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All God's Chillun Got Wings

An expressionist play about a violently dysfunctional mixed-race marriage, inspired by an old Negro spiritual.

    Enter A Gentleman

    A 15-minute play based on Restoration playwright Aphra Behn's tempestuous love affair with John Hoyle.

    Published in volume Fishskin Trousers

      Time Spent on Trains

      A 15-minute play about childhood, disability and spending time on trains.

      Published in volume Fishskin Trousers

        Wolf Hall (stage version)

        The first 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.

          Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)

          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.

            The Bear

            A one-act comic play about a reclusive young widow whose life takes a surprisingly romantic turn.

            Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

              The Proposal

              A brilliantly funny one-act play about a hypochondriac attempting to propose to an argumentative young woman.

              Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

                A Tragic Figure

                A comic duologue about a civil servant sweltering in Moscow coping with the incessant demands of his family from their summer dacha.

                Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

                  On the Evils of Tobacco

                  A bittersweet monologue in which a scientific lecture is hijacked by thoughts of domestic misery.

                  Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

                    The Wedding

                    A one-act play by Chekhov in a translation by Chekhov expert Stephen Mulrine.

                    Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

                      Swansong

                      A comic duologue about a melancholy old actor perked up by memories of past glories.

                      Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

                        The Middlemarch Trilogy: Dorothea's Story

                        Part of The Middlemarch Trilogy, adapted from George Eliot's novel by Geoffrey Beevers. Three interconnected plays, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside.

                        Published in volume The Middlemarch Trilogy

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                          Olivia Hirst & David Byrne

                          Amanda Whittington

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                          13–18 May 2024
                          Wharf Theatre, Devizes