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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Three More Sleepless Nights
An explosive short play about human interaction and love-tangled relationships.
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.