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Plays

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The Welkin

The Welkin

By Lucy Kirkwood

Lucy Kirkwood's play about a woman sentenced to hang for murder in 18th-century rural Suffolk.

The Weir

The Weir

By Conor McPherson

The spellbinding, beautifully observed hit from the master of suspenseful realism.

The Wedding

The Wedding

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A one-act play by Chekhov in a translation by Chekhov expert Stephen Mulrine.

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
    We're Gonna Die

    We're Gonna Die

    By Young Jean Lee

    A life-affirming, humorous show of songs and monologues drawing on real-life experiences, about the one thing we all have in common: we're gonna die. Audio CD included.

    We Happy Few

    We Happy Few

    By Imogen Stubbs

    A comedy drama about an all-female theatre company touring Britain during the darkest days of World War Two, written by the well-known actress and premiered in the West End.

    We are Three Sisters

    We are Three Sisters

    By Blake Morrison

    Against the backdrop of a windswept northern village, three remarkable young women live their lives brightly.

    We Anchor in Hope

    We Anchor in Hope

    By Anna Jordan

    A play about the end of an era as a London boozer closes its doors one final time.

    The Way We Live Now: American plays and the AIDS crisis

    The Way We Live Now: American plays and the AIDS crisis

    Edited by M. Elizabeth Osborn

    A collection of dramatic material - plays, extracts from plays and dramatic adaptations - concerning the AIDS epidemic.

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    The Way Old Friends Do

    The Way Old Friends Do

    By Ian Hallard

    A tender, laugh-out-loud comedy about two friends who form the world's first ABBA tribute band in drag.

    The Way of the World

    The Way of the World

    By William Congreve

    A classic comedy of manners from the Restoration period. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    The Way Home

    The Way Home

    By Chloë Moss

    A spiky play about the clash between suburban and itinerant ways of life in present-day Liverpool.

    Steve Waters: Shorts

    Steve Waters: Shorts

    Five Plays

    By Steve Waters

    Five short plays from acclaimed playwright Steve Waters, all of them deeply personal accounts of his attempts to make sense of twenty-first-century Britain and an ever-changing world.

    Water by the Spoonful

    Water by the Spoonful

    By Quiara Alegría Hudes

    A Pulitzer Prize-winning play about family, community and uncertainty.

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    The Wasp

    The Wasp

    By Morgan Lloyd Malcolm

    A twisting two-hander, a psychological thriller from the acclaimed author of Emilia.

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    The Wardrobe

    The Wardrobe

    By Sam Holcroft

    A gripping journey through British history that shows how our country was shaped and how connected we are with our past. Part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.

    War and Peace Gaza Piece

    War and Peace Gaza Piece

    By Caryl Churchill

    A short play about war and family life.

    Published in volume Caryl Churchill Plays: Five
      War and Peace

      War and Peace (stage version)

      By Leo Tolstoy Adapted by Helen Edmundson

      A magnificent two-play epic, adapted from Tolstoy's novel and first staged by Shared Experience.

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      The Walworth Farce

      The Walworth Farce

      By Enda Walsh

      A remarkable play about what can happen when we become stuck in the stories we tell about our lives.

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