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Play Collections

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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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Women, Power and Politics: Then

Women, Power and Politics: Then

Four plays

By various

A collection of wide-ranging and ambitious short plays reflecting the complexities of women and political power in the United Kingdom.

Women, Power and Politics: Now

Women, Power and Politics: Now

Five plays

By various

A collection of wide-ranging and ambitious short plays reflecting the complexities of women and political power in the United Kingdom.

Edgar: Shorts

Edgar: Shorts

By David Edgar

A collection of shorter plays from stage and television by one of the UK's foremost political playwrights.

The Guid Sisters and other plays

The Guid Sisters and other plays

By Michel Tremblay Translated by Bill Findlay, Martin Bowman, John Van Burek and Bill Glassco

Three plays from the renowned Quebecois writer.

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Nicholas Wright: Five Plays

Nicholas Wright: Five Plays

By Nicholas Wright

A rich selection of work by leading playwright Nicholas Wright, introduced by the playwright.

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Singular Male Voices

Singular Male Voices

By Peter Harness, Owen McCafferty and Ronan O'Donnell

Three plays for one (male) actor, each giving voice to a character in extremis.

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Singular Female Voices

Singular Female Voices

By Moira Buffini, Anna Reynolds, Catherine Johnson and Stewart Permutt

Three remarkable short plays for one (female) actor.

Chekhov: Shorts

Chekhov: Shorts

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A collection of five of Anton Chekhov’s best-known short plays, in brand new English translations.

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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.

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.

Women Centre Stage: Eight Short Plays By and About Women

Women Centre Stage: Eight Short Plays By and About Women

By various Edited by Sue Parrish

A collection of short plays curated by Sue Parrish, Artistic Director of Sphinx Theatre.

Citysong and other plays

Citysong and other plays

By Carys D. Coburn

The Verity Bargate Award-winning play about three generations of a Dublin family, plus two other plays: Boys and Girls and Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane.

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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.

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.

Papatango Plays

Papatango Plays

Three Prize-Winning Plays

By Nkenna Akunna, Tajinder Singh Hayer and Tom Powell

Three urgent and compelling plays, joint winners of the 2021 New Writing Prize awarded by acclaimed theatre company Papatango, in partnership with English Touring Theatre.

Love & Science

Love & Science

By Richard Foreman

This selection of texts makes original and inimitable works of music-theatre accessible to a wide audience for the first time.

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Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet

Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet

By Jo Carson

Fifty-four monologues and dialogues drawn from ‘found’ stories told by everyday people living everyday lives in East Tennessee and the Appalachia region of the USA.

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