Plays
Abigail
A man in his forties and a woman in her twenties meet on a trip to Berlin. Across a fractured timeline where past and present collide, the story of their relationship, their love and their struggle unravels.
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A couple in bed discuss the effect on them of the woman's recent abortion.
Published in volume Caryl Churchill: ShortsAbout a Goth
By Tom WellsA short play about a young man who volunteers in old people's homes, and suffers paroxyms of love and hate for the residents.
Published in volume Me, As A PenguinAcceptance
By Amy NgCrackling with razor-sharp dialogue, Amy Ng's play asks whether we can ever escape our past, and investigates the destructive side of our search for acceptance.
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According to Hoyle
A comedy drama about male friendship in which five old friends meet for a traditional evening of poker.
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The Acedian Pirates
By Jay TaylorA play that challenges our understanding of mythology, and forces us to ask vital questions about military occupation.
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A short play about Margaret Beckett finding herself Acting Leader of the Opposition after the sudden death of John Smith.
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Acts
A short play about an old couple whose son returns after years of absence.
Published in volume Family: three playsAdam
By Frances PoetThe remarkable true story of a young trans man's journey from Egypt to Scotland, charting his progress across borders and genders in his search for a place to call home.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEPUB£9.99£7.99The Adventures of a Young Black Girl in Search of God
By Djanet SearsRainey Baldwin-Jackson, a country doctor, struggles to come to terms with the loss of her daughter, the disintegration of her marriage, and an eccentric elderly father on an astonishing crusade.
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After Mrs Rochester
By Polly TealeA dramatisation of the extraordinary life of Jean Rhys, in which themes of femininity, literature and hysteria and madness collide with vivid force.
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Rattigan's brilliant attack on the hedonistic lifestyle of the ‘bright young things’ of the 1920s and 30s.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEPUB£9.99£7.99The After-Dinner Joke
A short play satirising the charity business, written for television. First broadcast on BBC One as part of the BBC's Play for Today series.
Published in volume Caryl Churchill: ShortsAgain
A touching and comic drama about a family reunion, delving into the turmoil, love and compromises of kinship.
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Three solo plays exploring the lives of three queer youths and their resilience in the face of violence and intolerance. Winner of the 2014 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama.
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Ah! Wilderness
An affectionate and witty comedy of recollection from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers. A family-based saga set in the years just before the First World War.
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