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Come On Over

Come On Over

By Conor McPherson

A Jesuit priest, sent to investigate a 'miracle' in his home town, re-encounters the woman who loved him thirty years before.

Comment is Free

Comment is Free

By James Fritz

A journalist forms the centre of a devastating media storm in James Fritz's urgent, gripping and innovative play.

Contractions

Contractions

By Mike Bartlett

An ink-black comedy about the boundaries between work and play.

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CripTales: Six Monologues

CripTales: Six Monologues

By Various Curated by Mat Fraser

Six fictional monologues portraying some very real experiences of disabled people in Britain, commissioned to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

Damage

Damage

By Kamal Khalladi Translated by Houda Echouafni

A play from Morocco, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

Dancing Bears

Dancing Bears

By Sam Holcroft

A short play laying bare the twisted loyalties and violence in teenage gangs.

Dead Dad Dog

Dead Dad Dog

By John McKay

An offbeat short comedy with a political edge, in which an unemployed young man is dogged by his deceased father.

Published in volume Scot-Free
    Death of a Cyclist

    Death of a Cyclist

    By Steve Waters

    A poignant, bleakly comic short monologue told by a woman killed in a cycling accident.

    Decade

    Decade

    Two towers. Ten years. Twenty plays.

    By Various

    Ten years after 9/11, twenty international writers respond to the defining event of our times.

    Ding Dong the Wicked

    Ding Dong the Wicked

    By Caryl Churchill

    A short play by one of the UK's leading dramatists.

    A child is shut in her room, a dog is dead in the road, someone is kissing her brother in law. A family locked in hatred is sending a son to war.

    Distant Early Warning

    Distant Early Warning

    By Tatty Hennessy

    A short play set in 2053 in what was once Greenland.

    Published in volume A Hundred Words for Snow
      Distracted

      Distracted

      By Morna Pearson

      A darkly surreal and richly comic short play about a deeply unusual mother and son relationship.

      The Domino Effect

      The Domino Effect

      By Fin Kennedy

      The Domino Effect is an ensemble play for teenage performers created by award-winning playwright Fin Kennedy.

      Doris Day

      Doris Day

      By E V Crowe

      A short play about two police officers and their different expectations of the job.

      Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane

      Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane

      By Carys D. Coburn

      A play about losing someone close to you, about the human need to remember and connect.

      The Dream Collector

      The Dream Collector

      By Fin Kennedy

      An ensemble play for teenage performers created by award-winning playwright Fin Kennedy.

      Dream Pill

      Dream Pill

      By Rebecca Prichard

      A short play about two children forced into prostitution.

      Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?

      Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?

      By Caryl Churchill

      A man falls in love with America and leaves his wife and children for fifty years of love and adventure with Sam.

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      Duologue

      Duologue

      By Terence Rattigan

      Terence Rattigan's Duologue is a short monologue play for a female actor in which a woman reminisces movingly about her dead husband.

      Published in volume Who is Sylvia? and Duologue
        Echoes

        Echoes

        By Henry Naylor

        A bloody tale of colonialism – ancient and modern – and the rhyme of history. Part of the Arabian Nightmares trilogy.

        Edgar & Annabel

        Edgar & Annabel

        By Sam Holcroft

        An Orwellian dystopian fable about a group of freedom fighters attempting to stand up to a repressive regime, while being continuously subjected to surveillance.

        Eight

        Eight

        By Ella Hickson

        Eight compelling monologues offering a state-of-the-nation group portrait for the stage.

        Enter A Gentleman

        Enter A Gentleman

        By Elizabeth Kuti

        A 15-minute play based on Restoration playwright Aphra Behn's tempestuous love affair with John Hoyle.

        Published in volume Fishskin Trousers
          Fanny and Faggot

          Fanny and Faggot

          By Jack Thorne

          A two-part play presenting two distinct moments in the life of Mary Bell, the eleven-year-old Newcastle girl who was convicted of the manslaughter of two toddlers in 1968.