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Plays

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The Color of Desire & Hurricane: two plays

Two plays by the acclaimed Cuban-American writer.

  • Paperback

Havana is Waiting and other plays

Eduardo Machado’s Havana is Waiting and other plays examines the intersection of the personal and the political on a generation of immigrants. With humor and passion, the author pursues his lifelong exploration of the Cuban-American experience.

  • Paperback

What Love Is

A short play about caring for your parents.

Published in volume Sex & God

    Desire Under the Elms

    A story of greed, yearning and murder with incest and infanticide, and edged with echoes of Ancient Greek tragedy within a New England farming family.

      The Great God Brown

      A demonstration of O'Neill's expressionistic experimentation with masks to emphasise the distinction between characters, and the lack of understanding in human relationships.

        Water by the Spoonful

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

        • Paperback

        Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue

        An unforgettable journey across time and generations.

        • Paperback

        When Cows Go Boom

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

        Published in volume Irish Shorts

          Love in a Glass Jar

          A short play from an acclaimed Irish playwright, about a sterile liasion in a hotel room that threatens to spill over into real life.

          Published in volume Irish Shorts

            Meeting Miss Ireland

            A short play commissioned and performed as part of The Fairer Sex, a series of play readings at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in June 2009.

            Published in volume Irish Shorts

              Salad Day

              A short play about an elderly couple who, trapped in a nursing home, plot a daring escape into the sunshine.

              Published in volume Irish Shorts

                Nineteen Ninety-Two

                A short play about two brothers biding their time to savour revenge - but how can they be sure they've got the right girl?

                Published in volume Irish Shorts

                  Investment Potential

                  A short play about a youthful couple who can't seem to pull themselves up the rungs of the property ladder.

                  Published in volume Irish Shorts

                    Ribbons

                    A short play about a parent and child who have been concealing their true identities.

                    Published in volume Irish Shorts

                      The Hospital at the Time of the Revolution

                      A forensic insight into the adjustment of morality for the sake of conscience.

                      Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts

                        Three More Sleepless Nights

                        An explosive short play about human interaction and love-tangled relationships.

                        Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts

                          Lovesick

                          A therapist practices aversion therapy to rid his patients of sexual/romantic obsessions which interfere with their lives.

                          Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts

                            Hot Fudge

                            The competitive games of various professionals and their spouses present an amoral world where money is all and lies are the only truth.

                            Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts