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The Middlemarch Trilogy: Dorothea's Story

The Middlemarch Trilogy: Dorothea's Story

By George Eliot Adapted by Geoffrey Beevers

Part of The Middlemarch Trilogy, adapted from George Eliot's novel by Geoffrey Beevers. Three interconnected plays, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside.

Published in volume The Middlemarch Trilogy
    Metamorphoses

    Metamorphoses

    By Sami Ibrahim, Laura Lomas and Sabrina Mahfouz Original author Ovid

    An entertaining and provocative new play inspired by Ovid's powerful collection of myths.

    The Messiah

    The Messiah

    By Patrick Barlow

    A hilarious Christmas comedy that conjures up the sublime, the ridiculous and the truly angelic.

    The Merthyr Stigmatist

    The Merthyr Stigmatist

    By Lisa Parry

    A fierce and exhilarating play about faith and truth, a hymn to community, and a testament to the power of young people.

    Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

    Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

    By Liz Lochhead

    A modern classic about the bitter rivalry between Mary, Queen of Scots, and her cousin and fellow ruler, Elizabeth I of England - retold by Scotland's most popular playwright.

    Mary

    Mary

    By Rona Munro

    A political thriller for the stage, set in the 1560s and portraying events around Mary Stuart, the troubled Queen of Scots. Part of Rona Munro's breathtaking theatrical exploration of Scottish history.

    Manon / Sandra

    Manon / Sandra

    By Michel Tremblay Translated by John Van Burek

    A controversial but humane play about an obsessively religious girl and a sex-obsessed transvestite, by the renowned Quebecois writer.

    Published in volume The Guid Sisters and other plays
      Low in the Dark

      Low in the Dark

      By Marina Carr

      A witty and absurdist play that dismantles the myths of motherhood and exposes the sexism of language and religious imagery.

      Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald
        Love the Sinner

        Love the Sinner

        By Drew Pautz

        A tense and provocative play offering a remarkably fresh and painful take on our perpetual guilt in the face of poverty and brutality in the developing world.

        Love and Other Acts of Violence

        Love and Other Acts of Violence

        By Cordelia Lynn

        A subversive and intimate love story about inheritance and the cycles of politics and history.

        The Light Burns Blue

        The Light Burns Blue

        By Silva Semerciyan

        A play inspired by the true story of the Cottingley Fairies. Part of Platform, a series of big-cast plays with predominantly or all-female casts, written specifically for performance by school, college and youth-theatre groups.

        Life is a Dream

        Life is a Dream (Donmar Warehouse version)

        By Pedro Calderón Adapted by Helen Edmundson

        A classic from the Spanish Golden Age, Calderón's richly poetic, epic masterpiece explores illusion, reality, fate and destiny against the backdrop of a mythical Polish kingdom.

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