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Jekyll & Hyde

Jekyll & Hyde (National Youth Theatre version)

By Evan Placey Original author Robert Louis Stevenson

A radical re-imagining by playwright Evan Placey of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale, written for the National Youth Theatre.

Jekyll and Hyde

Jekyll and Hyde (stage version)

By Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted by Neil Bartlett

An inventive, brilliantly theatrical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's darkly fascinating tale of male violence, guilt and privilege.

Jelly's Last Jam

Jelly's Last Jam

By George C. Wolfe

The hit Broadway musical based on the life of the jazz great, Jelly Roll Morton.

JERICHO

JERICHO

By MALAPROP Theatre

An off-kilter, high-energy, form-pushing play about what pro-wrestling and politics have in common.

Jerusalem

Jerusalem

By Jez Butterworth

Jez Butterworth's hugely acclaimed, prize-winning play - a comic, contemporary vision of life in England's green and pleasant land.

The Jew of Malta

The Jew of Malta

By Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe's drama of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set on the island of Malta. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Jitney

Jitney

By August Wilson

A groundbreaking modern drama classic, exploring the fragile bond between eight men as they live, love and work in a racially segregated, post-Vietnam America.

Joanne

Joanne

By Deborah Bruce, Theresa Ikoko, Laura Lomas, Chinonyerem Odimba and Ursula Rani Sarma

Five of the most exciting voices in theatre explore the pressures on our public services as one young woman buckles under pressures of her own.

Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Joe Turner's Come and Gone

By August Wilson

A play about a time in American history when the sons and daughters of recently freed slaves journeyed to the industrial cities of the North in search of prosperity, a new way of life, and, essentially, their own identities.

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John

John

By Annie Baker

Annie Baker's mesmerising play about a young couple struggling to stay together.

John Gabriel Borkman

John Gabriel Borkman (National Theatre version)

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Nicholas Wright

Nicholas Wright's sensitive version of Ibsen's late play, about a family brought low by the disgrace and imprisonment of its patriarch.

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John Gabriel Borkman

John Gabriel Borkman (English Touring Theatre version)

By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A sparkling translation of Ibsen's penultimate play.

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John Gabriel Borkman

John Gabriel Borkman (Bridge Theatre version)

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Lucinda Coxon

A gripping version of Ibsen's most contemporary play, first performed at the Bridge Theatre, London, in 2022.

Jonah and Otto

Jonah and Otto

By Robert Holman

A humane, funny and ultimately haunting play that explores masculinity, identity and what it means to be English.

Jonesy

Jonesy

By Tom Wells

A short play from the author of Jumpers for Goalposts.

Published in volume Jumpers for Goalposts
    Jordan

    Jordan

    By Anna Reynolds With Moira Buffini

    A short play that tells the true story of Shirley Jones, who kills her baby boy, Jordan, rather than have him taken away by his abusive father.

    Published in volume Singular Female Voices
      Joseph K

      Joseph K

      By Tom Basden Original author Franz Kafka

      A darkly comic stage adaptation of The Trial, relocating Kafka's classic novel to twenty-first-century London.

      Jude

      Jude

      By Howard Brenton

      A modern-day tale of unexpected genius and of our struggle to accommodate extraordinary talent, loosely inspired by Thomas Hardy's novel Jude the Obscure.

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      The Judge's Wife

      The Judge's Wife

      By Caryl Churchill

      A short play about justice and retribution, first seen as a BBC television drama.

      Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
        Judgement Day

        Judgement Day

        By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Mike Poulton

        An adaptation of Ibsen's extraordinary last play, When We Dead Awaken, one of his most deeply personal works.

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        Julie Burchill Is Away

        Julie Burchill Is Away

        By Tim Fountain

        A one-woman show based on the life and writings of the provocative columnist, writer and broadcaster, Julie Burchill.

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        Julius Caesar

        Julius Caesar

        By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

        An edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

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        Jumpers for Goalposts

        Jumpers for Goalposts

        By Tom Wells

        A hilarious and heart-warming comedy about football, friendship and finding your way.

        The Jungle Book

        The Jungle Book (Birmingham Stage Company version)

        By Rudyard Kipling Adapted by Stuart Paterson

        Rudyard Kipling's classic jungle tales, in an acclaimed stage adaptation by Stuart Paterson.