Desire Under the Elms
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.
Halcyon Days
An uplifting, bittersweet drama set in a nursing home, celebrating friendship and the human spirit.
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A short play about a parent and child who have been concealing their true identities.
Published in volume Irish ShortsInvestment Potential
A short play about a youthful couple who can't seem to pull themselves up the rungs of the property ladder.
Published in volume Irish ShortsWhen Cows Go Boom
By Stacey GreggA short play by Stacey Gregg, an oblique parable of love set against the backdrop of a horrific landscape.
Published in volume Irish ShortsLove in a Glass Jar
By Nancy HarrisA short play from an acclaimed Irish playwright, about a sterile liasion in a hotel room that threatens to spill over into real life.
Published in volume Irish ShortsSalad Day
A short play about an elderly couple who, trapped in a nursing home, plot a daring escape into the sunshine.
Published in volume Irish ShortsNineteen Ninety-Two
By Lisa McGeeA short play about two brothers biding their time to savour revenge - but how can they be sure they've got the right girl?
Published in volume Irish ShortsMothers Against
By David EdgarA gripping account of a bitterly fought US governor's election from the Republican perspective. Part of David Edgar's two-play cycle, Continental Divide.
Published in volume Continental Divide: two playsDaughters of the Revolution
By David EdgarA political thriller set in the midst of a bitterly fought US governor's election, from the Democrat perspective. Part of David Edgar's two-play cycle, Continental Divide.
Published in volume Continental Divide: two playsFair
A powerful drama about the potent appeal of far right policies to young people in the UK.
Published in volume Fair & Felt Effects: two playsFelt Effects
A play that unearths the seismic relationship between two half-sisters and their mother when they are forced together in the A&E ward of the local hospital. Joint-winner of the 2004 Verity Bargate Award.
Published in volume Fair & Felt Effects: two playsTearing the Loom
A searing portrait of a community divided against itself, set in a weaver's cottage in County Armagh at the time of the 1798 Rebellion.
Published in volume Tearing the Loom & In a Little World of Our OwnIn a Little World of Our Own
A powerful drama about how the conflict in Northern Ireland affects whole families, and of how the violence of the streets is brought into the heart of the home.
Published in volume Tearing the Loom & In a Little World of Our OwnThe Hairy Ape
A nightmarish condemnation of the dehumanising effects of industrialisation on the American people.
Published in volume The Hairy Ape & All God's Chillun Got WingsAll God's Chillun Got Wings
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 WingsThe Emperor Jones
An expressionistic chronicle of a black dictator's flight from his oppressed subjects.
Published in volume Anna Christie & The Emperor Jones: two playsEnter A Gentleman
A 15-minute play based on Restoration playwright Aphra Behn's tempestuous love affair with John Hoyle.
Published in volume Fishskin Trousers
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