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MALAPROP: plays

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.

The Malcontent

A tragicomedy full of courtly intrigue, betrayal and jealousy. In the Nick Hern Books RSC Classics series.

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The Man of Mode

The best comedy of manners written in England before Congreve. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The Mandate

A chillingly grotesque farce set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution.

Manon / Sandra

A controversial but humane play about an obsessively religious girl and a sex-obsessed transvestite, by the renowned Quebecois writer.

    The Marriage of Figaro

    A classic five-act French comedy by Beaumarchais, the source for Mozart's famous opera of the same name. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    Mary

    A political thriller for the stage, set in the 1560s and portraying events around Mary Stuart, the troubled Queen of Scots. Part of Rona Munro's breathtaking theatrical exploration of Scottish history.

    Mary and the Hyenas

    An electrifying stage play telling the story of feminist icon Mary Wollstonecraft. Premiered by Hull Truck Theatre and Pilot Theatre in 2025.

    Mary Barton (stage version)

    Elizabeth Gaskell's panoramic novel of Victorian England, adapted for the stage by the author of Iron and The James Plays.

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    Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

    A modern classic about the bitter rivalry between Mary, Queen of Scots, and her cousin and fellow ruler, Elizabeth I of England - retold by Scotland's most popular playwright.

    Mary Shelley

    A biographical play about Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. Premiered by Shared Experience.

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    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (stage version)

    A brilliant adaptation of Mary Shelley's Gothic masterpiece that places the writer herself amongst the action as she wrestles with her creation and with the stark realities facing revolutionary young women, then and now.

    Mary Stuart

    Schiller's grand historical tragedy, a battle of wits between Mary Queen of Scots and her captor, Queen Elizabeth I.

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    Mary's Babies

    A provocative, funny and fascinating play, inspired by the true story of Mary Barton and her husband Bertold Wiesner, pioneers of fertility treatment.

    The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary

    Peepolykus bring their exhilarating combination of verbal slapstick, visual surprise and anarchic comedy to Gustave Flaubert's seminal nineteenth-century masterpiece Madame Bovary.

    The Master Builder

    An enthralling version of an unforgettable Ibsen classic.

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    The Master Builder

    Ibsen's study of the corrosive effects of a guilty conscience. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    Masterclass: Men

    The Actor's Audition Manual

    An extensive guide to acting, followed by close to a hundred audition pieces chosen from the whole of world drama.

    Masterclass: Women

    The Actor's Audition Manual

    An extensive guide to acting, followed by close to a hundred audition pieces chosen from the whole of world drama.

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    Mastering an American Accent: The Compact Guide

    A step-by-step guide to learning and practising an American accent, for anyone who wants to use a General American accent with confidence in auditions and performance.

    The Maths Tutor

    A wry and incisive play exposing how our desire for a normal family life and our fears about adults, young people and sex, can sometimes outride the truth.

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    Maydays (Revised version)

    David Edgar's landmark play about the twenty-somethings who came of age in 1968 and were drawn into revolutionary politics. Revised version staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2018.

    Maydays & Trying It On: two plays

    Two plays by David Edgar, written thirty-five years apart, both exploring the theme of youth and revolution.

    Mayfly

    An ethereal family drama exploring rebirth in the aftermath of tragedy.