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Leavings

A short monologue play from the author of Jerusalem.

Published in volume Jez Butterworth Plays: One

    Albertine in Five Times

    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.

      Duologue

      Terence Rattigan's Duologue is a short monologue play for a female actor in which a woman reminisces movingly about her dead husband.

      Published in volume Who is Sylvia? and Duologue

        Dead Dad Dog

        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

          generations

          A 30-minute drama about three generations of a black South African family who contest their relative culinary skills. But food isn't the only topic and the family numbers are declining...

          Published in volume trade & generations: two plays

            On the Beach

            Part of The Contingency Plan, Steve Waters' epic portrait of an England of the near future, in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods.

            Published in volume The Contingency Plan

              Resilience

              Part of The Contingency Plan, Steve Waters' epic portrait of an England of the near future, in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods.

              Published in volume The Contingency Plan

                What Love Is

                A short play about caring for your parents.

                Published in volume Sex & God

                  Daughters of the Revolution

                  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

                    Swansong

                    A comic duologue about a melancholy old actor perked up by memories of past glories.

                    Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

                      Room 303

                      A short monologue inspired by the Third Epistle of John and first produced by the Bush Theatre, London, as part of the Sixty-Six Books season in 2011.

                      Published in volume Enda Walsh Plays: Two

                        All On Her Own

                        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

                          Salad Day

                          A short play about an elderly couple who, trapped in a nursing home, plot a daring escape into the sunshine.

                          Published in volume Irish Shorts

                            The Mirror and the Light (stage version)

                            The final part of Hilary Mantel's hugely acclaimed Wolf Hall trilogy, adapted by the author with the actor Ben Miles and staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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                            The Village Church

                            A short play about faith, families, and fitting in.

                            Uncle Vanya

                            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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                            Ghosts

                            By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine

                            An English version of Ibsen's great play, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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                            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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