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Long Day's Journey into Night

Long Day's Journey into Night

By Eugene O'Neill

A true modern classic from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.

LORENZO

LORENZO

By Ben Targét

A life-affirming story about the messiness of ageing and dying. Winner of a Fringe First award at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe.

Lost

Lost

By Robert Holman

The second play in Robert Holman's acclaimed trilogy of short plays, Making Noise Quietly.

Published in volume Making Noise Quietly: three short plays
    The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret

    The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret

    By Catherine Johnson

    The alternating stories of two women (played by the same actress), both of whom 'lose' their sons - one murdered, the other a runaway.

    Published in volume Singular Female Voices
      Love and Other Acts of Violence

      Love and Other Acts of Violence

      By Cordelia Lynn

      A subversive and intimate love story about inheritance and the cycles of politics and history.

      Love in Idleness/Less Than Kind

      Love in Idleness/Less Than Kind

      By Terence Rattigan

      The third in Terence Rattigan's unofficial trilogy of war plays, published alongside an earlier version of the play, Less Than Kind, never staged during Rattigan's lifetime.

      Love, Lies and Taxidermy

      Love, Lies and Taxidermy

      By Alan Harris

      An offbeat love story about Mr Tutti Frutti, a stuffed owl and the struggle to fit in.

      Love, Love, Love

      Love, Love, Love

      By Mike Bartlett

      Are baby boomers to blame for the fact that their children's generation is debt-ridden and adrift? Love, Love, Love takes on the baby boomer generation as it retires, and finds it full of trouble.

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      Loyal Women

      Loyal Women

      By Gary Mitchell

      A gripping and explosive drama from the multi-award winning playwright.

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      Mad About the Boy

      Mad About the Boy

      By Gbolahan Obisesan

      A timely, urgent, razor-sharp drama about a teenage boy fighting to save his reputation, torn between the influence of his family, his friends and his school.

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      Maggie May

      Maggie May

      By Frances Poet

      An extraordinary drama about an ordinary family who must balance the challenges of daily life whilst living with dementia.

      Making Noise Quietly: three short plays

      Making Noise Quietly: three short plays

      By Robert Holman

      An acclaimed trilogy of plays exploring the impact of war on ordinary lives.

      Mary Jane

      Mary Jane

      By Amy Herzog

      A moving play about the stalwart endurance of a devoted mother, winner of the 2018 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play.

      Mary Shelley

      Mary Shelley

      By Helen Edmundson

      A biographical play about Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. Premiered by Shared Experience.

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      Mary's Babies

      Mary's Babies

      By Maud Dromgoole

      A provocative, funny and fascinating play, inspired by the true story of Mary Barton and her husband Bertold Wiesner, pioneers of fertility treatment.

      Mayfly

      Mayfly

      By Joe White

      An ethereal family drama exploring rebirth in the aftermath of tragedy.

      Medea

      Medea (Northern Broadsides version)

      By Euripides Adapted by Tom Paulin

      Euripides' tragedy, reworked by poet Tom Paulin into lithe and sinewy modern English.

      Medea

      Medea (Headlong version)

      By Euripides Adapted by Mike Bartlett

      A bold new version of the classic tragedy by one of Britain's hottest playwrights.

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      Medea

      Medea

      By Euripides Translated by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael

      The powerful myth of Medea, who murders her children as revenge for her husband's infidelity. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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      Medea

      Medea (National Theatre of Scotland version)

      By Euripides Adapted by Liz Lochhead

      Euripides' classic story of the woman who murders her own children in revenge for her husband's infidelity, here given a distinctive Scots flavour by the poet and playwright Liz Lochhead.

      Medea

      Medea (Theatre Babel version)

      By Euripides Adapted by Liz Lochhead

      Euripides' classic story of the woman who murders her own children in revenge for her husband's infidelity, here given a distinctive Scots flavour by the poet and playwright Liz Lochhead.

      Merit

      Merit

      By Alexandra Wood

      A thrilling two-hander that looks at the complexities of a mother-daughter relationship, the growing argument between rich and poor, and a young woman stuck in between.

      Metamorphosis

      Metamorphosis (stage version)

      By Franz Kafka Adapted by Lemn Sissay

      A thrilling stage adaptation of Kafka's visceral literary landmark, first produced by Frantic Assembly.

      Microcosm

      Microcosm

      By Matt Hartley

      A searing thriller about paranoia, social divisions, and the creeping threat of the intruder, by the Bruntwood Prize-winning playwright.

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