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The Good Samaritan

The Good Samaritan

By David Haig

A provocative drama about good intentions going awry, from the well-known stage and screen actor.

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Abandonment

Abandonment

By Kate Atkinson

A play about love, death, identity and evolution, from the bestselling and highly acclaimed novelist.

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The Antipodes

The Antipodes

By Richard Brome

An ingenious satirical comedy, often considered playwright Richard Brome's masterpiece and one of the greatest comedies of the Caroline era, presenting a farcically topsy-turvey view of London in the 1630s.

Under the Blue Sky

Under the Blue Sky

By David Eldridge

A triptych of love stories in a play about unrequited affection, obsession, sex, and the possibility of being happy.

The Changeling

The Changeling

By Thomas Middleton and William Rowley

Middleton and Rowley's masterpiece, a tale of murder, lust, seduction and blackmail in the seventeenth century.

Antigone

Antigone

By Sophocles Translated by Marianne McDonald

The first great 'resistance' drama - and perhaps the definitive Greek tragedy.

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The Merry Devil of Edmonton

The Merry Devil of Edmonton

By Anonymous

A popular comedy from the early-17th century, combining romance, magic, deer poaching and abduction from a nunnery. Part of the Nick Hern Books Globe Quartos series.

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So Long Life

So Long Life

By Peter Nichols

A comedy drama portraying a ghastly family gathering with great humour and unflinching honesty.

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Perfect Pie

Perfect Pie

By Judith Thompson

A potent drama set over the course of a single afternoon. A reunion between two long-estranged women brings to light a buried memory and two teenagers' wild secret.

Death and Taxes: Hydriotaphia & Other Plays

Death and Taxes: Hydriotaphia & Other Plays

By Tony Kushner

A wide-ranging collection of work from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angels in America.

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Cuba

Cuba

By Liz Lochhead

A play written for young people to perform, about two schoolgirls and their daring response to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The Wexford Trilogy

The Wexford Trilogy

By Billy Roche

Set in a snooker club, a betting shop and a local church, each play introduces a mix of young cornerboys, old cowboys and chancers of any age in a lyrical, poignant and often hilarious account of lost dreams and thwarted ambitions.

Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel (stage version)

By Stuart Paterson

An imaginative reworking of the children's classic, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.

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Cinderella

Cinderella (stage version)

By Stuart Paterson

A classic fairy tale with a twist, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.

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The Force of Change

The Force of Change

By Gary Mitchell

An explosively topical play about institutional corruption in Northern Ireland.

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Belfry

Belfry

By Billy Roche

A deeply moving tale about what lies beneath the surface of everyday lives.

Published in volume The Wexford Trilogy
    Poor Beast in the Rain

    Poor Beast in the Rain

    By Billy Roche

    A slice of small-town life, set in a betting shop in Wexford. Part of Billy Roche's acclaimed Wexford Trilogy.

    Published in volume The Wexford Trilogy
      I Just Stopped By To See The Man

      I Just Stopped By To See The Man

      By Stephen Jeffreys

      A play about the myth surrounding an old blues singer, from the author of The Libertine.

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