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What the Constitution Means to Me

What the Constitution Means to Me

By Heidi Schreck

An acclaimed play tracing the effect that the US Constitution has had on four generations of women in the author's family. A finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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What We Know

What We Know

By pamela carter

A funny, painful and deeply moving play about loss - and cooking.

When Cows Go Boom

When Cows Go Boom

By Stacey Gregg

A short play by Stacey Gregg, an oblique parable of love set against the backdrop of a horrific landscape.

Published in volume Irish Shorts
    When the Crows Visit

    When the Crows Visit

    By Anupama Chandrasekhar

    A dark and thrilling play inspired by true events in modern-day India, exploring the themes of Ibsen's Ghosts and the cyclical nature of oppression.

    When the Daffodils

    When the Daffodils

    By Joel Tan

    A searching portrait of human kindness in a world that sets limits on how we care for the vulnerable. First performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season of short plays.

    Published in volume Inside/Outside
      When the Rain Stops Falling

      When the Rain Stops Falling

      By Andrew Bovell

      A heartrending drama about family, betrayal and forgiveness, spanning four generations and two hemispheres. From the writer of the award-winning film Lantana.

      When They Go Low

      When They Go Low

      By Natalie Mitchell

      A play about everyday feminism, consent and the changing face of teenage sexuality in an online world. Written for the National Theatre Connections Festival.

      When This Is Over

      When This Is Over

      A Blueprint for Creating Your Own Production, and the Original Playscript

      By Ned Glasier, Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey and Company Three

      A theatrical celebration of hope, possibility and imagination, designed to be created and performed by teenage casts, drawing directly on their own life experiences and the stories they want to tell. Winner, Outstanding Drama Initiative at the Music and Drama Education Awards.

      When Winston Went to War with the Wireless

      When Winston Went to War with the Wireless

      By Jack Thorne

      A gripping and timely play about Winston Churchill, the 1920s General Strike and the birth of the BBC.

      When You Cure Me

      When You Cure Me

      By Jack Thorne

      A painful – and painfully funny – play about being very young and in love – and coping with serious illness at the same time.

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      Where I'm From

      Where I'm From

      By Laura Lomas

      A monologue play about a woman on the day of her release from prison.

      Published in volume Bird and other monologues for young women
        Where Sat the Lovers

        Where Sat the Lovers

        By Carys D. Coburn With MALAPROP Theatre

        A play about codes, hallucinations, Isaac Newton, war crimes, seeing meaning where there's none and vice versa. First staged by MALAPROP Theatre at the 2021 Dublin Fringe Festival.

        Whiff Whaff

        Whiff Whaff

        By Jack Thorne

        A savagely funny short play about attitudes to disability and mental health.

        Published in volume Jack Thorne Plays: Two
          While You Lie

          While You Lie

          By Sam Holcroft

          A blistering play about our need for honesty in relationships and how it can sometimes bring about their downfall.

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          Whipping It Up

          Whipping It Up

          By Steve Thompson

          A quick-witted satirical farce set in the Whips' office at Westminster.

          Whisky Galore

          Whisky Galore (stage version)

          By Compton Mackenzie Adapted by Philip Goulding

          A stage adaptation of Compton Mackenzie's comedy classic, combining rollicking physical theatre, panto and farce, with an array of hilarious characters for any female-led theatre company.

          The Whitby Rebels

          The Whitby Rebels

          By Bea Roberts

          A joyful stage play telling the (mostly) true story of a boatload of misfits on a misconceived mission to the Arctic. Premiered in 2024 at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough.

          The White Bike

          The White Bike

          By Tamara von Werthern

          An affecting play, based on a true story, about what happens when our world is turned upside down.

          The White Devil

          The White Devil

          By John Webster

          The Italian Court is riddled with corruption in this classic Jacobean tragedy. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

          The White Devil

          The White Devil (RSC version)

          By John Webster

          A violent tragedy, regarded as one of the great works of Jacobean theatre. Features the text edited for the 2014 RSC production, and introductions by key members of its creative team.

          White Lead

          White Lead

          By Jessica Siân

          A short play exploring the expectations and responsibilities of being an artist and a woman.

          White Noise

          White Noise

          By Suzan-Lori Parks

          An unflinching look at race in the 21st century from both a black and white perspective, from a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.

          Who is Sylvia?

          Who is Sylvia?

          By Terence Rattigan

          Rattigan's play about obsessive love, a bittersweet portayal of his father - and maybe of his own frustrated love life.

          Published in volume Who is Sylvia? and Duologue
            Who is Sylvia? and Duologue

            Who is Sylvia? and Duologue

            By Terence Rattigan

            Two plays from one of the leading dramatists of the 20th century.