wit and poignant observation.

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    Diary of a Nobody

    Diary of a Nobody (stage version)

    By George & Weedon Grossmith Adapted by Hugh Osborne

    A sparkling adaptation of the classic comic novel recording the daily exploits of Charles Pooter, the London clerk with social aspirations far beyond his status.

    Ding Dong the Wicked

    Ding Dong the Wicked

    By Caryl Churchill

    A short play by one of the UK's leading dramatists.

    A child is shut in her room, a dog is dead in the road, someone is kissing her brother in law. A family locked in hatred is sending a son to war.

    dirty butterfly

    dirty butterfly

    By debbie tucker green

    A mesmerising and startling play about voyeurism, power and guilt.

    Disco Pigs

    Disco Pigs

    By Enda Walsh

    Enda Walsh's breakthrough play, a fast and formally inventive portrait of two teenage Irish misfits

    Published in volume Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin
      Disconnect

      Disconnect

      By Anupama Chandrasekhar

      An urgent exposé of the realities behind the international call centre.

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      The Distance

      The Distance

      By Deborah Bruce

      A painfully funny play about motherhood (and fatherhood), about keeping control, and about letting go.

      Distant Early Warning

      Distant Early Warning

      By Tatty Hennessy

      A short play set in 2053 in what was once Greenland.

      Published in volume A Hundred Words for Snow
        Distracted

        Distracted

        By Morna Pearson

        A darkly surreal and richly comic short play about a deeply unusual mother and son relationship.

        Dixon and Daughters

        Dixon and Daughters

        By Deborah Bruce

        A powerful play about family and forgiveness, following a woman after her release from prison. Premiered at the National Theatre.

        Dizzy

        Dizzy

        By Mohamed-Zain Dada

        A fantastical, theatrical adventure through the underground world of street art and the hidden patterns in our universe. Premiered on UK tour by Theatre Centre and Sheffield Theatres in 2024.

        Doctor Scroggy's War

        Doctor Scroggy's War

        By Howard Brenton

        An epic, hilarious and moving play that takes a sideways look at the First World War.

        Dogeaters

        Dogeaters

        By Jessica Hagedorn

        A hard-hitting play about the Philippines in the Marcos era, adapted by Jessica Hagedorn from her own novel of the same name.

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