The Recruiting Officer
A classic Restoration-era comedy about the sexual exploits of two officers, the womanising Plume and the cowardly Brazen, as they go about their task of recruiting soldiers in the town of Shrewsbury.
Red
5f plus chorusAn unflinching and bold exploration of the internal lives of young women. Part of Platform, an initiative aimed at addressing gender imbalance in theatre.
Red Ellen
3-5f 4-8mA play that tells the remarkable true story of an inspiring and brilliant woman: Ellen Wilkinson, who was a campaigning Labour MP in the 1930s and 40s.
The Red Helicopter
By Robin French7f 8mA thrilling, epic story about innocence, community and the dangerous power of unquestioning belief. In the Multiplay Drama series.
The Red Shoes (stage version)
By Nancy Harris Original author Hans Christian Andersen3f 4-5m plus flexible ensemble (large cast possible)A contemporary retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's extraordinary fairytale of dance, desire and destruction. Performed in this version by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2024.
The Reporter
3f 9mAn enthralling detective story based on the true life story of BBC reporter James Mossman.
The Revenger's Tragedy
3f 13m, plus extrasA Jacobean tale of personal vengeance in a morally bankrupt world. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
Richard II
By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi5f 31mAn edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.
Richard III
By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi4f 42m, extrasAn edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.
Richard III (West End edition)
By William Shakespeare Edited by Jamie Lloyd4f 15mJamie Lloyd's version of Shakespeare's Richard III, edited for his Trafalgar Transformed production of the play in 2014, with additional bonus material.
The Rivals
4f 8mOne of the best-known eighteenth-century comedies of manners, Sheridan's first play, and still his most popular. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
The Roaring Girl
By Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton5f 15mA hilarious city comedy by the authors of A Mad World, My Masters and The Shoemaker's Holiday. features the text edited for the RSC production, and introductions by key members of its creative team. Part of the RSC's Roaring Girls season.
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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