King Lear
An edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.
King Leir
An anonymous Elizabethan play about the ancient king of Britain, a prime source for Shakespeare's version of the story.
King Ubu
Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension, the first of his three plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu.
The Knight of the Burning Pestle
A classic satire on chivalric romances. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
Ladies Down Under
The funny, heart-warming sequel to the enormously successful Ladies' Day, following the lasses from Hull on their adventures down under.
Lady Windermere's Fan
By Oscar Wilde9f 7mA biting satire on the morals of Victorian society, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
Landmines
By Phil Davies14f 11m plus 11f/m (can be performed by 8f 5m)A stark, fast-paced and fraught play about political upheaval and the media's relationship with civil violence and terrorism in modern Britain. In the Multiplay Drama series.
The Last King of Scotland (stage version)
By Giles Foden Adapted by Steve Waters4f 7m doubling (up to 7f 9m)An electrifying thriller about corruption and complicity, adapted from Giles Foden's multi-award-winning novel.
Laughing Boy (stage version)
By Stephen Unwin Original author Sara Ryan2f 5m doubling (larger cast possible)A stage adaptation of Sara Ryan's powerful account of the preventable death of her son Connor Sparrowhawk while in an NHS care unit. Premiered at Jermyn Street Theatre, London.
The League of Youth
By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Andy Barrett3f 8m doublingIbsen's political comedy, in a crisp and satirical version by Andy Barrett.
The Learned Ladies
By Molière Translated by A.R. Waller5f 8mMolière's satire of intellectual snobbery, in a translation first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
The Libertine
5f 5m, doublingAn incisive critique of life in an age of excess, based on the true story of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. This edition of the play was published alongside the 2016 production at the Theatre Royal Bath and Theatre Royal Haymarket.
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Amateur Productions
On Now & Coming SoonBill Bryson, Adapted by Tim WhitnallFin KennedyAmanda WhittingtonAlexandra Wood, Adapted from Kate SummerscaleAmanda WhittingtonHenrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard EyreTom WellsJeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey