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generations

A 30-minute drama about three generations of a black South African family who contest their relative culinary skills. But food isn't the only topic and the family numbers are declining...

Published in volume trade & generations: two plays

    Desire Under the Elms

    A story of greed, yearning and murder with incest and infanticide, and edged with echoes of Ancient Greek tragedy within a New England farming family.

      The Visitor

      A short play about a schoolmaster on the verge of retirement, confronted by a mysterious young man wishing to pay his respects.

      Published in volume Family: three plays

        Felt Effects

        A play that unearths the seismic relationship between two half-sisters and their mother when they are forced together in the A&E ward of the local hospital. Joint-winner of the 2004 Verity Bargate Award.

        Published in volume Fair & Felt Effects: two plays

          In a Little World of Our Own

          A powerful drama about how the conflict in Northern Ireland affects whole families, and of how the violence of the streets is brought into the heart of the home.

            All God's Chillun Got Wings

            An expressionist play about a violently dysfunctional mixed-race marriage, inspired by an old Negro spiritual.

              The Wedding

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

              Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

                The Middlemarch Trilogy: Dorothea's Story

                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

                  The Middlemarch Trilogy: Fred and Mary's Story

                  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

                    The Middlemarch Trilogy: The Doctor's Story

                    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

                      Three More Sleepless Nights

                      An explosive short play about human interaction and love-tangled relationships.

                      Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts

                        James I: The Key Will Keep the Lock

                        The first part of The James Plays cycle, exploring the complex character of the colourful Stewart King James I – poet, lover and law-maker.

                        Published in volume The James Plays

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                          Matt Grinter

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                          20–27 April 2024
                          Theatre Workshop Coulsdon

                          Blake Morrison

                          Mike Bartlett

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                          26–27 April 2024
                          Dubai Drama Group

                          Amanda Whittington

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                          13–18 May 2024
                          Wharf Theatre, Devizes