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Edgar: Shorts

Edgar: Shorts

By David Edgar

A collection of shorter plays from stage and television by one of the UK's foremost political playwrights.

Educating Agnes

Educating Agnes

By Liz Lochhead

A dark and wickedly funny farce about one man's twisted attempts to find a woman he can control completely.

Education, Education, Education

Education, Education, Education

By The Wardrobe Ensemble

A theatrical love letter to the schools of the 1990s, asking big questions about a country in special measures, exploring what we are taught and why, and where responsibility lies. Full of inventive theatricality and irreverent humour.

Edward II

Edward II

By Christopher Marlowe

The political tragedy of a King who indulges his passion and renounces his duties, and ultimately pays the price for forsaking his country.

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Edward III

Edward III

By William Shakespeare

Officially attributed to Shakespeare only in 1998, Edward III is set in the age of chivalry and chronicles the beginning of the 100 Years War. Following the exploits of Edward, the Black Prince, it also acts as a prequel to Richard II.

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Eggs

Eggs

By Florence Keith-Roach

A dark comedy about female friendship, fertility and freaking out, by Florence Keith-Roach, 'rising star of the London theatre scene' (Evening Standard).

Egusi Soup

Egusi Soup

By Janice Okoh

A fast and funny family drama about intergenerational and cross-cultural relationships - containing plenty of spicy bits…

Egyptian Products

Egyptian Products

By Laila Soliman Translated by Khalid Laith

A play from Egypt, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

Eight

Eight

By Ella Hickson

Eight compelling monologues offering a state-of-the-nation group portrait for the stage.

Eileen Atkins on Viola

Eileen Atkins on Viola

Performing Shakespeare

By Eileen Atkins and Julian Curry

Eileen Atkins discusses playing Viola in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2 - Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles.

Electra

Electra

By Euripides Translated by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton

Euripides' version of the Ancient Greek myth of revenge on a murdering parent. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

 

Electra

Electra

By Sophocles Translated by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton

A tragic tale of duty, retribution and fate, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Electric Rosary

Electric Rosary

By Tim Foley

A sharp, timely and gloriously funny play that asks what faith really means in the age of artificial intelligence. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize Judges' Award.

Elektra

Elektra (West End edition)

By Sophokles Translated by Anne Carson

The timeless Greek tragedy, in a magisterial translation by award-winning poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson. Published alongside the West End production in 2025.

The Elemental Actor

The Elemental Actor

How to Release Your Hidden Powers

By Mel Churcher

A practical guide for actors, giving you the tools to harness each of the elemental energies, and use them to make your acting work more powerful and alive. Full of games, exercises and practical tips. From an international acting, dialogue and voice coach who has worked with some of the biggest stars of stage and screen.

Elephants

Elephants

By Rose Heiney

A sharp black comedy with a tender heart that explores the paths we take in life and their repercussions on the people we love most.

The Eleventh Capital

The Eleventh Capital

By Alexandra Wood

An arresting 60-minute debut play about dislocation, manipulation and power, winner of the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright.

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Elizabeth Gordon Quinn

Elizabeth Gordon Quinn (National Theatre of Scotland version)

By Chris Hannan

A contemporary classic set during the Glasgow Rent Strike of 1915, with one of the best women's roles ever to emerge from Scottish theatre, an unforgettable tragicomic heroine with an extraordinary power to repel and attract.

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Elizabeth Gordon Quinn

Elizabeth Gordon Quinn (original Traverse Theatre version)

By Chris Hannan

A contemporary classic set during the Glasgow Rent Strike of 1915, with one of the best women's roles ever to emerge from Scottish theatre, an unforgettable tragicomic heroine with an extraordinary power to repel and attract.

Published in volume Scot-Free
    Kevin Elyot: Four Plays

    Kevin Elyot: Four Plays

    By Kevin Elyot

    A collection of plays from the acclaimed author of My Night With Reg, spanning twenty years of work from a playwright who brilliantly captured the comedy of pain.

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    Emma

    Emma (stage version)

    By Jane Austen Adapted by Doon MacKichan and Martin Millar

    A bold, witty and fresh adaptation of Jane Austen's novel which, while thoroughly modern, retains the spirit and much of the language of the original.

    Emperor and Galilean

    Emperor and Galilean

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Ben Power

    A thrilling version of Ibsen's epic play, charting the true odyssey of an astonishing man as he struggles to find spiritual fulfilment and political pre-eminence.

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    The Emperor Jones

    The Emperor Jones

    By Eugene O'Neill

    An expressionistic chronicle of a black dictator's flight from his oppressed subjects.

    Published in volume Anna Christie & The Emperor Jones: two plays
      The Empty Quarter

      The Empty Quarter

      By Alexandra Wood

      A play confronting the challenges we face in a foreign land, asking where, or to whom, we belong.