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An Octoroon

An Octoroon

By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

The Obie Award-winning play about race and identity in America today.

Oedipus

Oedipus

By Sophocles Translated by Kenneth McLeish

Two plays, Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonos, telling the story of the mythical Greek king of Thebes.

Oedipus

Oedipus

By Robert Icke Original author Sophocles

Sophocles' epic tragedy transformed into an essential, explosive human thriller by visionary director Robert Icke.

Oedipus

Oedipus

By Sophocles Adapted by Ella Hickson

An intimate and revelatory version of Sophocles' transcendent tragedy, premiered at the Old Vic, London, in 2025, starring Rami Malek and Indira Varma.

Oil

Oil

By Ella Hickson

An explosive play that drills deep into the world's relationship with this finite resource.

Old Bridge

Old Bridge

By Igor Memic

An epic love story exploring the impact of a war that Europe forgot, and the love and loss of those who lived through it. Winner of the 2020 Papatango New Writing Prize.

Old Fools

Old Fools

By Tristan Bernays

A surprising and touching tale about a couple, their experience of Alzheimer’s, and their enduring efforts to hold their relationship together through the years.

An Old Song, Half Forgotten

An Old Song, Half Forgotten

By Deirdre Kinahan

A short play about the life and soul of an older actor living in care with Alzheimer's disease.

On Insomnia and Midnight

On Insomnia and Midnight

By Edgar Chías Translated by David Johnston

In a mountain hotel an ailing guest and nervous chambermaid strike up an uneasy friendship.

Published in volume Mexican Plays
    On Such As We

    On Such As We

    By Billy Roche

    A heart-warming play set in a small town in southern Ireland - from the award-winning writer of The Wexford Trilogy.

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    On the Beach

    On the Beach

    By Steve Waters

    Part of The Contingency Plan, Steve Waters' epic portrait of an England of the near future, in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods.

    Published in volume The Contingency Plan
      On the Ceiling

      On the Ceiling

      By Nigel Planer

      A quirky comedy about the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, from the well-known actor and writer - seen in the West End starring Ron Cook and Ralf Little.

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      On the Evils of Tobacco

      On the Evils of Tobacco

      By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      A bittersweet monologue in which a scientific lecture is hijacked by thoughts of domestic misery.

      Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
        Once Upon A Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia

        Once Upon A Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia

        By Josh Azouz

        A brutally comic play about home and identity, marriage and survival, blood and feathers.

        Once: The Musical

        Once: The Musical

        By Enda Walsh By (composer) Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová

        An extraordinary, Tony Award-winning musical about love, friendship and music. Based on the Academy Award-winning film.

        The One

        The One

        By Vicky Jones

        A viciously funny play about a couple trapped in a destructive cycle of love and lust. Winner of the 2013 Verity Bargate Award.

        One Day All This Will Come to Nothing

        One Day All This Will Come to Nothing

        By Catherine Grosvenor

        A dark, twisted, captivating play about living with loss.

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        One Fine Day

        One Fine Day

        By Nicholas Wright

        A play about the gulf that separates Britain and Black Africa.

        Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five Plays
          One For Sorrow

          One For Sorrow

          By Cordelia Lynn

          Following an attack on London, a family let a stranger into their house. Cordelia Lynn's play explores community and the limits of tolerance.

          One Good Beating

          One Good Beating

          By Linda McLean

          A blackly comic short play about a grown-up brother and sister who exact revenge on their violent father.

          One Jewish Boy

          One Jewish Boy

          By Stephen Laughton

          A bittersweet comedy addressing anti-Semitism through one young family's struggle against prejudice.

          One Night Stands

          One Night Stands

          A Critic's View of Modern British Theatre

          By Michael Billington

          Michael Billington's own selection from twenty years of reviewing theatre for The Guardian - from 1971-1991.

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          One Thousand and One

          One Thousand and One

          By Camilla Whitehill

          A short play from the author of Mr Incredible and Where Do Little Birds Go?.

          Published in volume Mr Incredible
            One Way Street

            One Way Street

            By David Greig

            A one-man show set in eastern Berlin in 1995, in which Flannery tells us his life story in the form of a guide to the city.