Plays to perform
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The Bear

The Bear

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

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

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
    The Proposal

    The Proposal

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    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 Tragic Figure

      By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      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

        On the Evils of Tobacco

        By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

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

        Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
          Swansong

          Swansong

          By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

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

          Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
            The Wedding

            The Wedding

            By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

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

            Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
              The Dance of Death

              The Dance of Death

              By August Strindberg Adapted by Conor McPherson

              A visceral new version of Strindberg’s compelling, bitingly funny battle of wills.

              Thérèse Raquin

              Thérèse Raquin (Theatre Royal Bath stage version)

              By Émile Zola Adapted by Helen Edmundson

              A story of lust, madness and destruction set in the backstreets of Paris. Based on Emile Zola's classic novel.

              Medea

              Medea (Theatre Babel version)

              By Euripides Adapted by Liz Lochhead

              Euripides' classic story of the woman who murders her own children in revenge for her husband's infidelity, here given a distinctive Scots flavour by the poet and playwright Liz Lochhead.

              Dara

              Dara

              By Shahid Nadeem Adapted by Tanya Ronder

              An intense domestic drama of global consequence – for India then and for our world now.

              Hedda Gabler

              Hedda Gabler (Abbey Theatre version)

              By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Mark O'Rowe

              A fluid yet faithful adaptation of Ibsen's masterpiece.

              Little Eyolf

              Little Eyolf

              By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Richard Eyre

              Ibsen's forensic examination of a marriage as it falls apart, in a version by Richard Eyre.

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