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Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment (stage version)

By Fyodor Dostoyevsky Adapted by Chris Hannan

An exciting, fresh and accessible adaptation of Dostoyevsky's masterful novel.

CripTales: Six Monologues

CripTales: Six Monologues

By Various Curated by Mat Fraser

Six fictional monologues portraying some very real experiences of disabled people in Britain, commissioned to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

The Crocodile

The Crocodile

By Tom Basden Original author Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A ferociously funny, eye-poppingly theatrical play about art, animals and what happens when you try to take on the system from within... a crocodile.

Crocodiles

Crocodiles

By Lee Mattinson

Lee Mattinson's extraordinary play, bringing to life a dystopian, modern-fairytale town where fact and fiction weave as tightly and snag as easily as granny's knitting.

Crossings

Crossings

By Deirdre Kinahan

A play with live music, waltzing and unexpected connections, exploring how we return, resettle and adapt.

The Crown Jewels

The Crown Jewels

By Simon Nye

A riotous comedy based on the scarcely believable true story of the greatest heist of all time: the theft of the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. From the creator of TV's Men Behaving Badly and The Durrells.

Cruising

Cruising

By Alecky Blythe

A hilarious, real-life comedy about pensioners going in search of love - from the sublime to the downright saucy.

Crumbs from the Table of Joy

Crumbs from the Table of Joy

By Lynn Nottage

An arresting, thought-provoking play about racial and social issues of the late 1950s, by the first woman to win two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama.

Crush: The Musical

Crush: The Musical

By Maureen Chadwick and Kath Gotts

An outrageously fun musical set in an all-girls school in the 60s, from the team behind Bad Girls: The Musical.

Crushed Shells and Mud

Crushed Shells and Mud

By Ben Musgrave

A play about conflicted desire and dangerous loyalties in a world trembling in the grip of a devastating epidemic.

Cuba

Cuba

By Liz Lochhead

A play written for young people to perform, about two schoolgirls and their daring response to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Cuckold Ubu

Cuckold Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

A sequel to King Ubu, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Cuckold Ubu continues the adventures of Pa Ubu.

Published in volume Ubu
    Culture Clash in Americca

    Culture Clash in Americca

    By Culture Clash

    A second collection of work by the award-winning Latino comedy trio.

    Culture Clash: Life, Death and Revolutionary Comedy

    Culture Clash: Life, Death and Revolutionary Comedy

    By Culture Clash

    Three plays from the award-winning Latino comedy trio.

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    The Custom of the Country

    The Custom of the Country

    By John Fletcher and Philip Massinger

    A 17th-century play tracing the fortunes of two brothers shipwrecked in a foreign land.

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    The Custom of the Country

    The Custom of the Country

    By Nicholas Wright

    Fletcher and Massinger's bawdy Jacobean drama is transposed to 1890s Johannesburg.

    Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five Plays
      Cyrano

      Cyrano

      By Virginia Gay Original author Edmond Rostand

      A joyous, gender-flipped retelling of Edmond Rostand's classic play, first performed by Melbourne Theatre Company, and a hit at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe before transferring to Park Theatre, London.

      Cyrano de Bergerac

      Cyrano de Bergerac

      By Edmond Rostand Translated by Anthony Burgess

      The nineteenth-century French classic about the swordsman-poet with the nose too large to be taken seriously, in an acclaimed English translation by Anthony Burgess.

      Damage

      Damage

      By Kamal Khalladi Translated by Houda Echouafni

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

      The Dance of Death

      The Dance of Death

      By August Strindberg Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      Strindberg's chilling anatomy of a marriage, in which the two partners duel with each other until one is utterly defeated.

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      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.

      Dances of Death

      Dances of Death

      By Howard Brenton Original author August Strindberg

      A gripping new version of Strindberg's masterly, darkly hilarious depiction of the struggles and strains of marriage.

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      Dancing Bears

      Dancing Bears

      By Sam Holcroft

      A short play laying bare the twisted loyalties and violence in teenage gangs.

      Danny, King of the Basement

      Danny, King of the Basement

      By David S. Craig

      A heartwarming play about a boy who creates an imaginary world to deal with the instability and hardship of his daily life.

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