Mary Stuart
Schiller's grand historical tragedy, a battle of wits between Mary Queen of Scots and her captor, Queen Elizabeth I.
Maydays (Revised version)
By David Edgar4f 6m doubling (large cast possible, with flexible chorus roles)David Edgar's landmark play about the twenty-somethings who came of age in 1968 and were drawn into revolutionary politics. Revised version staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2018.
The Meaning of Zong
By Giles Terera4-5f 5-18mGiles Terera's powerful debut play about Olaudah Equiano and the historical movement to abolish slavery – a timely response to the social upheaval the world has witnessed in recent years.
Medea (Northern Broadsides version)
By Euripides Adapted by Tom Paulin2f 3-5m plus chorusEuripides' tragedy, reworked by poet Tom Paulin into lithe and sinewy modern English.
Medea
2f 5m, plus chorus, extras and childrenThe powerful myth of Medea, who murders her children as revenge for her husband's infidelity. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
Medea (Headlong version)
By Euripides Adapted by Mike Bartlett3f 4mA bold new version of the classic tragedy by one of Britain's hottest playwrights.
Medea (National Theatre of Scotland version)
By Euripides Adapted by Liz Lochhead3f 3m plus chorus and 3 childrenEuripides' 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.
Metamorphoses
Flexible castingAn entertaining and provocative new play inspired by Ovid's powerful collection of myths.
The Milliner and the Weaver
By Marie Jones2f 1mA short play about the Suffragette movement in Ireland, as the question of Home Rule divides the nation.
A Mirror
By Sam Holcroft1f 5m plus extrasSam Holcroft's elusive and explosive new play about censorship, authorship and free speech, premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in August 2023, directed by Jeremy Herrin.
The Mirror and the Light (stage version)
9f 20m plus extras (original cast 7f 17m doubling)The final part of Hilary Mantel's hugely acclaimed Wolf Hall trilogy, adapted by the author with the actor Ben Miles and staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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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