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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.

    Chancers

    A fast and furious comedy about the lengths we will go to when our backs are against the wall.

    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

                A Handful of Stars

                A gripping but warm-spirited snapshot of life in a small southern Irish town.

                Fabulation

                In Fabulation, playwright Lynn Nottage reimagines Esther (the character from her companion play, Intimate Apparel) as Undine, the public relations diva of today, who spirals downward from her swanky Manhattan office to her roots back in Brooklyn.

                  The Shipment

                  The Shipment is a provocative look at African-American identity in today's not-quite post-racial society.

                    Lear

                    Young Jean Lee's Lear is an alternative re-working of Shakespeare's celebrated tragedy, focusing on the king's three daughters.

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