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Six Characters in Search of an Author

Six Characters in Search of an Author (Headlong version)

By Luigi Pirandello Adapted by Rupert Goold and Ben Power

Pirandello's classic play, updated for the twenty-first century by Headlong.

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Slave Ubu

Slave Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

The third and final part of The Ubu Plays, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Slave Ubu concludes the adventures of Pa Ubu.

Published in volume Ubu
    Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer

    Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer

    By Michel Tremblay Translated by Martin Bowman and Bill Findlay

    A bold, quirky play from the renowned Quebecois writer, translated into a robust and earthy Scots.

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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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    Spring Awakening

    Spring Awakening

    By Frank Wedekind Translated by Julian Forsyth and Margarete Forsyth

    Frank Wedekind's famously banned German play about adolescent sexuality.

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    Strawberries in January

    Strawberries in January

    By Evelyne de la Chenelière Translated by Rona Munro

    A biting, heart-warming comedy of love and fate in contemporary Montréal, in a version by Rona Munro.

    Summerfolk

    Summerfolk

    By Maxim Gorky Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    Gorky's magnificent play about the Russian bourgeois social class and the changes occurring around them in the middle of the first decade of the twentieth century. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    Swansong

    Swansong

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    A comic duologue about a melancholy old actor perked up by memories of past glories.

    Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
      Take the Rubbish Out, Sasha

      Take the Rubbish Out, Sasha

      By Natal'ya Vorozhbit Translated by Sasha Dugdale

      A powerful play about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by one of Ukraine's leading playwrights.

      Published in volume Voices from Ukraine: Two Plays
        Tartuffe

        Tartuffe

        By Molière Adapted by Liz Lochhead

        A rollicking Scots version of Molière's classic of political satire and black comedy.

        Published in volume Miseryguts & Tartuffe
          Tartuffe

          Tartuffe

          By Molière Translated by Martin Sorrell

          Moliere's comic masterpiece about an irreclaimable hypocrite - one of the most famous French plays of all time.

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          Terrorism

          Terrorism

          By The Presnyakov Brothers Translated by Sasha Dugdale

          The extraordinary debut play from the Royal Court by two brothers from Siberia.

          Thebans

          Thebans

          By Liz Lochhead

          The Ancient myths of the Kingdom of Thebes re-told by Scotland's foremost poet/dramatist.

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          Thérèse Raquin

          Thérèse Raquin (Theatre Royal Bath stage version)

          By Émile Zola Adapted by Helen Edmundson

          A story of lust, madness and destruction set in the backstreets of Paris. Based on Emile Zola's classic novel.

          Thérèse Raquin

          Thérèse Raquin (National Theatre stage version)

          By Émile Zola Adapted by Nicholas Wright

          A gripping psychological thriller adapted for the stage by Émile Zola himself from his own notorious novel, in a version by Nicholas Wright.

          Three Sisters

          Three Sisters

          By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

          Chekhov's masterpiece of provincial claustrophobia, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.

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          Three Sisters

          Three Sisters

          By Anton Chekhov Translated by Paul Schmidt

          A clear, colloquial and accurate translation of Chekhov's play about the Prozorov family's dream of returning from the provinces to an idealised Moscow.

          Three Sisters

          Three Sisters

          By Anton Chekhov Adapted by Cordelia Lynn

          Cordelia Lynn's version of Chekhov's play, about three sisters trapped in a provincial town, waiting for their lives to begin.

          Three Sisters

          Three Sisters

          By Anton Chekhov Translated by Nicholas Wright

          Nicholas Wright's version of Chekhov's masterpiece, in which four young people are left stranded in a provincial backwater following the death of their father.

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          Thyestes

          Thyestes

          By Seneca Translated by Caryl Churchill

          Atreus, Agamemnon's father, takes revenge on his brother Thyestes by murdering Thyestes' sons and serving their flesh up for their father's dinner.

          A Time to Reap

          A Time to Reap

          By Anna Wakulik Translated by Catherine Grosvenor

          A play that follows one woman from a Polish village to the bright lights of London, exploring the issue of abortion and the Catholic Church.

          A Tragic Figure

          A Tragic Figure

          By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

          A comic duologue about a civil servant sweltering in Moscow coping with the incessant demands of his family from their summer dacha.

          Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
            Tuesday

            Tuesday

            With a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth

            By Alison Carr Translated by Daf James

            A funny and playful drama written specifically for young people, about what happens when the world literally turns upside-down. Bilingual edition: includes the original English play with a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth, by playwright Daf James.

            Tuesdays at Tesco's

            Tuesdays at Tesco's

            By Emmanuel Darley Translated by Matthew Hurt and Sarah Vermande

            A touching one-person play about a person's true identity, the first English-language adaptation of Emmanuel Darley's hit play, Le Mardi à Monoprix.

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