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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
    On the Evils of Tobacco

    On the Evils of Tobacco

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    A bittersweet monologue in which a scientific lecture is hijacked by thoughts of domestic misery.

    Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
      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
        The Wedding

        The Wedding

        By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

        A one-act play by Chekhov in a translation by Chekhov expert Stephen Mulrine.

        Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
          Chekhov's Three Sisters and Woolf's Orlando

          Chekhov's Three Sisters and Woolf's Orlando

          By Anton Chekhov and Virginia Woolf Adapted by Sarah Ruhl

          Adaptations of two classic works through the unique lens of playwright Sarah Ruhl.

          The Dance of Death

          The Dance of Death

          By August Strindberg Adapted by Conor McPherson

          A visceral new version of Strindberg’s compelling, bitingly funny battle of wills.

          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.

          Medea

          Medea (Theatre Babel version)

          By Euripides Adapted by Liz Lochhead

          Euripides' classic story of the woman who murders her own children in revenge for her husband's infidelity, here given a distinctive Scots flavour by the poet and playwright Liz Lochhead.

          Dara

          Dara

          By Shahid Nadeem Adapted by Tanya Ronder

          An intense domestic drama of global consequence – for India then and for our world now.

          Hedda Gabler

          Hedda Gabler (Abbey Theatre version)

          By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Mark O'Rowe

          A fluid yet faithful adaptation of Ibsen's masterpiece.

          Little Eyolf

          Little Eyolf

          By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Richard Eyre

          Ibsen's forensic examination of a marriage as it falls apart, in a version by Richard Eyre.

          Neva

          Neva

          English/Spanish billingual edition

          By Guillermo Calderón Translated by Andrea Thorne

          A politically charged, haunting interrogation of theatre and the revolutionary impulse.

          Peribanez

          Peribanez

          By Lope de Vega Adapted by Tanya Ronder

          A gripping drama of sex, power and passion from the Spanish Golden Age.

          A Doll's House

          A Doll's House

          By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Thornton Wilder

          Thornton Wilder's scintillating version of Ibsen's classic play.

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          The Nest

          The Nest

          By Franz Xaver Kroetz Translated by Conor McPherson

          A fable about the moral and environmental cost of our materialistic nesting instincts.

          Woyzeck

          Woyzeck

          By Georg Büchner Adapted by Jack Thorne

          The multi-award-winning Jack Thorne breathes new life into Georg Büchner's existential masterpiece, Woyzeck, one of the most extraordinary plays ever written.

          Miss Julie

          Miss Julie

          By August Strindberg Adapted by Howard Brenton

          A brilliant adaptation of Strindberg's groundbreaking masterpiece.

          Battlefield

          Battlefield

          By Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne

          The internationally renowned team of Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne and Jean-Claude Carrière revisit the great Indian epic The Mahabharata, thirty years after Brook’s legendary production took world theatre by storm.

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