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Lady Windermere's Fan

Lady Windermere's Fan

By Oscar Wilde

A biting satire on the morals of Victorian society, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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Lagan

Lagan

By Stacey Gregg

A kaleidoscope of stories from post-Troubles Belfast, Lagan is an intimate and absorbing dramatic portrait of a city with a past like no other.

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The Lament for Arthur Cleary

The Lament for Arthur Cleary

By Dermot Bolger

Bestselling novelist Dermot Bolger transposes an old story of love and death to modern-day Dublin.

Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald
    Lay Me Down Softly

    Lay Me Down Softly

    By Billy Roche

    A heartfelt slice of life in small-town Ireland, brimming with passions and all-too-human foibles, from the author of the well-loved Wexford Trilogy.

    Lazarus: The Complete Book and Lyrics

    Lazarus: The Complete Book and Lyrics

    By David Bowie and Enda Walsh

    The extraordinary musical inspired by the book The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis and its cult film adaptation starring David Bowie, and incorporating some of Bowie's most iconic songs.

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    Limbo

    Limbo

    By Declan Feenan

    A monologue play in which a 17-year-old girl tells us the story of her relationship with an older man and what it led to.

    Published in volume St Petersburg and other plays
      Little Dolls

      Little Dolls

      By Nancy Harris

      A short play about a woman seeking help from a therapist to overcome a traumatic episode in her past.

      Little Gem

      Little Gem

      By Elaine Murphy

      A poignant and hilarious play about love, sex, birth, death and salsa classes, following three generations of women over one extraordinary year.

      London Assurance

      London Assurance

      By Dion Boucicault

      A classic comedy of manners with two of the great comic roles of the English stage, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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      Love in a Glass Jar

      Love in a Glass Jar

      By Nancy Harris

      A short play from an acclaimed Irish playwright, about a sterile liasion in a hotel room that threatens to spill over into real life.

      Published in volume Irish Shorts
        Low in the Dark

        Low in the Dark

        By Marina Carr

        A witty and absurdist play that dismantles the myths of motherhood and exposes the sexism of language and religious imagery.

        Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald
          Loyal Women

          Loyal Women

          By Gary Mitchell

          A gripping and explosive drama from the multi-award winning playwright.

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          Made in China

          Made in China

          By Mark O'Rowe

          A blackly comic drama set in a crazed, completely re-imagined Dublin underworld, full of martial arts, rogue cops and savage low-lifes. From the award-winning writer of Howie the Rookie.

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          MALAPROP: plays

          MALAPROP: plays

          By Carys D. Coburn With MALAPROP Theatre

          Four plays from the award-winning collective of Irish theatremakers: bold, playful, genre-spanning work, all premiered at the Dublin Fringe Festival between 2017 and 2023.

          Conor McPherson Plays: One

          Conor McPherson Plays: One

          By Conor McPherson

          Four early plays from the author of The Weir, with a foreword by the author.

          Meat

          Meat

          By Gillian Greer

          A play about class, consent and transgressions buried in the past, set over the course of one winesoaked evening in a Dublin restaurant.

          Medicine

          Medicine

          By Enda Walsh

          A dark and frequently absurdist play about how we have treated those we call 'mentally ill'.

          Published in volume Medicine & The Same: two plays
            Meeting Miss Ireland

            Meeting Miss Ireland

            By Rosemary Jenkinson

            A short play commissioned and performed as part of The Fairer Sex, a series of play readings at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in June 2009.

            Published in volume Irish Shorts
              Midden

              Midden

              By Morna Regan

              A sharp, funny, moving story of five women across three generations, and a prodigal daughter's return.

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              The Milliner and the Weaver

              The Milliner and the Weaver

              By Marie Jones

              A short play about the Suffragette movement in Ireland, as the question of Home Rule divides the nation.

              Misogynist

              Misogynist

              By Michael Harding

              A powerful anatomy of misogyny, by 'one of the most significant new Irish writers of his generation' (Sunday Times).

              Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald
                Misterman

                Misterman

                By Enda Walsh

                A virtuosic study of one man's descent into religious mania in small-town Ireland. This edition was published alongside the 2012 production at the National Theatre starring Cillian Murphy.

                misterman (2001 edition)

                misterman (2001 edition)

                By Enda Walsh

                A strange and haunting monologue from the acclaimed Irish playwright.

                Published in volume bedbound & misterman: two plays
                  Mojo Mickybo

                  Mojo Mickybo

                  By Owen McCafferty

                  An unsentimental portrayal of innocence betrayed by communal hatred in Belfast during the 1970s.