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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.

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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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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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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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
    Six Characters in Search of an Author

    Six Characters in Search of an Author

    By Luigi Pirandello Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    Pirandello's most famous play, about the nature of theatre and the problems of theatricality. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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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.

    The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents

    The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents

    By Lukas Bärfuss Translated by Neil Blackadder

    The provocative story of a modern family consumed by fear and hope, by the Swiss-born Lukas Bärfuss, a rising star of contemporary German theatre.

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    Seven-Eleven

    Seven-Eleven

    By Iván Olivares Translated by William Gregory

    Cabron (the Bastard) isn't having a good day. His scams aren't going well. Thank god for the Seven-Eleven and its constant supply of hot-dogs.

    Published in volume Mexican Plays
      The Servant of Two Masters

      The Servant of Two Masters

      By Carlo Goldoni Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      A classic Italian comedy that remains blisteringly hilarious and relevant, over two hundred and fifty years after it was written. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

      The Seagull

      The Seagull

      By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      Chekhov's early tragedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.

      Seagull

      Seagull

      By Anton Chekhov Translated by Charlotte Pyke, John Kerr and Joseph Blatchley

      A striking version of Chekhov's classic play, restoring the cuts demanded by the Russian censor in 1896.

      The Seagull

      The Seagull

      By Anton Chekhov Translated by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

      A unique edition of Chekhov's play in a brilliant translation by a world-renowned team of translators.

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      The Scorched Garden

      The Scorched Garden

      By Juan Mayorga Translated by Nick Darke

      A play about a group of inmates who have been locked up in a mental hospital since the Spanish Civil War.

      Scapino

      Scapino

      By Molière Translated by Jeremy Sams

      A superlative farce by the master of the form, Molière, written at the height of his powers, a masterclass in comic construction. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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      Saying Yes

      Saying Yes

      By Griselda Gambaro Translated by Sebastian Doggart

      A short play by a leading Argentine playwright, telling the shocking story of an everyday trip to the hairdressers.

      The Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself

      The Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself

      By Claudia Ríos Translated by Roxana Silbert

      After a young girl's suicide, her parents meet for the first time in years at the school where she died.

      Published in volume Mexican Plays
        Roundabout

        Roundabout

        By Lluïsa Cunillé Translated by Oscar Ceballos and Mary Peate

        A play about obsession and delusion, by a major Spanish dramatist.

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