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Misogynist

A powerful anatomy of misogyny, by 'one of the most significant new Irish writers of his generation' (Sunday Times).

Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald

    The Hamster Wheel

    When one partner in a marriage becomes unable to look after themselves and is completely dependent on the other, what happens to the relationship between them?

    Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald

      The Lament for Arthur Cleary

      Bestselling novelist Dermot Bolger transposes an old story of love and death to modern-day Dublin.

      Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald

        Volpone

        Volpone is a Venetian aristocrat, a loveable rogue who enjoys the cunning pursuit of wealth more than money itself. Pretending to be mortally ill, he watches as his greedy neighbours swarm around him with expensive gifts in the hope of inheriting his fortune.

        The Devil is an Ass

        Ben Jonson's 1616 comedy about a junior demon who persuades his master Satan to let him spend a day in London.

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        Pentecost

        A valuable mural is discovered in a church in war-torn Eastern Europe. Part of David Edgar's trilogy of plays about post-Communist Eastern Europe.

        Your Turn to Clean the Stair

        A comically sinister study of the tensions in an Edinburgh tenement.

          French Without Tears

          A masterpiece of light comedy from Terence Rattigan, about a group of bright young things attempting to learn French on the Riviera amid myriad distractions.

          After the Dance

          Rattigan's brilliant attack on the hedonistic lifestyle of the ‘bright young things’ of the 1920s and 30s.

          The Maiden Stone

          A wild and fantastical tale about a group of women struggling to get by in the harsh world of north-east Scotland in the early nineteenth century.

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          Fugue

          A psychological horror story about a woman suffering a mental breakdown, from the award-winning author of Iron.

            Ah! Wilderness

            An affectionate and witty comedy of recollection from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers. A family-based saga set in the years just before the First World War.

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            Olivia Hirst & David Byrne

            Amanda Whittington

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            13–18 May 2024
            Wharf Theatre, Devizes