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Restoration Comedy: Three Plays

Restoration Comedy: Three Plays

By Aphra Behn, William Congreve and William Wycherley

Three of the most popular Restoration comedies in one volume, all dealing with the place of women in society.

The Retreat

The Retreat

By Sam Bain

A comedy about getting away from it all - the debut play from the BAFTA Award-winning co-writer and co-creator of Peep Show, Fresh Meat and Four Lions.

Reunion

Reunion

By Mark O'Rowe

An exhilarating, high-wire drama about the deep currents of family life, set over a family reunion on an island off the west coast of Ireland. Premiered at Galway International Arts Festival in 2024.

REVENGE: After the Levoyah

REVENGE: After the Levoyah

By Nick Cassenbaum

A Jewish heist comedy that combines madcap action and biting political satire, winner of an Edinburgh Fringe First Award and a Summerhall Lustrum Award.

The Revenger's Tragedy

The Revenger's Tragedy

By Cyril Tourneur

A Jacobean tale of personal vengeance in a morally bankrupt world. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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Ribbons

Ribbons

By Elaine Murphy

A short play about a parent and child who have been concealing their true identities.

Published in volume Irish Shorts
    Richard II

    Richard II

    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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    Richard III

    Richard III

    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.

    Richard III

    Richard III (West End edition)

    By William Shakespeare Edited by Jamie Lloyd

    Jamie Lloyd's version of Shakespeare's Richard III, edited for his Trafalgar Transformed production of the play in 2014, with additional bonus material.

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    Riddance

    Riddance

    By Linda McLean

    A chilling emotional thriller about two men and a woman bound together by the secrets of surviving a childhood in a Glasgow tenement.

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    Ripcord

    Ripcord

    By David Lindsay-Abaire

    A gloriously biting comedy set in a rest home, from the author of Good People and Rabbit Hole.

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    The Rivals

    The Rivals

    By Richard Brinsley Sheridan

    One of the best-known eighteenth-century comedies of manners, Sheridan's first play, and still his most popular. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    The River

    The River

    By Jez Butterworth

    A bewitching story from the author of global smash hit Jerusalem.

    Road Show

    Road Show

    By Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman

    Sondheim's Obie-Award-winning musical telling the real-life story of the Mizner brothers, following their fortunes from the 1890s Alaskan gold rush to the 1920s land boom.

    The Road to Huntsville

    The Road to Huntsville

    By Stephanie Ridings

    A short play about a writer researching women who fall in love with men on death row, who then finds herself crossing the line.

    Roald Dahl's The Twits

    Roald Dahl's The Twits (stage version)

    Adapted by Enda Walsh

    Mischievously adapted from Roald Dahl's story, acclaimed playwright Enda Walsh turns The Twits upside down and brings this revolting revolution to the stage.

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    The Roaring Girl

    The Roaring Girl

    By Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton

    A hilarious city comedy by the authors of A Mad World, My Masters and The Shoemaker's Holiday. features the text edited for the RSC production, and introductions by key members of its creative team. Part of the RSC's Roaring Girls season.

    Roaring Trade

    Roaring Trade

    By Steve Thompson

    A fast-paced and astute satire exposing just how far people go for the highest-risk jobs in the City.

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    Robin Hood and the Christmas Heist

    Robin Hood and the Christmas Heist

    By Chris Bush and Matt Winkworth

    A charming retelling of the Robin Hood adventure - festive fun for all the family. Premiered at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, in 2024.

    Rock

    Rock

    By Chris Bush

    A play about family, heritage and legacy, part of Chris Bush's triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors.

    Rock / Paper / Scissors

    Rock / Paper / Scissors

    Three Plays

    By Chris Bush

    Three intricately interwoven plays about family, heritage and legacy, centring around a Sheffield manufacturing family.

    Rockets and Blue Lights

    Rockets and Blue Lights

    By Winsome Pinnock

    The Alfred Fagon Award-winning play that retells British history through the prism of the slave trade.

    Rodney's Wife

    Rodney's Wife

    By Richard Nelson

    A study in dissolution by a leading American playwright who has written prolifically, and with fine detail, on the perplexities of everyday living.

    The Roman Actor

    The Roman Actor

    By Philip Massinger

    Philip Massinger's chilling play of revenge, lust and murder.

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