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Same

Same

By Deborah Bruce

A play exporing the apparent gulf between the young and old, commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.

The Same

The Same

By Enda Walsh

A play about two women who meet in a psychiatric institution.

Published in volume Medicine & The Same: two plays
    Samskara

    Samskara

    By Lanre Malaolu

    An explosive fusion of text, physical theatre and hip-hop dance exploring vulnerability, emotional trauma and what it means to be a black man in twenty-first-century Britain.

    Samuel Takes a Break

    Samuel Takes a Break

    in Male Dungeon No. 5 After a Long but Generally Successful Day of Tours

    By Rhianna Ilube

    An extraordinary, genre-blending play about colonialism, identity and the attempt to preserve the past, premiered at The Yard Theatre London in 2024.

    The Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself

    The Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself

    By Claudia Ríos Translated by Roxana Silbert

    After a young girl's suicide, her parents meet for the first time in years at the school where she died.

    Published in volume Mexican Plays
      Sandpaper on Sunburn

      Sandpaper on Sunburn

      By David Horan

      The personal becomes political in a funny and fascinating play exploring identity and family. Premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival in September 2024.

      Satin 'n' Steel

      Satin 'n' Steel

      By Amanda Whittington

      A comic two-hander about the irresistible allure of showbusiness, from the author of Be My Baby.

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      Saturday at the Commodore

      Saturday at the Commodore

      By Rona Munro

      A short solo play from the award-winning Scottish playwright, in which an Aberdonian woman remembers a painful teenage betrayal.

      Published in volume Scot-Free
        SAUCE

        SAUCE

        By Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

        A play about death and rebirth, from an award-winning Irish playwright.

        Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays
          SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays

          SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays

          By Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

          Two sweet and saucy comedies from an award-winning Irish playwright.

          Save + Quit

          Save + Quit

          By Sophia Chetin-Leuner

          The stories of four young people in London and Dublin and how they attempt to live in the cities they call home.

          The Saviour

          The Saviour

          By Deirdre Kinahan

          A play charting the extraordinary shift in social, political and religious life in Ireland over the past thirty years.

          Saying Yes

          Saying Yes

          By Griselda Gambaro Translated by Sebastian Doggart

          A short play by a leading Argentine playwright, telling the shocking story of an everyday trip to the hairdressers.

          Scandaltown

          Scandaltown

          By Mike Bartlett

          A comedy for the new Restoration of the theatres, set in contemporary, post-pandemic London, full of illicit sex, political hypocrisy and the machinations of a fame-hungry elite.

          Scapino

          Scapino

          By Molière Translated by Jeremy Sams

          A superlative farce by the master of the form, Molière, written at the height of his powers, a masterclass in comic construction. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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          Scarborough

          Scarborough

          By Fiona Evans

          An electrifying portrayal of a dangerously charged romance between a fifteen-year-old and their teacher.

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          Scenes from a Repatriation

          Scenes from a Repatriation

          By Joel Tan

          A daring, shape-shifting play about the controversy around a statue in the British Museum, questioning who can claim cultural artefacts – and why. Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2025.

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          Scenes From the Big Picture

          Scenes From the Big Picture

          By Owen McCafferty

          An epic, masterful twenty-plus-character play about Belfast and its multitude of urban denizens.

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          Scenes with girls

          Scenes with girls

          By Miriam Battye

          A witty and caustic play about female friendship, premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 2020.

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          The School for Husbands & The Imaginary Cuckold, or Sganarelle

          The School for Husbands & The Imaginary Cuckold, or Sganarelle

          Translated by Richard Wilbur

          English verse translations of Molière's two great comedies of marriage and misunderstanding.

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          The School for Scandal

          The School for Scandal

          By Richard Brinsley Sheridan

          A classic comedy of manners, ridiculing affectation and pretentiousness. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

          Schreber's Nervous Illness

          Schreber's Nervous Illness

          By Caryl Churchill

          A short play based on the memoirs of a judge who spent ten years in asylums as a schizophrenic.

          Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
            The Schuman Plan

            The Schuman Plan

            By Tim Luscombe

            The story of post-war Britain and its love-hate relationship with Europe, recounted as a thrilling, fast-moving epic of machiavellian politics and private heartbreak.

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            Scissors

            Scissors

            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.