TEMPORARY ORDER DELAYS

We’re currently experiencing temporary disruption to the availability of some titles as we move all of our books to a new warehouse, which means it may take longer than normal for your order to reach you. Click here for more information.

Plays

Showing 37-54 of 2,151 items.

A Woman of No Importance

Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of a long-concealed secret. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

  • Paperback£4.99 £3.99
    There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.

A Woman Killed with Kindness

A startling domestic thriller from the seventeenth century, one of the first tragedies ever to be written about ordinary people. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Woman Caught Unaware

A searing examination of the culture of body-shaming, exploring how images of women are represented in art and social media.

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (stage version)

By Joan Aiken Adapted by Russ Tunney

A thrilling, funny and spectacular adaptation of Joan Aiken's classic children's novel, perfectly suited to performance by theatre companies and drama groups of any size.

Wolves Are Coming For You

A play for two actors – or many more – exploring just how much wild we're comfortable with.

Wolfie

A wildly imaginative, irreverent look at life in and after the care system.

Wolf Kisses

A luminous tale from Spain, about a young woman who returns to her rural village home to await her Parisian lover.

Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)

Mike Poulton's two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. A thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.

Wolf Hall (stage version)

The first part of Mike Poulton's two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. A thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.

    The Witness

    A dark and piercing thriller of modern morals from the Bruntwood Prize-winning author of Mogadishu.

    Withdrawal

    A play from Syria, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

    The Witches of Lancashire

    A sensational dramatisation of the seventeenth-century witch trials, first performed at the original Globe Theatre in 1634.

    • Paperback£14.99 £11.99
      There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.

    The Witch of Edmonton

    Dekker, Ford and Rowley's remarkable play, published here in an RSC Prompt Book edition with introductions by key members of the creative team behind the RSC revival in 2014.

    Wit

    A striking and sharply funny reflection on the frailty of existence and the complex relationship between knowledge and love.

    Wish List

    A sensitive, delicate and powerful play that asks what our labour is worth and how life can be lived when the system is stacked against you. Winner of the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

    The Wise Woman of Hoxton

    A city comedy complete with cross-dressing and disguise, dating from around 1605.

    • Paperback£12.99 £10.39
      There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.

    Winterlong

    A shattering and heartbreaking play, joint winner of the Bruntwood Playwriting Competition.

    The Winterling

    A comedy thriller from the author of the Olivier Award-winning Jerusalem.