Plays

A moving story of love and loyalty, courage and fear, based on Terence Rattigan's own experiences as a tail gunner in the Second World War.

A thrilling version of Ibsen's epic play, charting the true odyssey of an astonishing man as he struggles to find spiritual fulfilment and political pre-eminence.

A passionate tale of paternal disapproval and sexual deceit, following the lives of a princess and a whore.

A collection of modern Spanish and Catalan plays in translations by practising English playwrights, commissioned and first staged by the Royal Court Theatre.

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.

An anonymous Elizabethan play about the ancient king of Britain, a prime source for Shakespeare's version of the story.

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

A collection of plays from the acclaimed author of My Night With Reg, spanning twenty years of work from a playwright who brilliantly captured the comedy of pain.

A bawdy, satiric and theatrically allusive comedy that was extremely popular with seventeenth-century readers.

A unique collection of five surprising and exciting plays from Mexico, in English translations, selected by the Royal Court Theatre, London.

Five plays from the the makar (national poet) of Scotland, one of the country's best-known - and best-loved - living playwrights.

An unforgettable journey across time and generations.

Three plays based on George Eliot's classic novel, which can be performed as a trilogy or as standalone pieces.

A collection of plays written and introduced by actor-turned-writer Ayub Khan Din, including his first play, East is East, which became a smash-hit film.

The final installment in Quiara Alegría Hudes’s three-play cycle, which began with Pulitzer Prize-finalist Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue and Pulitzer Prize-winner Water by the Spoonful.

A second collection of plays by Fin Kennedy, author of How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found and The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping and other plays.

A witty and compelling play that takes a piercing look at a family of performers coming to terms with the roles they play in each other’s lives.

An eidition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.