Waiting Room Germany
A raw and honest verbatim-theatre play about post-reunification Germany, commissioned in 1994 by Der Spiegel to test the mood of the new Germany.
Wallenstein
Schiller's epic trilogy set during the Thirty Years' War, adapted into a gripping single play with all the drama and twists of fate of a Shakespearean tragedy.
The Walworth Farce
A remarkable play about what can happen when we become stuck in the stories we tell about our lives.
War and Peace (stage version)
By Leo Tolstoy Adapted by Helen Edmundson5f 10m doublingA magnificent two-play epic, adapted from Tolstoy's novel and first staged by Shared Experience.
The Wardrobe
By Sam Holcroft9f 13m, plus 6 f or mA gripping journey through British history that shows how our country was shaped and how connected we are with our past. Part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.
The Way Home
By Chloë Moss3f 4mA spiky play about the clash between suburban and itinerant ways of life in present-day Liverpool.
The Way of the World
6f 6mA classic comedy of manners from the Restoration period. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
The Way Old Friends Do
By Ian Hallard3f 3-4m plus 1f 1m voiceoverA tender, laugh-out-loud comedy about two friends who form the world's first ABBA tribute band in drag.
We Anchor in Hope
By Anna Jordan1f 4mA play about the end of an era as a London boozer closes its doors one final time.
We are Three Sisters
5f 5mA thrillingly atmospheric historical drama for the stage, evoking the lives of the Brontë sisters, with a nod to Chekhov's Three Sisters.
We Happy Few
8f 2m (larger cast possible)A comedy drama about an all-female theatre company touring Britain during the darkest days of World War Two, written by the well-known actress and premiered in the West End.
The Wedding
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine4f 8m, + extrasA one-act play by Chekhov in a translation by Chekhov expert Stephen Mulrine.
Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
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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