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Run Sister Run

Run Sister Run

By Chloë Moss

A witty and heartfelt play about two sisters, exploring family, class and dependence.

Run, Rebel

Run, Rebel (stage version)

By Manjeet Mann

A fast-paced, mesmerising stage version of the prize-winning YA verse novel about a young woman beginning to take control of her life. Edition includes a range of teaching materials and resources.

Running the Room

Running the Room

Conversations with Women Theatre Directors

By Rosemary Waugh

Our most brilliant, fearless and creative women directors open the door on their craft, discussing their work in the theatre in intimate and illuminating detail.

Russian Avant-Garde Theatre

Russian Avant-Garde Theatre

War, Revolution & Design

Edited by John E. Bowlt

A sumptuously illustrated survey of the remarkable flowering of radical, visionary and experimental design for performance in Russia in the twenty years between 1913 and 1933, published alongside a major exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.

Russian Dolls

Russian Dolls

By Kate Lock

Kate Lock's play about a surprising relationship between two very different women, winner of the 2015 Adrian Pagan Award.

Rust

Rust

By Kenny Emson

An ultra-contemporary, sexy and funny play that pushes the boundaries of trust, love and lust to the limit.

Salad Day

Salad Day

By Deirdre Kinahan

A short play about an elderly couple who, trapped in a nursing home, plot a daring escape into the sunshine.

Published in volume Irish Shorts
    Salome

    Salome

    By Oscar Wilde

    The savage power of ancient myth collides with twentieth-century decadence in Oscar Wilde's astonishing tragedy.

    Salt

    Salt

    By Fiona Peek

    A modern morality tale about the corrosive effect of money, joint winner of the 2008 Bruntwood Playwriting Competition.

    Same

    Same

    By Deborah Bruce

    A play exporing the apparent gulf between the young and old, commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.

    The Same

    The Same

    By Enda Walsh

    A play about two women who meet in a psychiatric institution.

    Published in volume Medicine & The Same: two plays
      Samskara

      Samskara

      By Lanre Malaolu

      An explosive fusion of text, physical theatre and hip-hop dance exploring vulnerability, emotional trauma and what it means to be a black man in twenty-first-century Britain.

      Samuel Takes a Break

      Samuel Takes a Break

      in Male Dungeon No. 5 After a Long but Generally Successful Day of Tours

      By Rhianna Ilube

      An extraordinary, genre-blending play about colonialism, identity and the attempt to preserve the past, premiered at The Yard Theatre London in 2024.

      The Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself

      The Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself

      By Claudia Ríos Translated by Roxana Silbert

      After a young girl's suicide, her parents meet for the first time in years at the school where she died.

      Published in volume Mexican Plays
        Sandpaper on Sunburn

        Sandpaper on Sunburn

        By David Horan

        The personal becomes political in a funny and fascinating play exploring identity and family. Premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival in September 2024.

        Sara Kestelman on Hippolyta and Titania

        Sara Kestelman on Hippolyta and Titania

        Performing Shakespeare

        By Sara Kestelman and Julian Curry

        Sara Kestelman discusses playing Hippolyta and Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2 - Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles.

        Satin 'n' Steel

        Satin 'n' Steel

        By Amanda Whittington

        A comic two-hander about the irresistible allure of showbusiness, from the author of Be My Baby.

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        Saturday at the Commodore

        Saturday at the Commodore

        By Rona Munro

        A short solo play from the award-winning Scottish playwright, in which an Aberdonian woman remembers a painful teenage betrayal.

        Published in volume Scot-Free
          SAUCE

          SAUCE

          By Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

          A play about death and rebirth, from an award-winning Irish playwright.

          Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays
            SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays

            SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays

            By Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

            Two sweet and saucy comedies from an award-winning Irish playwright.

            Save + Quit

            Save + Quit

            By Sophia Chetin-Leuner

            The stories of four young people in London and Dublin and how they attempt to live in the cities they call home.

            The Saviour

            The Saviour

            By Deirdre Kinahan

            A play charting the extraordinary shift in social, political and religious life in Ireland over the past thirty years.

            Saying Yes

            Saying Yes

            By Griselda Gambaro Translated by Sebastian Doggart

            A short play by a leading Argentine playwright, telling the shocking story of an everyday trip to the hairdressers.

            Scandaltown

            Scandaltown

            By Mike Bartlett

            A comedy for the new Restoration of the theatres, set in contemporary, post-pandemic London, full of illicit sex, political hypocrisy and the machinations of a fame-hungry elite.