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Widows

A smouldering political allegory about a political protest in a country ruled by a military junta. From the author of Death and the Maiden, written in collaboration with Tony Kushner, author of Angels in America.

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The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd

By D H Lawrence Introduction by Colin Counsell

An intense and powerful drama set in a Nottinghamshire mining town. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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White Lead

By Jessica Siân

A short play exploring the expectations and responsibilities of being an artist and a woman.

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The White Bike

By Tamara von Werthern

An affecting play, based on a true story, about what happens when our world is turned upside down.

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Whiff Whaff

By Jack Thorne

A savagely funny short play about attitudes to disability and mental health.

Published in volume Jack Thorne Plays: Two

Where I'm From

By Laura Lomas

A monologue play about a woman on the day of her release from prison.

Published in volume Bird and other monologues for young women

When Winston Went to War with the Wireless

By Jack Thorne

A gripping and timely play about Winston Churchill, the 1920s General Strike and the birth of the BBC.

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When This Is Over

A Blueprint for Creating Your Own Production, and the Original Playscript

By Ned Glasier, Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey and Company Three

A theatrical celebration of hope, possibility and imagination, designed to be created and performed by teenage casts, drawing directly on their own life experiences and the stories they want to tell. Winner, Outstanding Drama Initiative at the Music and Drama Education Awards.

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When the Daffodils

By Joel Tan

A searching portrait of human kindness in a world that sets limits on how we care for the vulnerable. First performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season of short plays.

Published in volume Inside/Outside

What Shadows

By Chris Hannan

A searing look at identity and immigration within a bitterly divided country.

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What is the Custom of Your Grief?

By Timberlake Wertenbaker

A short play by Timberlake Wertenbaker about an English schoolgirl who is befriended online by an Afghan girl after her brother is killed while on active duty in Afghanistan.

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What I (Don't) Know About Autism

By Jody O'Neill

A sometimes comic, sometimes heartbreaking journey into the world of autism, mixing narrative, song, dance and direct address to explore this contentious and often misunderstood subject matter.