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Plays

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The Clear Road Ahead

The Clear Road Ahead

By Jez Butterworth

An epic short about rebirth, from the author of Jerusalem and The Ferryman.

Published in volume Jez Butterworth Plays: Two
    How These Desperate Men Talk

    How These Desperate Men Talk

    By Enda Walsh

    A short play published for the first time, written during the author's time working with European theatremakers.

    Lynndie's Gotta Gun

    Lynndie's Gotta Gun

    By Enda Walsh

    A short play published for the first time, written during the author's time working with European theatremakers.

    Wormwood

    Wormwood

    By Catherine Czerkawska

    A poetic and heart-rending play written in response to the tenth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.

    Bleeding Heart

    Bleeding Heart

    By Antonio Onetti Translated by Oscar Ceballos and Mary Peate

    A short dark comedy from Spain, in which a naive middle-aged transvestite encounters a petty thief nicknamed 'sour face'.

    Red Car, Blue Car

    Red Car, Blue Car

    By Jack Thorne

    A heartbreaking short play about guilt, grief and responsibility, written for and performed at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2011.

    small hours

    small hours

    By Lucy Kirkwood and Ed Hime With Katie Mitchell

    A collaborative theatre piece created by playwrights Lucy Kirkwood and Ed Hime with theatre director Katie Mitchell, dissecting the claustrophobic world of a new mother struggling to cope on her own.

    Death of a Cyclist

    Death of a Cyclist

    By Steve Waters

    A poignant, bleakly comic short monologue told by a woman killed in a cycling accident.

    The Village Church

    The Village Church

    By Tamara von Werthern

    A short play about faith, families, and fitting in.

    Baby Dolls

    Baby Dolls

    By Tamara von Werthern

    A futuristic comedy about conception, state control and rebellion.

    How to Not Sink

    How to Not Sink

    By Georgia Christou

    A short play by Georgia Christou that looks at duty, love and dependency across three generations of women.

    The Nightclub

    The Nightclub

    By Chloe Todd Fordham

    A short play about three very different women at a gay nightclub in Orlando, who are caught up in a terrifying hate crime.

    Fucking Feminists

    Fucking Feminists

    By Rose Lewenstein

    A fiercely funny short play by Rose Lewenstein, investigating what feminism means, and what it has become.

    Tituba

    Tituba

    By Winsome Pinnock

    Tituba by Winsome Pinnock is a one-woman show about Tituba Indian, the enslaved woman who played a central role in the seventeenth-century Salem Witch Trials.

    White Lead

    White Lead

    By Jessica Siân

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

    What is the Custom of Your Grief?

    What is the Custom of Your Grief?

    By Timberlake Wertenbaker

    A short play by Timberlake Wertenbaker about an English schoolgirl who is befriended online by an Afghan girl after her brother is killed while on active duty in Afghanistan.

    Finsbury Park

    Finsbury Park

    By Stephen Jeffreys

    A short autobiographical monologue, first performed as part of the Come to Where I'm From festival at the Park Theatre, London, in 2016.

    London Assurance

    London Assurance

    By Dion Boucicault

    A classic comedy of manners with two of the great comic roles of the English stage, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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