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Delay

A suspenseful, heart-wrenching yet hopeful stage drama about saying what you mean, and saying goodbye. Premiered at Bristol Old Vic in 2025.

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Delirium

By Enda Walsh

A radical re-interpretation of The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky's classic and compelling tale of family rivalries.

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Deluge

By Fiona Doyle

A deeply provocative thriller set in a blighted landscape where nature is fiercely taking its course, Deluge is a gripping drama from the Papatango Prize-winning author of Coolatully.

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Deposit

By Matt Hartley

A bittersweet and vital play that throws a spotlight on 'Generation Rent' and the lengths they will go to in order to get that first step on the property ladder.

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The Desert Air

By Nicholas Wright

A wartime comedy set in Cairo.

Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five Plays

Desire Under the Elms

By Eugene O'Neill

A story of greed, yearning and murder with incest and infanticide, and edged with echoes of Ancient Greek tragedy within a New England farming family.

Published in volume Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown

Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown

By Eugene O'Neill

Two plays from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers, developed and conceived in tandem, drawing on the raw experience of the author's own family relationships.

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The Detroit Project

By Dominique Morisseau

Three provocative dramas, Paradise Blue, Detroit ’67 and Skeleton Crew, making up a play cycle examining the sociopolitical history of Detroit.

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The Devil is an Ass

By Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson's 1616 comedy about a junior demon who persuades his master Satan to let him spend a day in London.

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The Devil's Charter

By Barnabe Barnes

A Jacobean tragedy narrating the sensational history of the Borgias.

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Dexter and Winter's Detective Agency

By Nathan Bryon

A madcap adventure story for young people (and older detectives) to watch, read and perform.

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Di and Viv and Rose

By Amelia Bullmore

A warm and funny play about female friendship, crackling with wit and poignant observation.

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Diary of a Nobody (stage version)

By George & Weedon Grossmith Adapted by Hugh Osborne

A sparkling adaptation of the classic comic novel recording the daily exploits of Charles Pooter, the London clerk with social aspirations far beyond his status.

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Ayub Khan Din Plays: One

By Ayub Khan Din

A collection of plays written and introduced by actor-turned-writer Ayub Khan Din, including his first play, East is East, which became a smash-hit film.

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Ding Dong the Wicked

By Caryl Churchill

A short play by one of the UK's leading dramatists.

A child is shut in her room, a dog is dead in the road, someone is kissing her brother in law. A family locked in hatred is sending a son to war.

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Dinner With Friends

By Donald Margulies

A rueful comedy of love, friendship and haute cuisine.

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dirty butterfly

By debbie tucker green

A mesmerising and startling play about voyeurism, power and guilt.

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Dirty Story and other plays

By John Patrick Shanley

Three plays from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Doubt.

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Disco Pigs

By Enda Walsh

Enda Walsh's breakthrough play, a fast and formally inventive portrait of two teenage Irish misfits

Published in volume Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin

Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin

By Enda Walsh

The award-winning play about two warped teenagers that confirmed Enda Walsh's place in the forefront of young Irish dramatists - plus his short play, Sucking Dublin.