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Middle

A raw, touching and funny portrait of a 21st-century marriage, first staged at the National Theatre, London, in 2022.

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How These Desperate Men Talk

A short play published for the first time, written during the author's time working with European theatremakers.

Lynndie's Gotta Gun

A short play published for the first time, written during the author's time working with European theatremakers.

Bleeding Heart

A short dark comedy from Spain, in which a naive middle-aged transvestite encounters a petty thief nicknamed 'sour face'.

What is the Custom of Your Grief?

A short play by Timberlake Wertenbaker about an English schoolgirl who is befriended online by an Afghan girl after her brother is killed while on active duty in Afghanistan.

Red Car, Blue Car

A heartbreaking short play about guilt, grief and responsibility, written for and performed at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2011.

Better Days Better Knights

A sweet-hearted tale of a washed-up knight-of-old, from the grandfather of modern Scottish playwriting.

Ramallah

A short play about a writer returning home from Palestine to his wife, and being gently challenged as to where exactly his priorities lie.

Harm (short play)

A short play about a father and son waiting in a new 'self-harming unit'.

The Basement Flat

A short and unnerving play about families, property and rampant vegetation.

Little Dolls

A short play about a woman seeking help from a therapist to overcome a traumatic episode in her past.

Eggs

A dark comedy about female friendship, fertility and freaking out, by Florence Keith-Roach, 'rising star of the London theatre scene' (Evening Standard).

Why Can't We Live Together?

Set against the low hum of the War on Terror, Why Can't We Live Together? is a kaleidoscopic vision of our times through the lives of one man and one woman.

Echoes

A bloody tale of colonialism – ancient and modern – and the rhyme of history. Part of the Arabian Nightmares trilogy.

Closer to God

A short play exploring the private worlds of strangers, living side by side but generations apart.

twins

A short play about twins whose lives diverge, first performed at the Arcola Theatre, London, in 2015.

La Ronde

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

Acting Leader

A short play about Margaret Beckett finding herself Acting Leader of the Opposition after the sudden death of John Smith.