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Play Collections

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Heretic Voices

Heretic Voices

Three Award-winning Monologues

By Sonya Hale, Annie Fox and Tatty Hennessy

An anthology of the best new writing in monologue form, celebrating unique voices with exceptional stories to tell.

The Kilroys List: Volume One

The Kilroys List: Volume One

97 Monologues and Scenes by Female and Trans Playwrights

By The Kilroys

A collection of monologues and scenes from The Kilroys List, a vetted collection of plays written by female and trans writers, nominated by hundreds of professional artistic directors, literary managers, professors, producers, directors, and dramaturgs.

Alexi Kaye Campbell Plays: One

Alexi Kaye Campbell Plays: One

By Alexi Kaye Campbell

A collection of five plays by Alexi Kaye Campbell: The Pride, Apologia, The Faith Machine, Bracken Moor and Sunset at the Villa Thalia.

Coming to Terms: American Plays & the Vietnam War

Coming to Terms: American Plays & the Vietnam War

Edited by James Reston Jr.

An inspiring and often poignant collection of plays written in the era of the Vietnam War, from some of the most revered American playwrights, reflecting on the social and political ethos of a pivotal moment for America.

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Five Plays

Five Plays

By Samuel D. Hunter

Five plays by a major American playwright, all set in the author’s home state of Idaho, demonstrating his extraordinary knack for exposing, without condescension or easy moralizing, the pathos in marginalized lives.

Steve Waters: Shorts

Steve Waters: Shorts

Five Plays

By Steve Waters

Five short plays from acclaimed playwright Steve Waters, all of them deeply personal accounts of his attempts to make sense of twenty-first-century Britain and an ever-changing world.

Plays from VAULT 2

Plays from VAULT 2

Five new plays from VAULT Festival

An anthology of five of the best plays from VAULT 2017, London's biggest and most exciting arts festival.

Stories from the Rains of Love and Death: Four Plays from Iran

Stories from the Rains of Love and Death: Four Plays from Iran

By Bahram Beyza'ie, Abas Na'lbandian and Mohammad Rahmanian Translated by Soheil Parsa, Peter Farbridge and Brian Quirt

Four plays from leading Iranian dramatists, translated into English for the first time: Aurash, The Death of the King, Stories from the Rains of Love and Death and Interrogation.

Lucy Kirkwood Plays: One

Lucy Kirkwood Plays: One

By Lucy Kirkwood

Five plays by leading playwright Lucy Kirkwood: Tinderbox, it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now, small hours, NSFW and Chimerica. With an introduction by the author.

Lorca: Three Plays

Lorca: Three Plays

By Federico García Lorca Translated by Jo Clifford

Three of Federico García Lorca's most famous plays in a single volume: Blood Wedding, Yerma and The House of Bernarda Alba. Translated from the Spanish and introduced by one of Scotland's finest playwrights, Jo Clifford.

Don't Start Me to Talking...

Don't Start Me to Talking...

Plays of Struggle and Liberation

By John O'Neal

A collection of nine plays by the acclaimed performer and civil rights activist John O'Neal.

Girls Like That and other plays for teenagers

Girls Like That and other plays for teenagers

By Evan Placey

Four urgent and explosive plays by award-winning playwright Evan Placey, each tackling issues facing young people today.

The James Plays

The James Plays

James I, II and III

By Rona Munro

Rona Munro's vividly imagined historical cycle brings to life three generations of Stewart kings who ruled Scotland in the tumultuous fifteenth century.

Plays from VAULT

Plays from VAULT

Five new plays from VAULT Festival

An anthology comprising five of the best plays from VAULT 2016, London's biggest and most exciting arts festival.

Intimacy and other plays

Intimacy and other plays

By Thomas Bradshaw

Outrageous and bold, Thomas Bradshaw’s Intimacy is a revealing comedy about race, sex, and familiarity in the suburbs.

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Inside/Outside: Six Plays from Palestine and the Diaspora

Inside/Outside: Six Plays from Palestine and the Diaspora

Edited by Naomi Wallace and Ismail Khalidi

The first collection of its kind, Inside/Outside: Six Plays from Palestine and the Diaspora brings together work by six dynamic Palestinian playwrights from both occupied Palestine and the Diaspora.

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The Apple Family

The Apple Family

Scenes from Life in the Country

By Richard Nelson

A critically acclaimed play cycle about loss, memory and remembrance in America's recent past.

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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.

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