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Mortified

Mortified

By Amy Rutherford

A humorous and dark play exploring sex, shame, and transformation and how we reckon with the traumatic experiences that have shaped us.

Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes

By Lucy Kirkwood

A play about families and particle physics, premiered at the National Theatre, London, in July 2017.

Moth

Moth

By Declan Greene

By turns dark and shimmering, Moth is a fast, funny and heartbreaking story about two young people with nowhere to go.

Mother Teresa is Dead

Mother Teresa is Dead

By Helen Edmundson

A gripping play exploring Western guilt towards the Third World, from an author well-known for her award-winning adaptations for Shared Experience and the National Theatre.

Mother's Daughter

Mother's Daughter

By Kate Hennig

The stunning third part of Kate Hennig's powerful Queenmaker Trilogy, retelling the stories of three Tudor queens of England, in contemporary settings.

The Motherhood Project

The Motherhood Project

Monologues and Reflections on Motherhood

By Various

A collection of dramatic monologues and real-life reflections by some of the UK's leading writers, artists and thinkers, and explores all the guilt, joy and absurdity, the regrets, pressures and taboos surrounding motherhood.

Mothers Against

Mothers Against

By David Edgar

A gripping account of a bitterly fought US governor's election from the Republican perspective. Part of David Edgar's two-play cycle, Continental Divide.

Published in volume Continental Divide: two plays
    The Motive and the Cue

    The Motive and the Cue

    By Jack Thorne

    The West End edition of the fierce, funny play about a clash of theatrical titans, Richard Burton and John Gielgud, winner of the Evening Standard Award for Best Play and the Critics' Circle Award for Best New Play.

    Mourning Becomes Electra

    Mourning Becomes Electra

    By Eugene O'Neill

    A trilogy of full-length plays relocating Aeschylus' Oresteia to New England in 1865, just after the end of the American Civil War.

    Mouth to Mouth

    Mouth to Mouth

    By Kevin Elyot

    At a homecoming party for Dennis and Laura's teenage son, the reappearance of an old family friend throws up secrets from the past and paves the way for fresh disaster.

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    A Mouthful of Birds

    A Mouthful of Birds

    By Caryl Churchill and David Lan

    A collaborative piece written with David Lan, combining words and dance. Inspired by Euripides' Bacchae, the play explores modern experiences of 'possession, violence and other states where people feel beside themselves'.

    Published in volume Caryl Churchill Plays: Three
      Mr Foote's Other Leg

      Mr Foote's Other Leg

      By Ian Kelly

      Ian Kelly’s riotously funny play, based on his award-winning biography of Samuel Foote, explores our obsession with celebrities, through the true story of the Oscar Wilde of the 18th century.

      Mr Incredible

      Mr Incredible

      By Camilla Whitehill

      A brutal one-man play about modern love and old-fashioned entitlement.

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      Mr Incredible (VAULT version)

      Mr Incredible (VAULT version)

      By Camilla Whitehill

      A monologue about love and entitlement by Camilla Whitehill, author of Where Do Little Birds Go?, who was described by The Times as 'a writer of huge promise'.

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        Mr Kolpert

        Mr Kolpert

        By David Gieselmann Translated by David Tushingham

        A delightfully morbid black comedy with a nod to Hitchcock's Rope.

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        Mr Thomas

        Mr Thomas

        By Kathy Burke

        A gritty, darkly funny look at attitudes to homosexuality in the 1950s, a portrait of repressed sexuality and alcoholism – and an homage to the great masters of British theatre, Wilde, Coward, Pinter and Orton.

        Mrs Delgado

        Mrs Delgado

        By Mike Bartlett

        A funny and poignant play for one actor that tells a story of desire, control, raised blinds and lowered boundaries. This edition also includes the monologue Phoenix.

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        Mrs Klein

        Mrs Klein

        By Nicholas Wright

        A play about the controversial psychoanalyst Melanie Klein, a haunting and poignant study of mother-daughter relationships.

        Mrs. Packard

        Mrs. Packard

        By Emily Mann

        Elizabeth Packard is committed by her husband to an asylum. Based on true-life historical events, Emily Mann's play tells of one woman's enduring struggle to reform an unfair and ineffectual system.

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        Mrs. Warren's Profession

        Mrs. Warren's Profession

        By Bernard Shaw Edited by Dominic Cooke

        Director Dominic Cooke brings Bernard Shaw's incendiary moral classic crashing into the 21st century in a new version of the play, premiering at the Garrick Theatre in the West End in 2025.

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        Much Ado About Nothing

        Much Ado About Nothing (West End edition)

        By William Shakespeare Edited by Robert Hastie and Josie Rourke

        A consummate romantic comedy that dramatises the battle of the sexes with a dazzling display of Shakespeare's wit and wordplay.

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        Much Ado About Nothing

        Much Ado About Nothing

        By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

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

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        Mud

        Mud

        By Robert Holman

        A group of lonely people converge on the North Yorkshire moors, in Robert Holman's first full-length play.

        Multiple Casualty Incident

        Multiple Casualty Incident

        By Sami Ibrahim

        Roleplay, desire and compassion intertwine in a play about the complexities of humanitarian work. Premiered at The Yard Theatre, London, in 2024.