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Cold Comfort

A powerful monologue about an Irish labourer living in London who returns home to Belfast to have a last, drunken 'conversation' with his recently dead father.

Published in volume Singular Male Voices

    Brazil

    A blistering monologue set in Scotland in the near future, when Europe is at war with America, and Scotland suffers collateral damage in the clash of civilisations.

    Published in volume Singular Male Voices

      Topdog/Underdog

      A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

      Jordan

      A short play that tells the true story of Shirley Jones, who kills her baby boy, Jordan, rather than have him taken away by his abusive father.

      Published in volume Singular Female Voices

        The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret

        The alternating stories of two women (played by the same actress), both of whom 'lose' their sons - one murdered, the other a runaway.

        Published in volume Singular Female Voices

          Unsuspecting Susan

          A monologue play about a middle-aged woman whose adult son has converted to Islam.

          Published in volume Singular Female Voices

            On Insomnia and Midnight

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

            Published in volume Mexican Plays

              The Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself

              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

                Seven-Eleven

                Cabron (the Bastard) isn't having a good day. His scams aren't going well. Thank god for the Seven-Eleven and its constant supply of hot-dogs.

                Published in volume Mexican Plays

                  Little Certainties

                  Mario is missing, presumed dead. In the town of Tijuana, his brother and sister make a shocking discovery about Mario and his secrets.

                  Published in volume Mexican Plays

                    Used Blood Junkyard

                    Làzaro, his mates and his porn-star girlfriend are 'art terrorists'... Can anything stop their killing spree?

                    Published in volume Mexican Plays

                      The Emperor Jones

                      An expressionistic chronicle of a black dictator's flight from his oppressed subjects.