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Poetics

Poetics

By Aristotle Translated by Kenneth McLeish

A clear and authoritative edition of one of the most influential tracts in world theatre, a text that is crucial to an understanding of how drama works, and how it has evolved.

Howie the Rookie

Howie the Rookie

By Mark O'Rowe

A white-knuckle ride through a nightmare Dublin, where enemies and allies are interchangeable.

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.

Perfect Days

Perfect Days

By Liz Lochhead

A funny, sad and truthful romantic comedy about beating the biological clock.

Family: three plays

Family: three plays

By Riccardo Galgani, Linda McLean and Iain Crichton Smith

A triptych of short plays on the theme of family from three generations of Scottish writers.

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Acts

Acts

By Riccardo Galgani

A short play about an old couple whose son returns after years of absence.

Published in volume Family: three plays
    The Visitor

    The Visitor

    By Iain Crichton Smith

    A short play about a schoolmaster on the verge of retirement, confronted by a mysterious young man wishing to pay his respects.

    Published in volume Family: three plays
      Just the Three of Us

      Just the Three of Us

      By Simon Gray

      A stylish mix of the comic and the macabre, exploring ideas about love, both platonic and romantic.

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      Trust

      Trust

      By Gary Mitchell

      A play about the bonds of trust in a tight-knit Loyalist community, and how easily they are shattered, from the multi-award winning writer of The Force of Change.

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      The Devil's Charter

      The Devil's Charter

      By Barnabe Barnes

      A Jacobean tragedy narrating the sensational history of the Borgias.

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      The Custom of the Country

      The Custom of the Country

      By John Fletcher and Philip Massinger

      A 17th-century play tracing the fortunes of two brothers shipwrecked in a foreign land.

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      This is a Chair

      This is a Chair

      By Caryl Churchill

      A short play about the surreal nature of modern life.

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      The Clink

      The Clink

      By Stephen Jeffreys

      A riotously funny satirical farce in the tradition of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Shakespeare in Love, from the author of The Libertine.

      Last Dance at Dum Dum

      Last Dance at Dum Dum

      By Ayub Khan Din

      A serious comedy from the author of East is East, about the dying breed of Anglo-Indians living in Calcutta in 1985.

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      Uncle Vanya

      Uncle Vanya

      By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      Chekhov's great play about an elderly professor whose plans to sell off his rural estate threaten the livelihoods of those who have worked tirelessly to keep the estate going.

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      Arabian Nights

      Arabian Nights (Young Vic stage version)

      By Dominic Cooke

      A simple and delightfully inventive re-telling of the stories from the Arabian Nights.

      Riddance

      Riddance

      By Linda McLean

      A chilling emotional thriller about two men and a woman bound together by the secrets of surviving a childhood in a Glasgow tenement.

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      Spanish Plays

      Spanish Plays

      Edited by Elyse Dodgson and Mary Peate

      A collection of modern Spanish and Catalan plays in translations by practising English playwrights, commissioned and first staged by the Royal Court Theatre.

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