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365 Days/365 Plays

365 Days/365 Plays

By Suzan-Lori Parks

A unique, year-long play cycle from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Topdog/Underdog. This collection of 365 impeccably crafted pieces, each with its own distinctive characters and dramatic power, is a complete work by an artist responding to her world, each and every day.

40 Days

40 Days

By Firdos Ali

A play exploring the impact of state violence on Black and brown children.

Published in volume Contemporary Plays by Black British Writers
    The 47th

    The 47th

    By Mike Bartlett

    A viciously funny play offering a dazzling glimpse into the underbelly of the greatest political show on earth: the US presidential race.

    5/11

    5/11

    By Edward Kemp

    An epic and incendiary thriller about the Gunpowder Plot, weaving together the lives of kings, terrorists, priests and spies.

    54% Acrylic

    54% Acrylic

    By David Harrower

    A short play about a young woman who, after shoplifting for the first time, is chased by the store detective.

    55 Days

    55 Days

    By Howard Brenton

    A gripping historical play that dramatises a crucial moment of English history.

    603

    603

    By Imad Farajin Translated by Hassan Abdulrazzak

    A play from Palestine, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

    8 Hotels

    8 Hotels

    By Nicholas Wright

    A play about passion, suspicion and revenge, based on true events involving some of the twentieth century's most influential American artists.

    Abandonment

    Abandonment

    By Kate Atkinson

    A play about love, death, identity and evolution, from the bestselling and highly acclaimed novelist.

    Abigail

    Abigail

    By Fiona Doyle

    A man in his forties and a woman in her twenties meet on a trip to Berlin. Across a fractured timeline where past and present collide, the story of their relationship, their love and their struggle unravels.

    Abortive

    Abortive

    By Caryl Churchill

    A couple in bed discuss the effect on them of the woman's recent abortion.

    Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
      About a Goth

      About a Goth

      By Tom Wells

      A short play about a young man who volunteers in old people's homes, and suffers paroxyms of love and hate for the residents.

      Published in volume Me, As A Penguin

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