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Last Letters Home

Last Letters Home

By Matt Hartley

A short monologue play for a female performer.

Published in volume Here I Belong
    The Last Night of Ballyhoo

    The Last Night of Ballyhoo

    By Alfred Uhry

    A bitter-sweet romantic comedy from the author of Driving Miss Daisy.

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    The Last Noël

    The Last Noël

    By Chris Bush

    A funny, moving, uplifting play about Christmas, with original songs.

    The Last of the Duchess

    The Last of the Duchess

    By Nicholas Wright

    A compelling study of the corruption of fame, the lure of money and the betrayal that lurks at the heart of portraying the people around us, or the people we love. Based on Caroline Blackwood's book of the same name.

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    The Last of the Haussmans

    The Last of the Haussmans

    By Stephen Beresford

    A funny, touching and at times savage portrait of a family loosing its grip, examining the fate of the revolutionary generation.

    The Last of the Pelican Daughters

    The Last of the Pelican Daughters

    By The Wardrobe Ensemble

    A comedy about four sisters trying to come to terms with their mother's death.

    The Last Quiz Night on Earth

    The Last Quiz Night on Earth

    By Alison Carr

    An innovative, apocalyptic comedy-drama featuring a fully interactive pub quiz.

    The Last Wife

    The Last Wife

    By Kate Hennig

    A contemporary retelling of the compelling relationship between Katherine Parr and Henry VIII, the first part of Kate Hennig's Queenmaker Trilogy.

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    The Last Witch

    The Last Witch

    By Rona Munro

    A play about the last woman to be executed for witchcraft in Scotland, The Last Witch explores the psychological rifts that can divide close communities and drive families apart.

    The Late Middle Classes

    The Late Middle Classes

    By Simon Gray

    A funny yet melancholic look at the frustrations, secrets and guilt of middle-class respectability in 1950s England.

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    Latin American Plays

    Latin American Plays

    New Drama from Argentina, Cuba, Mexico and Peru

    Selected by Sebastian Doggart

    An essential introduction to the fascinating but largely unexplored theatre of Latin America, featuring new translations of five contemporary plays written by some the region's most exciting writers.

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    Laughing Boy

    Laughing Boy (stage version)

    By Stephen Unwin Original author Sara Ryan

    A stage adaptation of Sara Ryan's powerful account of the preventable death of her son Connor Sparrowhawk while in an NHS care unit. Premiered at Jermyn Street Theatre, London.

    Lava

    Lava

    By Benedict Lombe

    One woman's journey into her own past becomes inextricably linked with the tides of global history in this wickedly funny, strikingly lyrical and explosive debut play. Winner of the 2022 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

    Lava

    Lava (2022 edition)

    By James Fritz

    A timely play about grief and the power of expression, rocking with raw emotion and sharp humour.

    Lava

    Lava (2018 edition)

    By James Fritz

    A timely play about grief, masculinity and the power of expression, exploring what happens when the capital city is hit by a small asteroid.

    Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew

    Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew

    By Coral Wylie

    A funny, affecting and beautifully queer stage play about a family's efforts to assuage the past and plant the seeds of a better future. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2025.

    Lawrence After Arabia

    Lawrence After Arabia

    By Howard Brenton

    A play about T.E. Lawrence, once celebrated as Lawrence of Arabia, but who now wants only to be normal once more.

    Lay Me Down Softly

    Lay Me Down Softly

    By Billy Roche

    A heartfelt slice of life in small-town Ireland, brimming with passions and all-too-human foibles, from the author of the well-loved Wexford Trilogy.

    Lazarus: The Complete Book and Lyrics

    Lazarus: The Complete Book and Lyrics

    By David Bowie and Enda Walsh

    The extraordinary musical inspired by the book The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis and its cult film adaptation starring David Bowie, and incorporating some of Bowie's most iconic songs.

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    Lazybed

    Lazybed

    By Iain Crichton Smith

    A play about a man who cannot, or will not, get out of bed one morning for 'metaphysical reasons'.

    The League of Youth

    The League of Youth

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Andy Barrett

    Ibsen's political comedy, in a crisp and satirical version by Andy Barrett.

    Lear

    Lear

    By Young Jean Lee

    Young Jean Lee's Lear is an alternative re-working of Shakespeare's celebrated tragedy, focusing on the king's three daughters.

    Published in volume The Shipment and Lear: two plays
      The Learned Ladies

      The Learned Ladies

      By Molière Translated by A.R. Waller

      Molière's satire of intellectual snobbery, in a translation first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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      Leave Taking

      Leave Taking

      By Winsome Pinnock

      Two generations. Three incredible women. An epic story of what we leave behind in order to find home.