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Shanghai Dolls

Shanghai Dolls

By Amy Ng

A stage play telling the untold true story of two of the most influential women in Chinese history – Madame Mao and Sun Weishi. Premiered at Kiln Theatre, London, in 2025.

Shangri-La

Shangri-La

By Amy Ng

A debut play laying bare the contradictions and private pain of cultural tourism.

The Shape of the Table

The Shape of the Table

By David Edgar

An urgent political play about the collapse of an Eastern Bloc government at the end of 1989. Part of David Edgar's post-Cold War trilogy of plays.

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She Stoops to Conquer

She Stoops to Conquer

By Oliver Goldsmith

The best-loved English comedy of the 18th century, a lighthearted farce full of entanglements and misunderstandings, all set over the course of single, eventful night. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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The Shed

The Shed

By Matilda Ibini

A short monologue play exploring the power that a carer can exert over a wheelchair user's life, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues
    Shed: Exploded View

    Shed: Exploded View

    By Phoebe Eclair-Powell

    A devastating play about violence, love and loss. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

    Shibboleth

    Shibboleth

    By Stacey Gregg

    An exhilarating and unsentimental exploration of working-class life in Belfast.

    Shifters

    Shifters

    By Benedict Lombe

    A fierce, funny and intoxicating play about the enduring power – and fragility – of memory and love. Published alongside the 2024 West End transfer.

    Shimmer

    Shimmer

    By Linda McLean

    Surrounded by rain, rivers, lochs and floods, three generations of memory and experience ebb and flow through this lyrical play.

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    Shimmer and other texts

    Shimmer and other texts

    By John O'Keefe

    Three hard-hitting, gritty monologues.

    Shining City

    Shining City

    By Conor McPherson

    A brilliant, haunting play from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

    Shining Souls

    Shining Souls

    By Chris Hannan

    A riotously funny comedy with a gallery of unforgettable characters, published here in a revised version alongside its revival at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, in 2003.

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    The Shipment

    The Shipment

    By Young Jean Lee

    The Shipment is a provocative look at African-American identity in today's not-quite post-racial society.

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

      The Shipment and Lear: two plays

      By Young Jean Lee

      Two plays by Korean-American theatre practitioner and writer Young Jean Lee, who here 'confirms herself as one of the best experimental playwrights in America' (Timeout New York).

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      Shipwrecked!

      Shipwrecked!

      By Donald Margulies

      A story about the nature of storytelling, based on a Victorian hoaxer's tale of being a castaway in the South Pacific - complete with buried treasure, a giant killer octopus, and cannibals.

      A Shoemaker, A Gentleman

      A Shoemaker, A Gentleman

      By William Rowley

      In this entertainingly far-fetched play, Rowley combines mythical tales of the origin of St Alban's with folklore about the craft of shoemaking to produce a comic history which draws together the foundations of British nationhood.

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      The Shoemakers' Holiday

      The Shoemakers' Holiday

      By Thomas Dekker

      A rumbustious Elizabethan comedy featuring identity fraud, love triangles and a marriage proposal disguised as a shoe fitting. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

      Shook

      Shook

      By Samuel Bailey

      A tender and honest play examining the young men society shuts away. Winner of the 2019 Papatango New Writing Prize.

      Shoot the Crow

      Shoot the Crow

      By Owen McCafferty

      An endearing yet hard-hitting comic portrait of how the need to work gets in the way of living.

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      Shout

      Shout

      By Alexis Zegerman

      A funny, moving drama about anxiety, celebrating difference, and finding your voice as a teenager. Part of the 2024 National Theatre Connections Festival.

      Shush

      Shush

      By Elaine Murphy

      A funny and insightful play about the power of female friendship.

      Side Effects

      Side Effects

      By Michael Weller

      Michael Weller's Fifty Words culminated in one desperate phone call. Side Effects is the story of what happened on the other end of the line.

      Published in volume Loving Longing Leaving
        Sight Unseen and other plays

        Sight Unseen and other plays

        By Donald Margulies

        Five plays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

        The Silence and the Noise

        The Silence and the Noise

        By Tom Powell

        A play that beautifully captures the story of two young people on the edge. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.

        Published in volume Papatango Plays