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Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy

By Alfred Uhry

The Pulitzer Prize-winning play which became the Oscar-winning film - a delicate depiction of racial tensions and of growing old.

Dead Dad Dog

Dead Dad Dog

By John McKay

An offbeat short comedy with a political edge, in which an unemployed young man is dogged by his deceased father.

Published in volume Scot-Free
    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.

    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
      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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      Pentecost

      Pentecost

      By David Edgar

      A valuable mural is discovered in a church in war-torn Eastern Europe. Part of David Edgar's trilogy of plays about post-Communist Eastern Europe.

      The Shakespeare Revue

      The Shakespeare Revue

      By Christopher Luscombe and Malcolm McKee

      An enchanting collection of witty music and skits about the Bard, devised for and first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

      East is East

      East is East

      By Ayub Khan Din

      A wonderful comedy about growing up in multiracial Salford.

      The Master Builder

      The Master Builder

      By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

      Ibsen's study of the corrosive effects of a guilty conscience. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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      Uncle Vanya

      Uncle Vanya

      By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      Chekhov's great play about an elderly professor whose plans to sell off his rural estate threaten the livelihoods of those who have worked tirelessly to keep the estate going.

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      The House of Bernarda Alba

      The House of Bernarda Alba

      By Federico García Lorca Translated by Rona Munro

      García Lorca's drama about the shattering effects of emotional repression on a family of cloistered daughters, in a version by playwright Rona Munro for the critically acclaimed Shared Experience Theatre Company.

      The Winslow Boy

      The Winslow Boy

      By Terence Rattigan

      Rattigan's 1946 play based on the real-life court case of a young naval cadet unjustly accused of stealing a five-shilling postal order.

      Dublin Carol

      Dublin Carol

      By Conor McPherson

      A magical, compelling play from the author of The Weir.

      Cressida

      Cressida

      By Nicholas Wright

      A comedy drama set in the seedily glamorous world of 17th-century London theatre.

      Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer

      Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer

      By Michel Tremblay Translated by Martin Bowman and Bill Findlay

      A bold, quirky play from the renowned Quebecois writer, translated into a robust and earthy Scots.

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      Abandonment

      Abandonment

      By Kate Atkinson

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

      So Long Life

      So Long Life

      By Peter Nichols

      A comedy drama portraying a ghastly family gathering with great humour and unflinching honesty.

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      Resident Alien: Quentin Crisp explains it all

      Resident Alien: Quentin Crisp explains it all

      By Tim Fountain

      The acclaimed one-man show based on the life and writings of Quentin Crisp.

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