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After Mrs Rochester

After Mrs Rochester

By Polly Teale

A dramatisation of the extraordinary life of Jean Rhys, in which themes of femininity, literature and hysteria and madness collide with vivid force.

After the Dance

After the Dance

By Terence Rattigan

Rattigan's brilliant attack on the hedonistic lifestyle of the ‘bright young things’ of the 1920s and 30s.

The After-Dinner Joke

The After-Dinner Joke

By Caryl Churchill

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: Shorts
    Again

    Again

    By Stephanie Jacob

    A touching and comic drama about a family reunion, delving into the turmoil, love and compromises of kinship.

    Age is a Feeling

    Age is a Feeling

    By Haley McGee

    A gripping one-person play that wrestles with the glorious and melancholy uncertainties of human life.

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    Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays

    Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays

    By Jordan Tannahill

    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.

    Ah! Wilderness

    Ah! Wilderness

    By Eugene O'Neill

    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.

    Air

    Air

    By Caryl Churchill

    A resonant and surreal short piece published alongside What If If Only.

    Published in volume What If If Only
      Airsick

      Airsick

      By Emma Frost

      A turbulent black comedy about love, loneliness and how we shape our future.

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      Albert Speer

      Albert Speer

      By David Edgar

      A panoramic historical drama about the man whose devotion to Hitler blinded him to the worst crime of the twentieth century, drawing closely on Gita Sereny's definitive and magisterial biography of Albert Speer.

      Albertine in Five Times

      Albertine in Five Times

      By Michel Tremblay Translated by John Van Burek and Bill Glassco

      A simultaneous portrait of a woman at five different ages. Five actresses portray Albertine at different times of her life whilst conversing freely with each other and with their sister Madeleine.

      Published in volume The Guid Sisters and other plays
        Albion

        Albion

        By Mike Bartlett

        Mike Bartlett's outstanding play, set in the ruins of a garden in rural England.

        Alcatraz

        Alcatraz

        By Nathan Lucky Wood

        A thrilling play about family and social care that follows 11-year-old Sandy on her daring, Christmas mission to emulate Clint Eastwood and bust her gran out of lock-up.

        The Alchemist

        The Alchemist

        By Ben Jonson

        Ben Jonson's classic comedy, in a handy pocket edition in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

        Alexi Kaye Campbell Plays: One

        Alexi Kaye Campbell Plays: One

        By Alexi Kaye Campbell

        A collection of five plays by Alexi Kaye Campbell: The Pride, Apologia, The Faith Machine, Bracken Moor and Sunset at the Villa Thalia.

        All for Love

        All for Love

        By John Dryden

        Dryden's 1677 play All for Love is a version of the Antony and Cleopatra story, told as a heroic tragedy.

        All God's Chillun Got Wings

        All God's Chillun Got Wings

        By Eugene O'Neill

        An expressionist play about a violently dysfunctional mixed-race marriage, inspired by an old Negro spiritual.

        Published in volume The Hairy Ape & All God's Chillun Got Wings
          All honey

          All honey

          By Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

          A play about sex, secrets and suspicion, winner of the 2017 Fishamble New Writing Award.

          Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays
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