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The Beaux Stratagem

The Beaux Stratagem

By George Farquhar

George Farquhar's immortal comedy about two young gentlemen with a misguided plan to get enrich themselves at the expense of a series of young heiresses.

The Beggar's Opera

The Beggar's Opera

By John Gay

John Gay's bawdy and burlesque pastiche of classical Italian opera, often regarded as the world's first ever musical.

Believe What You Will

Believe What You Will

By Philip Massinger

A Middle-Eastern leader comes out of hiding, and is hounded from state to state by the forces of the Roman Empire who threaten sanctions and ultimately war on anyone who harbours him.

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Big White Fog

Big White Fog

By Theodore Ward

A poignant family drama set in Chicago against a backdrop of the Great Depression and the inescapable racism of the times.

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Bleak Expectations

Bleak Expectations

By Mark Evans

A hilarious, chaotic, Dickensian caper for the stage, based on the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series.

Blood Wedding

Blood Wedding

By Federico García Lorca Adapted by Tanya Ronder

García Lorca's blood-soaked story of doomed love, in a version by playwright Tanya Ronder.

Bloody Wimmin

Bloody Wimmin

By Lucy Kirkwood

A short play about the protests at Greenham Common, a political landmark in the fight for nuclear disarmament.

Blue Stockings

Blue Stockings

By Jessica Swale

A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women’s suffrage.

The Bone Sparrow

The Bone Sparrow (stage version)

By Zana Fraillon Adapted by S. Shakthidharan

A stage adaptation of Zana Fraillon's powerful and deeply moving novel about the displacement and treatment of refugees and sanctuary seekers in Australia.

The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage

The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage (stage version)

By Philip Pullman Adapted by Bryony Lavery

The stage version of Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage, which is set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy. Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt.

Boudica

Boudica

By Tristan Bernays

A brand-new ancient-history play in verse that tells the story of one of Britain's most iconic women: a queen, a warrior and a rebel.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (stage version)

By John Boyne Adapted by Angus Jackson

A deeply moving and thought-provoking stage play based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne.

Brainstorm: The Original Playscript

Brainstorm: The Original Playscript

And a Blueprint for Creating Your Own Production

By Ned Glasier, Emily Lim and Company Three

A unique theatrical investigation into how teenagers' brains work, and why they’re designed by evolution to be the way they are.

Bright. Young. Things.

Bright. Young. Things.

By Georgia Christou

A funny, fast-paced play about identity, truth and the challenge of finding out who you really are. Part of Platform, an initiative from Tonic Theatre in partnership with Nick Hern Books, aimed at achieving greater gender equality in theatre.

Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)

Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)

By Hilary Mantel Adapted by Mike Poulton

The second part of Mike Poulton's two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. A thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.

Published in volume Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)
    Britannia Waves the Rules

    Britannia Waves the Rules

    By Gareth Farr

    An arresting and angry look at conflict and its effect on soldiers returning home.

    buckets

    buckets

    By Adam Barnard

    Wry, emotive, funny and heartfelt, buckets is a play with a unique perspective on a universal dilemma: how do you deal with the fact that time always runs out?

    Burnt by the Sun

    Burnt by the Sun

    By Peter Flannery

    A rich evocation of a world poised on the brink of Stalin's Great Terror, based on the 1994 Oscar-winning film written by Nikita Mikhalkov and Rustam Ibragimbekov.

    The Canterbury Tales

    The Canterbury Tales (stage version)

    By Geoffrey Chaucer Adapted by Mike Poulton

    A landmark dramatisation for the Royal Shakespeare Company of one of the foundation stones of English literature.

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    Captain Corelli's Mandolin

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin (stage version)

    By Louis de Bernières Adapted by Rona Munro

    Rona Munro's adaptation of Louis de Bernières' much-loved epic novel, set on an idyllic Greek island in 1941.

    Cardenio

    Cardenio

    Shakespeare's 'lost play' re-imagined

    By William Shakespeare and John Fletcher Edited by Gregory Doran and Antonio Alamo

    Set in the heat and dust of Andalusia in seventeenth-century Spain, Cardenio is the story of a friendship betrayed, with all the elements of a thriller: disguise, dishonour and deceit.

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    Cathy

    Cathy

    By Ali Taylor

    A candid, poignant and intimate play about the lives of those at the sharp end of economic austerity, inspired by Ken Loach's Cathy Come Home.

    Cause Célèbre

    Cause Célèbre

    By Terence Rattigan

    Based on the true story of Alma Rattenbury, who, in 1935, went on trial with her eighteen-year-old lover for the murder of her husband. In the play, Terence Rattigan pits Alma against a formidable lady juror, whose own life offers a plangent counterpoint to the central tale of love, betrayal, guilt and obsession.

    The Changeling

    The Changeling

    By Thomas Middleton and William Rowley

    Middleton and Rowley's masterpiece, a tale of murder, lust, seduction and blackmail in the seventeenth century.