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Shoot the Crow

Shoot the Crow

By Owen McCafferty

An endearing yet hard-hitting comic portrait of how the need to work gets in the way of living.

Shook

Shook

By Samuel Bailey

A tender and honest play examining the young men society shuts away. Winner of the 2019 Papatango New Writing Prize.

The Shoemakers' Holiday

The Shoemakers' Holiday

By Thomas Dekker

A rumbustious Elizabethan comedy featuring identity fraud, love triangles and a marriage proposal disguised as a shoe fitting. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

A Shoemaker, A Gentleman

A Shoemaker, A Gentleman

By William Rowley

In this entertainingly far-fetched play, Rowley combines mythical tales of the origin of St Alban's with folklore about the craft of shoemaking to produce a comic history which draws together the foundations of British nationhood.

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Shining Souls

Shining Souls

By Chris Hannan

A riotously funny comedy with a gallery of unforgettable characters, published here in a revised version alongside its revival at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, in 2003.

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Shining City

Shining City

By Conor McPherson

A brilliant, haunting play from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

Shimmer

Shimmer

By Linda McLean

Surrounded by rain, rivers, lochs and floods, three generations of memory and experience ebb and flow through this lyrical play.

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Shifters

Shifters

By Benedict Lombe

A fierce, funny and intoxicating play about the enduring power – and fragility – of memory and love. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2024.

Shibboleth

Shibboleth

By Stacey Gregg

An exhilarating and unsentimental exploration of working-class life in Belfast.

Shed: Exploded View

Shed: Exploded View

By Phoebe Eclair-Powell

A devastating play about violence, love and loss. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

The Shed

The Shed

By Matilda Ibini

A short monologue play exploring the power that a carer can exert over a wheelchair user's life, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues
    She Stoops to Conquer

    She Stoops to Conquer

    By Oliver Goldsmith

    The best-loved English comedy of the 18th century, a lighthearted farce full of entanglements and misunderstandings, all set over the course of single, eventful night. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    The Shape of the Table

    The Shape of the Table

    By David Edgar

    An urgent political play about the collapse of an Eastern Bloc government at the end of 1989. Part of David Edgar's post-Cold War trilogy of plays.

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    Shangri-La

    Shangri-La

    By Amy Ng

    A debut play laying bare the contradictions and private pain of cultural tourism.

    Shakespeare's Lost Play

    Shakespeare's Lost Play

    In Search of Cardenio

    By Gregory Doran

    A thrilling act of literary detection as Gregory Doran attempts to rediscover Shakespeare's lost play.

    The Shakespeare Revue

    The Shakespeare Revue

    By Christopher Luscombe and Malcolm McKee

    An enchanting collection of witty music and skits about the Bard, devised for and first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

    Shakespeare on Theatre

    Shakespeare on Theatre

    By William Shakespeare Compiled by Nick de Somogyi

    A unique collection of Shakespeare's every reflection on the theatre, offering fascinating insights into the man, his work, and the world of the Jacobean stage.

    Shakespeare on the Factory Floor

    Shakespeare on the Factory Floor

    A Handbook for Actors, Directors and Designers

    By Andrew Hilton

    A passionate, illuminating exploration of Shakespeare's greatest plays and characters, from the director of the acclaimed theatre company Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory.

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