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According to Hoyle

According to Hoyle

By William Gaminara

A comedy drama about male friendship in which five old friends meet for a traditional evening of poker.

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The Acedian Pirates

The Acedian Pirates

By Jay Taylor

A play that challenges our understanding of mythology, and forces us to ask vital questions about military occupation.

Acting Leader

Acting Leader

By Joy Wilkinson

A short play about Margaret Beckett finding herself Acting Leader of the Opposition after the sudden death of John Smith.

After Life

After Life

By Jack Thorne Original author Hirokazu Kore-eda

A surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live – and to die.

After Mrs Rochester

After Mrs Rochester

By Polly Teale

A dramatisation of the extraordinary life of Jean Rhys, in which themes of femininity, literature and hysteria and madness collide with vivid force.

After the Act

After the Act

By Billy Barrett and Ellice Stevens

A funny, camp and unapologetically queer musical about Thatcher's Section 28 and the moral panic that gripped a nation – and how a community decided to fight back.

After the Dance

After the Dance

By Terence Rattigan

Rattigan's brilliant attack on the hedonistic lifestyle of the ‘bright young things’ of the 1920s and 30s.

The After-Dinner Joke

The After-Dinner Joke

By Caryl Churchill

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
    Again

    Again

    By Stephanie Jacob

    A touching and comic drama about a family reunion, delving into the turmoil, love and compromises of kinship.

    Age is a Feeling

    Age is a Feeling

    By Haley McGee

    A gripping one-person play that wrestles with the glorious and melancholy uncertainties of human life, from the author of The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale.

    Air

    Air

    By Caryl Churchill

    A resonant and surreal short piece published alongside What If If Only.

    Published in volume What If If Only
      Airsick

      Airsick

      By Emma Frost

      A turbulent black comedy about love, loneliness and how we shape our future.

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      Albert Speer

      Albert Speer

      By David Edgar

      A panoramic historical drama about the man whose devotion to Hitler blinded him to the worst crime of the twentieth century, drawing closely on Gita Sereny's definitive and magisterial biography of Albert Speer.

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      Albertine in Five Times

      Albertine in Five Times

      By Michel Tremblay Translated by John Van Burek and Bill Glassco

      A simultaneous portrait of a woman at five different ages. Five actresses portray Albertine at different times of her life whilst conversing freely with each other and with their sister Madeleine.

      Published in volume The Guid Sisters and other plays
        Albion

        Albion

        By Mike Bartlett

        Mike Bartlett's outstanding play, set in the ruins of a garden in rural England.

        Alcatraz

        Alcatraz

        By Nathan Lucky Wood

        A thrilling play about family and social care that follows 11-year-old Sandy on her daring, Christmas mission to emulate Clint Eastwood and bust her gran out of lock-up.

        All God's Chillun Got Wings

        All God's Chillun Got Wings

        By Eugene O'Neill

        An expressionist play about a violently dysfunctional mixed-race marriage, inspired by an old Negro spiritual.

        Published in volume The Hairy Ape & All God's Chillun Got Wings
          All of Us

          All of Us

          By Francesca Martinez

          A passionate and timely drama that looks at the human cost of abandoning those who struggle to fit in.

          All On Her Own

          All On Her Own

          By Terence Rattigan

          A powerfully atmospheric one-woman play, All On Her Own tells the story of Rosemary who, alone at midnight in London, has a secret burden to share that is both heartbreaking and sinister.

          Published in volume Harlequinade & All On Her Own
            All Our Children

            All Our Children

            By Stephen Unwin

            A moving examination of a terrifying moral dilemma, and a powerful story that shows what it takes for humanity and decency to be restored in a world that has abandoned them.

            All the Little Lights

            All the Little Lights

            By Jane Upton

            A poignant, moving and darkly funny play about young girls slipping through the cracks in society. Joint winner of the 2016 George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright.

            All the Way Home

            All the Way Home

            By Ayub Khan Din

            A deeply emotional comedy drama from the author of East is East, exploring the relationships we have with our roots, and with those that we love but don't always understand.

            Alligators

            Alligators

            By Andrew Keatley

            A searing dramatic thriller that asks how well we actually know those closest to us, premiered at Hampstead Theatre in June 2016.

            Almost Nothing

            Almost Nothing

            By Marcos Barbosa Translated by Mark O'Thomas

            An unnerving short play by Brazilian playwright Marcos Barbosa.

            Published in volume Almost Nothing & At the Table