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Bloody Wimmin

Bloody Wimmin

By Lucy Kirkwood

A short play about the protests at Greenham Common, a political landmark in the fight for nuclear disarmament.

Blue Stockings

Blue Stockings

By Jessica Swale

A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women’s suffrage.

Boo

Boo

By Jack Thorne

A powerful and beautifully observed short play for one actor, exploring the impact of the newly established National Health Service on working people's lives in the 1940s and 50s.

Published in volume Jack Thorne Plays: Two
    Boudica

    Boudica

    By Tristan Bernays

    A brand-new ancient-history play in verse that tells the story of one of Britain's most iconic women: a queen, a warrior and a rebel.

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    Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)

    Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)

    By Hilary Mantel Adapted by Mike Poulton

    The second part of Mike Poulton's two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. A thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.

    Published in volume Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)
      Brontë

      Brontë

      By Polly Teale

      A compelling literary detective story about the turbulent lives of the Brontë sisters - dramatised by Polly Teale and Shared Experience, the team behind After Mrs Rochester and Jane Eyre.

      Burnt by the Sun

      Burnt by the Sun

      By Peter Flannery

      A rich evocation of a world poised on the brink of Stalin's Great Terror, based on the 1994 Oscar-winning film written by Nikita Mikhalkov and Rustam Ibragimbekov.

      The Canterbury Tales

      The Canterbury Tales (stage version)

      By Geoffrey Chaucer Adapted by Mike Poulton

      A landmark dramatisation for the Royal Shakespeare Company of one of the foundation stones of English literature.

      Captain Corelli's Mandolin

      Captain Corelli's Mandolin (stage version)

      By Louis de Bernières Adapted by Rona Munro

      Rona Munro's adaptation of Louis de Bernières' much-loved epic novel, set on an idyllic Greek island in 1941.

      Cardenio

      Cardenio

      Shakespeare's 'lost play' re-imagined

      By William Shakespeare and John Fletcher Edited by Gregory Doran and Antonio Alamo

      Set in the heat and dust of Andalusia in seventeenth-century Spain, Cardenio is the story of a friendship betrayed, with all the elements of a thriller: disguise, dishonour and deceit.

      Carthage Must Be Destroyed

      Carthage Must Be Destroyed

      By Alan Wilkins

      A compelling story of political intrigue, double dealing and the ruthless realities of taking a nation to war, set against the backdrop of the Third Punic War.

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      A Christmas Carol

      A Christmas Carol (RSC stage version)

      By Charles Dickens Adapted by David Edgar

      An adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic – one of the best-loved stories ever written – that rediscovers the social conscience of the timeless tale.

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