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SAUCE

SAUCE

By Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

A play about death and rebirth, from an award-winning Irish playwright.

Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays
    Save + Quit

    Save + Quit

    By Sophia Chetin-Leuner

    The stories of four young people in London and Dublin and how they attempt to live in the cities they call home.

    The Saviour

    The Saviour

    By Deirdre Kinahan

    A play charting the extraordinary shift in social, political and religious life in Ireland over the past thirty years.

    Scandaltown

    Scandaltown

    By Mike Bartlett

    A comedy for the new Restoration of the theatres, set in contemporary, post-pandemic London, full of illicit sex, political hypocrisy and the machinations of a fame-hungry elite.

    Scapino

    Scapino

    By Molière Translated by Jeremy Sams

    A superlative farce by the master of the form, Molière, written at the height of his powers, a masterclass in comic construction. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    Scarborough

    Scarborough

    By Fiona Evans

    An electrifying portrayal of a dangerously charged romance between a fifteen-year-old and their teacher.

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    Scenes From the Big Picture

    Scenes From the Big Picture

    By Owen McCafferty

    An epic, masterful twenty-plus-character play about Belfast and its multitude of urban denizens.

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    Scenes with girls

    Scenes with girls

    By Miriam Battye

    A witty and caustic play about female friendship, premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 2020.

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    The School for Scandal

    The School for Scandal

    By Richard Brinsley Sheridan

    A classic comedy of manners, ridiculing affectation and pretentiousness. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    The Schuman Plan

    The Schuman Plan

    By Tim Luscombe

    The story of post-war Britain and its love-hate relationship with Europe, recounted as a thrilling, fast-moving epic of machiavellian politics and private heartbreak.

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    Scissors

    Scissors

    By Chris Bush

    A play about family, heritage and legacy, part of Chris Bush's triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors.

    The Scorched Garden

    The Scorched Garden

    By Juan Mayorga Translated by Nick Darke

    A play about a group of inmates who have been locked up in a mental hospital since the Spanish Civil War.

    Screwed

    Screwed

    By Kathryn O'Reilly

    A gripping dramatic portrait of a destructive friendship between two women who push themselves to their limits.

    Scuttlers

    Scuttlers

    By Rona Munro

    A thrillingly fast-paced play about youthful disaffection, protest and violence, drawing on the history of the Scuttlers, the youth gangs of nineteenth-century Manchester.

    Sea Creatures

    Sea Creatures

    By Cordelia Lynn

    A haunting play about grief, loss and the power of storytelling.

    Sea Things

    Sea Things

    By Hassan Abdulrazzak

    A bold and startling comic thriller about climate crisis, conspiracy, and what lurks beneath the waves. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.

    The Seafarer

    The Seafarer

    By Conor McPherson

    A breathtaking supernatural play from the author of The Weir.

    Seagull

    Seagull

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Charlotte Pyke, John Kerr and Joseph Blatchley

    A striking version of Chekhov's classic play, restoring the cuts demanded by the Russian censor in 1896.

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    The Seagull

    The Seagull

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    Chekhov's early tragedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.

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    Second Person Narrative

    Second Person Narrative

    By Jemma Kennedy

    A play about growing up, and forging your own identity. 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 Secret Garden

    The Secret Garden (musical version)

    By Marsha Norman Original author Frances Hodgson Burnett

    The complete book and lyrics of Norman's Tony Award-winning Broadway musical adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved children's classic.

    The Secret Garden

    The Secret Garden (stage version)

    By Frances Hodgson Burnett Adapted by Elizabeth Newman

    A delightful stage adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's enduring tale of transformation and healing through nature.

    The Secret Garden

    The Secret Garden (Open Air Theatre version)

    By Frances Hodgson Burnett Adapted by Holly Robinson and Anna Himali Howard

    A thrillingly adventurous adaptation of the beloved and radical story about the magic of nature and the nature of magic, premiered at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in 2024.

    Secret Life of Humans

    Secret Life of Humans

    By David Byrne

    A thrilling play about Dr Jacob Bronowski, buried secrets, and six million years of human history.