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Electra

Electra

By Sophocles Translated by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton

A tragic tale of duty, retribution and fate, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Electric Rosary

Electric Rosary

By Tim Foley

A sharp, timely and gloriously funny play that asks what faith really means in the age of artificial intelligence. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize Judges' Award.

Elektra

Elektra (West End edition)

By Sophokles Translated by Anne Carson

The timeless Greek tragedy, in a magisterial translation by award-winning poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson. Published alongside the West End production in 2025.

Elephants

Elephants

By Rose Heiney

A sharp black comedy with a tender heart that explores the paths we take in life and their repercussions on the people we love most.

The Eleventh Capital

The Eleventh Capital

By Alexandra Wood

An arresting 60-minute debut play about dislocation, manipulation and power, winner of the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright.

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Elizabeth Gordon Quinn

Elizabeth Gordon Quinn (National Theatre of Scotland version)

By Chris Hannan

A contemporary classic set during the Glasgow Rent Strike of 1915, with one of the best women's roles ever to emerge from Scottish theatre, an unforgettable tragicomic heroine with an extraordinary power to repel and attract.

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Elizabeth Gordon Quinn

Elizabeth Gordon Quinn (original Traverse Theatre version)

By Chris Hannan

A contemporary classic set during the Glasgow Rent Strike of 1915, with one of the best women's roles ever to emerge from Scottish theatre, an unforgettable tragicomic heroine with an extraordinary power to repel and attract.

Published in volume Scot-Free
    Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue

    Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue

    By Quiara Alegría Hudes

    An unforgettable journey across time and generations.

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    Kevin Elyot: Four Plays

    Kevin Elyot: Four Plays

    By Kevin Elyot

    A collection of plays from the acclaimed author of My Night With Reg, spanning twenty years of work from a playwright who brilliantly captured the comedy of pain.

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    Emilia

    Emilia

    By Morgan Lloyd Malcolm

    A riotous, witty reclaiming of the life of Emilia Bassano, poet, mistress, mother, and exceptional woman – widely considered the 'Dark Lady' of Shakespeare's sonnets.

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    Emma

    Emma (stage version)

    By Jane Austen Adapted by Doon MacKichan and Martin Millar

    A bold, witty and fresh adaptation of Jane Austen's novel which, while thoroughly modern, retains the spirit and much of the language of the original.

    Emperor and Galilean

    Emperor and Galilean

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Ben Power

    A thrilling version of Ibsen's epic play, charting the true odyssey of an astonishing man as he struggles to find spiritual fulfilment and political pre-eminence.

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    The Emperor Jones

    The Emperor Jones

    By Eugene O'Neill

    An expressionistic chronicle of a black dictator's flight from his oppressed subjects.

    Published in volume Anna Christie & The Emperor Jones: two plays
      The Empty Quarter

      The Empty Quarter

      By Alexandra Wood

      A play confronting the challenges we face in a foreign land, asking where, or to whom, we belong.

       
      The Enchantment

      The Enchantment

      By Victoria Benedictsson Adapted by Clare Bayley

      The extraordinary and mesmeric play by the Swedish author who was reputedly a model for Miss Julie and Hedda Gabler.

      The Encounter

      The Encounter

      By Simon McBurney and Complicite

      A solo show tracing one man's journey into the Amazon rainforest and to the limits of human consciousness, inspired by the book Amazon Beaming by Petru Popescu.

      the end of history...

      the end of history...

      By Jack Thorne

      A play about families, parenting, and gigantic clashes of values.

      An Enemy of the People

      An Enemy of the People

      By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      Ibsen's play about an idealistic doctor whose moral resolve is put to the test when he discovers that the waters from which his native spa town draws its wealth are dangerously contaminated.

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      An Enemy of the People

      An Enemy of the People

      By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Arthur Miller

      Arthur Miller's version of Ibsen's most explosive play.

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      An Enemy of the People

      An Enemy of the People

      By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Thomas Ostermeier and Florian Borchmeyer

      Ibsen's provocative play about truth in a society driven by power and money, given a startling contemporary spin in Thomas Ostermeier and Florian Borchmeyer's acclaimed version, here in an English translation by Duncan Macmillan.

      England & Son

      England & Son

      By Ed Edwards

      A one-man play about disaster capitalism, empire, Thatcherite politics, stolen youth, stolen wealth and a working-class boy who just wants his dad to smile at him. First performed by the celebrated political comedian Mark Thomas in Paines Plough's Roundabout during the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

      English & Wish You Were Here: two plays

      English & Wish You Were Here: two plays

      By Sanaz Toossi

      Two plays exploring the emotional toll of migration, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning play English, from an Iranian-American playwright.

      Enough

      Enough

      By Stef Smith

      A poetic, unpredictable and explosive play about female friendship, and what happens when you can no longer be the woman people want.

      Ensemble Works: an anthology

      Ensemble Works: an anthology

      Edited by Ferdinand Lewis

      A collection of ensemble-created plays by major American theatre companies - the first of its kind.

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