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(Not) the End of the World

(Not) the End of the World

By Chris Bush

A daringly theatrical investigation of the climate crisis through the perspectives of class, patriarchy and colonialism.

15 Heroines

15 Heroines

15 Monologues Adapted from Ovid

By various

Drawing inspiration from Ovid, fifteen leading female and non-binary British playwrights dramatise the lives of fifteen classical heroines in a series of new monologues for the twenty-first century.

3 Winters

3 Winters

By Tena Štivičić

A portrait of an eclectic family, held together by the courage to survive. Winner of the 2015 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

Abandonment

Abandonment

By Kate Atkinson

A play about love, death, identity and evolution, from the bestselling and highly acclaimed novelist.

Abigail

Abigail

By Fiona Doyle

A man in his forties and a woman in her twenties meet on a trip to Berlin. Across a fractured timeline where past and present collide, the story of their relationship, their love and their struggle unravels.

Acceptance

Acceptance

By Amy Ng

Crackling with razor-sharp dialogue, Amy Ng's play asks whether we can ever escape our past, and investigates the destructive side of our search for acceptance.

Acting Leader

Acting Leader

By Joy Wilkinson

A short play about Margaret Beckett finding herself Acting Leader of the Opposition after the sudden death of John Smith.

The Adventures of a Young Black Girl in Search of God

The Adventures of a Young Black Girl in Search of God

By Djanet Sears

Rainey Baldwin-Jackson, a country doctor, struggles to come to terms with the loss of her daughter, the disintegration of her marriage, and an eccentric elderly father on an astonishing crusade.

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After Mrs Rochester

After Mrs Rochester

By Polly Teale

A dramatisation of the extraordinary life of Jean Rhys, in which themes of femininity, literature and hysteria and madness collide with vivid force.

After the Dance

After the Dance

By Terence Rattigan

Rattigan's brilliant attack on the hedonistic lifestyle of the ‘bright young things’ of the 1920s and 30s.

Albertine in Five Times

Albertine in Five Times

By Michel Tremblay Translated by John Van Burek and Bill Glassco

A simultaneous portrait of a woman at five different ages. Five actresses portray Albertine at different times of her life whilst conversing freely with each other and with their sister Madeleine.

Published in volume The Guid Sisters and other plays
    Albion

    Albion

    By Mike Bartlett

    Mike Bartlett's outstanding play, set in the ruins of a garden in rural England.

    All God's Chillun Got Wings

    All God's Chillun Got Wings

    By Eugene O'Neill

    An expressionist play about a violently dysfunctional mixed-race marriage, inspired by an old Negro spiritual.

    Published in volume The Hairy Ape & All God's Chillun Got Wings
      All of Us

      All of Us

      By Francesca Martinez

      A passionate and timely drama that looks at the human cost of abandoning those who struggle to fit in.

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      All On Her Own

      All On Her Own

      By Terence Rattigan

      A powerfully atmospheric one-woman play, All On Her Own tells the story of Rosemary who, alone at midnight in London, has a secret burden to share that is both heartbreaking and sinister.

      Published in volume Harlequinade & All On Her Own
        All the Little Lights

        All the Little Lights

        By Jane Upton

        A poignant, moving and darkly funny play about young girls slipping through the cracks in society. Joint winner of the 2016 George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright.

        All the Way Home

        All the Way Home

        By Ayub Khan Din

        A deeply emotional comedy drama from the author of East is East, exploring the relationships we have with our roots, and with those that we love but don't always understand.

        Aloe Aloe

        Aloe Aloe

        By Camilla Whitehill

        A provocative short play about parenthood and responsibility, from the author of Mr Incredible and Where Do Little Birds Go?.

        Published in volume Mr Incredible
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