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Godchild

Godchild

By Deborah Bruce

A sharp, dark comedy that explores the inescapable difference between feeling 19 and being 19.

A Going Concern

A Going Concern

By Stephen Jeffreys

A play about a washed-up family business, from the author of The Libertine.

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Golden Child

Golden Child

By David Henry Hwang

David Hwang invokes the age in which his great grandfather broke with Confucian tradition by converting to Christianity and unbinding his daughter's feet. Golden Child explores the impact of these momentous decisions  on succeeding generations.

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Gone to Earth

Gone to Earth (stage version)

By Mary Webb Adapted by Helen Edmundson

A vivid, emotional stage version of Mary Webb's novel of rural passion, premiered by Shared Experience Theatre Company.

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good dog

good dog

By Arinzé Kene

A theatrical monologue that chronicles growing up in a multicultural community, and the everyday injustices that drive people to take back control.

A Good House

A Good House

By Amy Jephta

A funny, thrilling and provocative play exploring race, resentment and community politics, from a leading South African playwright.

The Good Life

The Good Life

By Jeremy Sams Original author John Esmonde and Bob Larbey

A witty reimagining of a television classic for the stage, with a wellyful of laughs that's sure to delight audiences everywhere.

Good People

Good People

By David Lindsay-Abaire

A funny and tender drama that explores how even if you live on the brink, destiny can have a way of surprising you.

The Good Samaritan

The Good Samaritan

By David Haig

A provocative drama about good intentions going awry, from the well-known stage and screen actor.

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The Good Thief

The Good Thief

By Conor McPherson

A monologue play about a petty criminal who is punished by his conscience when he becomes involved in a bungled kidnap.

Good Things

Good Things

By Liz Lochhead

A bittersweet romantic comedy about finding love later in life, from 'Scotland's greatest living dramatist' Scotland on Sunday.

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Goodbye to All That

Goodbye to All That

By Luke Norris

A taut and tender debut play that asks if it's ever too late to start again.

Gorgeous Avatar

Gorgeous Avatar

By Jules Horne

A wry, tender and fantastical story of love and loneliness in the digital age.

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The Gospel at Colonus

The Gospel at Colonus

By Lee Breuer

Writing at the end of his own long life, in Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles depicts his doomed hero's final hours; at the moment of his death the aged Oedipus is free at last. Envisaging this meditation on mortality as a rousing service in a black church, Lee Breuer has created a remarkable text based on Robert Fitzgerald's splendid translation.

Got to be Happy

Got to be Happy

By Simon Burt

A poignant and tender-hearted play set in a pub kitchen.

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The Government Inspector

The Government Inspector

By Nikolai Gogol Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A classic satire of provincial bureaucracy, in an English translation by Stephen Mulrine. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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Grace

Grace

By Doug Lucie

A far-reaching, comic portrait of the effects of hypocrisy and corporate greed on the values of late-twentieth-century England.

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The Grain Store

The Grain Store

By Natal'ya Vorozhbit Translated by Sasha Dugdale

A play about a small rural community that dares to stand up to Stalin as he launches the first of his Five-Year Plans.

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The Grand Old Opera House Hotel

The Grand Old Opera House Hotel

By Isobel McArthur

An uplifting ensemble comedy set to some of the most popular opera songs ever written. Premiered at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, and Dundee Rep.

Grasses of a Thousand Colours

Grasses of a Thousand Colours

By Wallace Shawn

A semi-mythological examination of nature, animals, men, and women. Strange dinners, strange parties - sources of death and life.

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Great Expectations

Great Expectations (RSC stage version)

By Charles Dickens Adapted by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod

A gritty adaptation of Dickens' least sentimental love story with a cast of some of his most unforgettable characters.

Great Expectations

Great Expectations (stage version)

By Charles Dickens Adapted by Jo Clifford

Jo Clifford's beautifully simple adaptation of one of Dickens's best-loved novels brings it thrillingly to life for the stage.

The Great God Brown

The Great God Brown

By Eugene O'Neill

A demonstration of O'Neill's expressionistic experimentation with masks to emphasise the distinction between characters, and the lack of understanding in human relationships.

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

    The Great God Pan

    By Amy Herzog

    An unsettling and deeply compassionate play from an acclaimed US playwright.