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Cuckold Ubu

Cuckold Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

A sequel to King Ubu, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Cuckold Ubu continues the adventures of Pa Ubu.

Published in volume Ubu
    The Custom of the Country

    The Custom of the Country

    By John Fletcher and Philip Massinger

    A 17th-century play tracing the fortunes of two brothers shipwrecked in a foreign land.

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    The Custom of the Country

    The Custom of the Country

    By Nicholas Wright

    Fletcher and Massinger's bawdy Jacobean drama is transposed to 1890s Johannesburg.

    Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five Plays
      Cyrano

      Cyrano

      By Virginia Gay Original author Edmond Rostand

      A joyous, gender-flipped retelling of Edmond Rostand's classic play, first performed by Melbourne Theatre Company, and a hit at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe before transferring to Park Theatre, London.

      Cyrano de Bergerac

      Cyrano de Bergerac

      By Edmond Rostand Translated by Anthony Burgess

      The nineteenth-century French classic about the swordsman-poet with the nose too large to be taken seriously, in an acclaimed English translation by Anthony Burgess.

      The Dance of Death

      The Dance of Death

      By August Strindberg Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      Strindberg's chilling anatomy of a marriage, in which the two partners duel with each other until one is utterly defeated.

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      The Dance of Death

      The Dance of Death

      By August Strindberg Adapted by Conor McPherson

      A visceral new version of Strindberg’s compelling, bitingly funny battle of wills.

      Dances of Death

      Dances of Death

      By Howard Brenton Original author August Strindberg

      A gripping new version of Strindberg's masterly, darkly hilarious depiction of the struggles and strains of marriage.

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      Dara

      Dara

      By Shahid Nadeem Adapted by Tanya Ronder

      An intense domestic drama of global consequence – for India then and for our world now.

      The Dark Room

      The Dark Room

      By Angela Betzien

      An intricately layered psychological thriller exposing the startling mistreatment of those most vulnerable in our society, at the hands of those who are meant to protect them.

      Dark Sublime

      Dark Sublime

      By Michael Dennis

      A play about joy and heartbreak, quarries and transmat beams – a love-letter to British sci-fi television.

      Darknet

      Darknet

      By Rose Lewenstein

      A fascinating - and terrifying - drama that explores the world of data commodification and the uncharted deep web.

      Daughter

      Daughter

      By Adam Lazarus

      A darkly satirical monologue about fatherhood, love and toxic masculinity.

      Daughterhood

      Daughterhood

      By Charley Miles

      A beautiful, ferocious play about the bonds that tie us, and how we sometimes need to break them.

      Daughters of the Revolution

      Daughters of the Revolution

      By David Edgar

      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
        David Copperfield

        David Copperfield (stage version)

        By Charles Dickens Adapted by Alastair Cording

        One of Dickens's best-loved and most autobiographical stories, brilliantly and faithfully dramatised by Alastair Cording.

        The Day I Stood Still

        The Day I Stood Still

        By Kevin Elyot

        A poignantly funny drama from the author of My Night With Reg, about the heartbreak of unrequited love and the power of memories.

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        Days of Wine and Roses

        Days of Wine and Roses (stage version)

        By Owen McCafferty

        JP Miller's 1962 film Days of Wine and Roses, adapted brilliantly for the stage by Owen McCafferty.

        Dealing with Clair

        Dealing with Clair

        By Martin Crimp

        A satire on yuppie moral and emotional bankruptcy and a bleak, black comedy thriller.

        Dean McBride

        Dean McBride

        By Sonya Hale

        A vivid and poetic monologue play about deprivation, loss and redemption through love, telling the story of Dean, a young man hardened by suffering, who struggles in life before finding his way back to happiness.

        Dear Lupin

        Dear Lupin (stage version)

        By Roger Mortimer and Charlie Mortimer Adapted by Michael Simkins

        Michael Simkins' immensely charming stage adaptation of Dear Lupin, the witty and touching collection of letters from a father to his son that became a huge bestseller, winner of The Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year.

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        Death and the Maiden

        Death and the Maiden

        By Ariel Dorfman

        A woman seeks revenge when the man she believes to have been her torturer happens to re-enter her life.

        Death of Long Pig

        Death of Long Pig

        By Nigel Planer

        Two great artists - Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin - confront their own mortality in the strange and supernatural Polynesian islands they made their home.

        Decade

        Decade

        Two towers. Ten years. Twenty plays.

        By Various

        Ten years after 9/11, twenty international writers respond to the defining event of our times.