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Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons (West End edition)

By Sam Steiner

A new, revised edition of Sam Steiner's startling play about what we say, how we say it, and what happens when we can't say anything any more. Published alongside the West End production starring Jenna Coleman and Aidan Turner.

Les Parents Terribles

Les Parents Terribles

By Jean Cocteau Translated by Jeremy Sams

Jean Cocteau's frank, ironic, bruisingly melodramatic play dealing with incest and the diseased love from which it stems.

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Let the Right One In

Let the Right One In (stage version)

By John Ajvide Lindqvist Adapted by Jack Thorne

A dark and visceral coming-of-age vampire love story, based on the acclaimed novel and film.

Liberation Squares

Liberation Squares

By Sonali Bhattacharyya

A riotous stage comedy about sisterhood, freedom of speech, and dissent in the face of institutionalised Islamophobia.

The Libertine

The Libertine

By Stephen Jeffreys

An incisive critique of life in an age of excess, based on the true story of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. This edition of the play was published alongside the 2016 production at the Theatre Royal Bath and Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Life After George

Life After George

By Hannie Rayson

A moving and perceptive play that looks at social change across three decades, from the student barricades of the late 1960s to the new millennium.

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Life is a Dream

Life is a Dream (Donmar Warehouse version)

By Pedro Calderón Adapted by Helen Edmundson

A classic from the Spanish Golden Age, Calderón's richly poetic, epic masterpiece explores illusion, reality, fate and destiny against the backdrop of a mythical Polish kingdom.

Life is a Dream

Life is a Dream

By Pedro Calderón Translated by John Clifford

A masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age, in an English version by John Clifford.

Life Raft

Life Raft

By Fin Kennedy Original author Georg Kaiser Contributions by Tassos Stevens

A thrilling large-cast play for young actors exploring the psychology of survival – and an urgent allegory for our times. Plus a series of interactive games specially created by award-winning games designer Tassos Stevens, to facilitate a deeper exploration of the play's themes.

The Light Burns Blue

The Light Burns Blue

By Silva Semerciyan

A play inspired by the true story of the Cottingley Fairies. Part of Platform, a series of big-cast plays with predominantly or all-female casts, written specifically for performance by school, college and youth-theatre groups.

The Light in the Piazza

The Light in the Piazza

By Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel

The book and lyrics of the hit Broadway musical based on Elizabeth Spencer's 1960 novella.

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Light in the Village

Light in the Village

By John Clifford

A devastatingly effective modern parable about poverty and corruption in an Indian village.

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Light Shining in Buckinghamshire

Light Shining in Buckinghamshire

By Caryl Churchill

The story of the men and women who went into battle for the soul of England during the English Civil War.

The Lightest Element

The Lightest Element

By Stella Feehily

A stage drama about Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, one of the most eminent astronomers of the twentieth century. Premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2024.

Lilies on the Land

Lilies on the Land

By the Lions part

A revealing, funny and wonderfully moving portrait of four women who sign up to join the Women's Land Army during World War II.

Limehouse

Limehouse

By Steve Waters

A thrilling drama that takes us behind closed doors to imagine the personal conflicts behind the making of political history.

Liolà

Liolà

By Tanya Ronder Original author Luigi Pirandello

A funny and touching new version of Pirandello's high-spirited drama, set at the heart of a rural community where property and family unleash fierce passions.

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Lionboy

Lionboy (stage version)

By Zizou Corder Adapted by Marcelo Dos Santos

An adaptation of Zizou Corder's Lionboy novels for award-winning theatre company Complicite.

LIT

LIT

By Sophie Ellerby

A play exploring the turbulent teenage years of a Nottingham girl looking for love in all the wrong places.

Little Baby Jesus

Little Baby Jesus

By Arinzé Kene

Three magnetic personalities and three remarkable stories from the poetic imagination of Arinzé Kene.

Little Bits of Ruined Beauty

Little Bits of Ruined Beauty

By Tom Wentworth

A darkly comic play examining the subtle shift from cared-for to carer and how dignity and independence are maintained in isolated rural areas. 

Little Certainties

Little Certainties

By Bárbara Colio Translated by William Gregory

Mario is missing, presumed dead. In the town of Tijuana, his brother and sister make a shocking discovery about Mario and his secrets.

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    Little Eagles

    Little Eagles

    By Rona Munro

    A play telling the fascinating and little-known story of Sergei Korolyov, chief designer and unsung hero of the Soviet space programme.

    Little Eyolf

    Little Eyolf

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Richard Eyre

    Ibsen's forensic examination of a marriage as it falls apart, in a version by Richard Eyre.