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Isolated But Open

Isolated But Open

Voices from Across The Shutdown

By various

Twelve new monologues written in response to the coronavirus outbreak in 2020 as part of Papatango's scheme to inspire creativity and share brilliant new stories.

Wilde: Four Plays

Wilde: Four Plays

By Oscar Wilde

All four of Oscar Wilde's famous plays in one volume, with an introduction by Emma French.

Ibsen: Three Plays

Ibsen: Three Plays

By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish and Stephen Mulrine

Ibsen's three great 'problem plays', A Doll's House, Ghosts and Hedda Gabler, in sensitive and playable translations from the original Norwegian, along with a full introduction to the author, his times and his work.

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Chekhov: Four Plays

Chekhov: Four Plays

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

Anton Chekhov's four greatest plays in one volume - in sensitive, accurate and much-performed translations. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic Collections series.

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Restoration Comedy: Three Plays

Restoration Comedy: Three Plays

By Aphra Behn, William Congreve and William Wycherley

Three of the most popular Restoration comedies in one volume, all dealing with the place of women in society.

Three Short Plays

Three Short Plays

By Caryl Churchill

Three short plays by one of the most inventive dramatists working today, each written in response to political events.

Double Feature: One

Double Feature: One

By Sam Holcroft and D C Moore

Double Feature brings together – in two volumes of paired short plays – four of the most exciting new voices in UK theatre, in their first commissions for the National Theatre.

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Double Feature: Two

Double Feature: Two

By Prasanna Puwanarajah and Tom Basden

Double Feature brings together – in two volumes of paired short plays – four of the most exciting new voices in UK theatre, in their first commissions for the National Theatre.

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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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Scottish Shorts

Scottish Shorts

Edited by Philip Howard

A collection of nine very different short plays by three remarkable generations of Scottish writers, ideal performance in studio theatres and at festivals.

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First Run

First Run

New Plays by New Writers

Edited by Kate Harwood

Five significant debut plays – first staged in the UK in the late eighties – from writers who have gone on to establish their reputations in major theatres.

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Greek Tragedy: Three Plays

Greek Tragedy: Three Plays

By Euripides and Sophocles

Three of the most famous tragedies from Ancient Greece - Antigone, Bacchae and Medea - all featuring female protagonists.

Bird and other monologues for young women

Bird and other monologues for young women

By Laura Lomas

Three hard-hitting, distinctive monologues for young female actors, from one of the country's most exciting young playwrights.

Inside/Outside

Inside/Outside

Six Short Plays

By various

Six short plays exploring estrangement and loneliness, moving towards redemption and hope.

Scotland Plays

Scotland Plays

New Scottish Drama

Edited by Philip Howard

A collection of seven plays by Scottish writers, selected and introduced by Philip Howard, artistic director of Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre.

Strictly Dishonourable and other lost American plays

Strictly Dishonourable and other lost American plays

Edited by Richard Nelson

Four lively dramas from the twenties and thirties evoking a world of gangsters, crooked cops, intrepid newpaper hacks and slightly tarnished damsels in distress.

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Through the Leaves and other plays

Through the Leaves and other plays

By Franz Xaver Kroetz Translated by Roger Downey

Three plays from the controversial German playwright whose works have helped reshape world drama.

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The Rug Merchants of Chaos and other plays

The Rug Merchants of Chaos and other plays

By Ronald Ribman

Three astonishingly original, provocative, scathingly funny plays from the Obie award-winning American writer.

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