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Purgatorio

Purgatorio

By Ariel Dorfman

A powerful and poetic play, with echoes of Jean-Paul Sartre's Huis Clos and Euripides' Medea. From the author of Death and the Maiden.

Girls and Dolls

Girls and Dolls

By Lisa McGee

A striking play from Northern Ireland about two women and the childhood tragedy they'll never be allowed to forget.

Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?

Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?

By Caryl Churchill

A man falls in love with America and leaves his wife and children for fifty years of love and adventure with Sam.

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On Insomnia and Midnight

On Insomnia and Midnight

By Edgar Chías Translated by David Johnston

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

Published in volume Mexican Plays
    La Ronde

    La Ronde

    By Arthur Schnitzler Translated by Stephen Unwin and Peter Zombory-Moldovan

    Schnitzler's famous 'daisy-chain' play of sexual coupling, set in Vienna in the 1890s. In the Drama Classics series.

    Scarborough

    Scarborough

    By Fiona Evans

    An electrifying portrayal of a dangerously charged romance between a fifteen-year-old and their teacher.

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    Contractions

    Contractions

    By Mike Bartlett

    An ink-black comedy about the boundaries between work and play.

    This Wide Night

    This Wide Night

    By Chloë Moss

    A tender portrayal of two women trying to start again after their release from prison.

    Abortive

    Abortive

    By Caryl Churchill

    A couple in bed discuss the effect on them of the woman's recent abortion.

    Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
      Catherine Medbh

      Catherine Medbh

      By Declan Feenan

      A bittersweet and hesitant duologue in a bar between a youngish man and woman who are ex-lovers.

      Published in volume St Petersburg and other plays
        Unbroken

        Unbroken

        By Alexandra Wood

        A radical, modern-day re-interpretation of Arthur Schnitzler’s taboo-breaking 1897 play La Ronde, with its 'daisy chain' of sexual encounters.

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        Days of Wine and Roses

        Days of Wine and Roses (stage version)

        By Owen McCafferty

        JP Miller's 1962 film Days of Wine and Roses, adapted brilliantly for the stage by Owen McCafferty.

        it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now

        it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now

        By Lucy Kirkwood

        A play about modern-day sex trafficking, joint winner of the 2010 John Whiting Award.

        A Tender Thing

        A Tender Thing

        By Ben Power

        Another Romeo and another Juliet in a strikingly different love story.

        Dusk Rings A Bell

        Dusk Rings A Bell

        By Stephen Belber

        A beautifully crafted play from the American playwright, author of Tape and associate writer of The Laramie Project, whose events are echoed in this play.

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        Rose

        Rose

        By Hywel John

        A heartbreaking study of heritage, grief and family, Rose is a powerful drama about a Middle-Eastern immigrant's struggle to raise his daughter 'the English way'.

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        Lost

        Lost

        By Robert Holman

        The second play in Robert Holman's acclaimed trilogy of short plays, Making Noise Quietly.

        Published in volume Making Noise Quietly: three short plays
          Being Friends

          Being Friends

          By Robert Holman

          The first of the three plays that make up Robert Holman's acclaimed dramatic trilogy Making Noise Quietly.

          Published in volume Making Noise Quietly: three short plays
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