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13

13

By Mike Bartlett

Coincidences, omens and vision collide with political reality in this epic new play by the award-winning Mike Bartlett.

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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.

1972: The Future of Sex

1972: The Future of Sex

By The Wardrobe Ensemble

A devised play about three couples having sex for the first time – and a country on the brink of a sexual awakening.

1984

1984 (stage version)

By George Orwell Adapted by Nick Hern

A bold and powerful dramatisation of George Orwell's classic dystopia, ideal for any school, youth group or amateur company.

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.

The 47th

The 47th

By Mike Bartlett

A viciously funny play offering a dazzling glimpse into the underbelly of the greatest political show on earth: the US presidential race.

5/11

5/11

By Edward Kemp

An epic and incendiary thriller about the Gunpowder Plot, weaving together the lives of kings, terrorists, priests and spies.

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55 Days

55 Days

By Howard Brenton

A gripping historical play that dramatises a crucial moment of English history.

After Life

After Life

By Jack Thorne Original author Hirokazu Kore-eda

A surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live – and to die.

After the Act

After the Act

By Billy Barrett and Ellice Stevens

A funny, camp and unapologetically queer musical about Thatcher's Section 28 and the moral panic that gripped a nation – and how a community decided to fight back.

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.

The After-Dinner Joke

The After-Dinner Joke

By Caryl Churchill

A short play satirising the charity business, written for television. First broadcast on BBC One as part of the BBC's Play for Today series.

Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
    Ah! Wilderness

    Ah! Wilderness

    By Eugene O'Neill

    An affectionate and witty comedy of recollection from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers. A family-based saga set in the years just before the First World War.

    Albert Speer

    Albert Speer

    By David Edgar

    A panoramic historical drama about the man whose devotion to Hitler blinded him to the worst crime of the twentieth century, drawing closely on Gita Sereny's definitive and magisterial biography of Albert Speer.

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    The Alchemist

    The Alchemist

    By Ben Jonson

    Ben Jonson's classic comedy, in a handy pocket edition in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    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.

    All's Well That Ends Well

    All's Well That Ends Well

    By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

    An edition of Shakespeare's play in the authoritative and accessible Shakespeare Folios series.

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    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
      Alys, Always

      Alys, Always (stage version)

      By Harriet Lane Adapted by Lucinda Coxon

      A psychological thriller, adapted for the stage from Harriet Lane's gripping novel.

      Amsterdam

      Amsterdam

      By Maya Arad Yasur Translated by Eran Edry

      A strikingly original, audacious thriller from a prize-winning Israeli writer.

      The Anarchist

      The Anarchist

      By Karina Wiedman

      A gripping, timely, and deeply moving play about protest, democracy and freedom. Winner of the Woven Voices Prize for migrant playwrights, 2022.

      Andromache

      Andromache

      By Euripides Translated by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton

      The story of Andromache, widow of the Trojan hero Hector. In the Drama Classics series.

      Animal

      Animal

      By Jon Bradfield With Josh Hepple

      A hilarious, challenging and heartbreaking play about a gay, disabled man embarking on a sexual and romantic odyssey.

      Animal Farm

      Animal Farm (stage version)

      By George Orwell Adapted by Ian Wooldridge

      A powerful and straightforward dramatisation of Orwell's enduring parable on the perils of totalitarianism.