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trade

A short play dealing with the controversial topic of female sex tourism.

Published in volume trade & generations: two plays

    generations

    A 30-minute drama about three generations of a black South African family who contest their relative culinary skills. But food isn't the only topic and the family numbers are declining...

    Published in volume trade & generations: two plays

      The Desert Air

      A wartime comedy set in Cairo.

      Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five Plays

        A Bed of Roses

        An acerbic and funny play about middle-class hypocrisy and universal apathy.

          On the Beach

          Part of The Contingency Plan, Steve Waters' epic portrait of an England of the near future, in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods.

          Published in volume The Contingency Plan

            Resilience

            Part of The Contingency Plan, Steve Waters' epic portrait of an England of the near future, in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods.

            Published in volume The Contingency Plan

              Mothers Against

              A 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 plays

                Daughters of the Revolution

                A 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 plays

                  Fair

                  A powerful drama about the potent appeal of far right policies to young people in the UK.

                  Published in volume Fair & Felt Effects: two plays

                    Felt 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 plays

                      Enter A Gentleman

                      A 15-minute play based on Restoration playwright Aphra Behn's tempestuous love affair with John Hoyle.

                      Published in volume Fishskin Trousers

                        Time Spent on Trains

                        A 15-minute play about childhood, disability and spending time on trains.

                        Published in volume Fishskin Trousers

                          Wolf Hall (stage version)

                          The first part of Mike Poulton's two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. A thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.

                            Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)

                            The second part of Mike Poulton's two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. A thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.

                              The Middlemarch Trilogy: Dorothea's Story

                              Part of The Middlemarch Trilogy, adapted from George Eliot's novel by Geoffrey Beevers. Three interconnected plays, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside.

                              Published in volume The Middlemarch Trilogy

                                The Middlemarch Trilogy: The Doctor's Story

                                Part of The Middlemarch Trilogy, adapted from George Eliot's novel by Geoffrey Beevers. Three interconnected plays, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside.

                                Published in volume The Middlemarch Trilogy

                                  The Middlemarch Trilogy: Fred and Mary's Story

                                  Part of The Middlemarch Trilogy, adapted from George Eliot's novel by Geoffrey Beevers. Three interconnected plays, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside.

                                  Published in volume The Middlemarch Trilogy

                                    Abortive

                                    A couple in bed discuss the effect on them of the woman's recent abortion.

                                    Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts