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The Six-Days World

The Six-Days World

By Elizabeth Kuti

An emotionally involving family play that evokes the poignancy and the poison of the festive season - from the award-winning writer of The Sugar Wife.

Sixty Five Miles

Sixty Five Miles

By Matt Hartley

A devastating drama about family and the ties that bind us together. Winner of the Under-26 Award at the 2005 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

The Skriker

The Skriker

By Caryl Churchill

An extraordinary collision of ancient fairytale and fractured urban England.

Skunk

Skunk

By Zawe Ashton

A surreal, dreamlike and hilarious play exploring the pressures and transformations that happen to teenagers as they grow up. In the Multiplay Drama series.

Skyscraper Lullaby

Skyscraper Lullaby

By James Fritz

A powerful drama about two parents trying to come to terms with the disappearance of their toddler, written and first performed as an audio drama for Audible Original.

Slave Play

Slave Play

By Jeremy O. Harris

A play that rips apart history to shed new light on the nexus of race, gender, and sexuality in twenty-first-century America. New edition published alongside the West End production in 2024.

Slave Ubu

Slave Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

The third and final part of The Ubu Plays, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Slave Ubu concludes the adventures of Pa Ubu.

Published in volume Ubu
    Sleep Deprivation Chamber

    Sleep Deprivation Chamber

    By Adam P. Kennedy and Adrienne Kennedy

    A gripping examination of the conflicting realities of the black experience of twentieth-century America.

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    Sleeping Beauty

    Sleeping Beauty (stage version)

    By Rufus Norris

    The classic tale of Sleeping Beauty's curse – as seen through the eyes of the fairy who curses her.

    The Sleeping Beauty

    The Sleeping Beauty (stage version)

    By Stuart Paterson

    A variation on the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty, by the 'master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).

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    slope

    slope

    By pamela carter

    An intimate and hedonistic examination of a nineteenth-century love triangle between the poets Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud, and Verlaine's young wife, Mathilde.

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    small

    small

    By Holly Robinson

    A compassionate and probing play about youth and aging, nostalgia and regret, and the dangers of refusing to get old. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.

    The Small Hours

    The Small Hours

    By Katherine Soper

    A National Theatre Connections play about teenagers, nightlife, and the small choices that have momentous consequences.

    small hours

    small hours

    By Lucy Kirkwood and Ed Hime With Katie Mitchell

    A collaborative theatre piece created by playwrights Lucy Kirkwood and Ed Hime with theatre director Katie Mitchell, dissecting the claustrophobic world of a new mother struggling to cope on her own.

    Small Island

    Small Island (English Mastery Secondary set text)

    By Andrea Levy Adapted by Helen Edmundson

    A stage version of Andrea Levy's epic novel tracing the tangled history of Jamaica and Britain - set text edition for the English Mastery Secondary programme.

    Small Island

    Small Island (stage version)

    By Andrea Levy Adapted by Helen Edmundson

    Andrea Levy's epic novel tracing the tangled history of Jamaica and Britain, adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson.

    The Small Things

    The Small Things

    By Enda Walsh

    A fierce and devastating fable about enforced silence.

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    The Snail House

    The Snail House

    By Richard Eyre

    A play about a government medical advisor, knighted for his role during the pandemic, whose life begins to unravel at his own lavish birthday party.

    Snatches: Moments from 100 Years of Women's Lives

    Snatches: Moments from 100 Years of Women's Lives

    Eight Monologues

    Created by Vicky Featherstone By Various

    A collection of monologues that document, remember and bear witness to a century of struggle for progress and equality for women in the United Kingdom.

    Snowflake

    Snowflake

    By Mike Bartlett

    An epic story about generational conflict, fathers and daughters, and whether we're living in the best or worst of times.

    So Here We Are

    So Here We Are

    By Luke Norris

    A play about what can happen when nothing happens, a compassionate look at young lives cut short and a touching portrait of childhood friendships under strain in adult life.

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    So Long Life

    So Long Life

    By Peter Nichols

    A comedy drama portraying a ghastly family gathering with great humour and unflinching honesty.

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    soft animals

    soft animals

    By Holly Robinson

    A tender and unflinching story about motherhood, self-destruction and the way women help each other heal.

    Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer

    Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer

    By Michel Tremblay Translated by Martin Bowman and Bill Findlay

    A bold, quirky play from the renowned Quebecois writer, translated into a robust and earthy Scots.

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