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Play Collections

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The Crack in the Emerald

The Crack in the Emerald

New Irish Plays

Edited by David Grant

Four Irish plays from the late 1980s, selected and introduced by David Grant of the Dublin Theatre Festival.

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The Wexford Trilogy

The Wexford Trilogy

By Billy Roche

Set in a snooker club, a betting shop and a local church, each play introduces a mix of young cornerboys, old cowboys and chancers of any age in a lyrical, poignant and often hilarious account of lost dreams and thwarted ambitions.

Shimmer and other texts

Shimmer and other texts

By John O'Keefe

Three hard-hitting, gritty monologues.

The Way We Live Now: American plays and the AIDS crisis

The Way We Live Now: American plays and the AIDS crisis

Edited by M. Elizabeth Osborn

A collection of dramatic material - plays, extracts from plays and dramatic adaptations - concerning the AIDS epidemic.

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New Music: a trilogy

New Music: a trilogy

By Reynolds Price

Three interrelated plays tracing the tangled path of a family's life in a North Carolina town across 37 years, from before the Second World War to the war in Vietnam.

 
Testimonies: Four Plays

Testimonies: Four Plays

By Emily Mann

Four significant plays from a writer whose choice of 'uncomfortable' but well-documented subjects has gained her a reputation for controversy.

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Charged

Charged

Six plays about women, crime and justice

By Chloë Moss, Winsome Pinnock, Rebecca Prichard, E V Crowe, Sam Holcroft and Rebecca Lenkiewicz

Six plays by some of the most exciting and distinctive female voices in British theatre, exploring the heartbreaking truth about the lives of women in the criminal justice system.

Mark O'Rowe Plays: One

Mark O'Rowe Plays: One

By Mark O'Rowe

Five plays from the sensational voice of new writing for Irish theatre.

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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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Kevin Elyot: Four Plays

Kevin Elyot: Four Plays

By Kevin Elyot

A collection of plays from the acclaimed author of My Night With Reg, spanning twenty years of work from a playwright who brilliantly captured the comedy of pain.

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Mexican Plays

Mexican Plays

Edited by Elyse Dodgson

A unique collection of five surprising and exciting plays from Mexico, in English translations, selected by the Royal Court Theatre, London.

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Liz Lochhead: Five Plays

Liz Lochhead: Five Plays

By Liz Lochhead

Five plays from the the makar (national poet) of Scotland, one of the country's best-known - and best-loved - living playwrights.

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The Middlemarch Trilogy

The Middlemarch Trilogy

By George Eliot Adapted by Geoffrey Beevers

Three plays based on George Eliot's classic novel, which can be performed as a trilogy or as standalone pieces.

Ayub Khan Din Plays: One

Ayub Khan Din Plays: One

By Ayub Khan Din

A collection of plays written and introduced by actor-turned-writer Ayub Khan Din, including his first play, East is East, which became a smash-hit film.

The Domino Effect and other plays for teenagers

The Domino Effect and other plays for teenagers

By Fin Kennedy

A second collection of plays by Fin Kennedy, author of How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found and The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping and other plays.

Plays from VAULT 3

Plays from VAULT 3

Five new plays from VAULT Festival

An anthology of five of the best plays from VAULT 2018, London’s biggest and most exciting arts festival.

MALAPROP: plays

MALAPROP: plays

By Carys D. Coburn With MALAPROP Theatre

Four plays from the award-winning collective of Irish theatremakers: bold, playful, genre-spanning work, all premiered at the Dublin Fringe Festival between 2017 and 2023.

The Floating Island Plays

The Floating Island Plays

By Eduardo Machado

In this tragi-comic quartet, Cuban-American dramatist Eduardo Machado explores the meaning of his homeland's history. The plays tell the stories of several extended families, linked by marriage and then by exile in the United States.

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