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Plays

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The Winter's Tale

The Winter's Tale

By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

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

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The Winter's Tale

The Winter's Tale (Plays at the Garrick edition)

By William Shakespeare Edited by Kenneth Branagh

The official tie-in edition to the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company's 2015 production, starring Judi Dench. Featuring exclusive additional content.

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The Winslow Boy

The Winslow Boy

By Terence Rattigan

Rattigan's 1946 play based on the real-life court case of a young naval cadet unjustly accused of stealing a five-shilling postal order.

WINK

WINK

By Phoebe Eclair-Powell

An electrifying drama about what happens to personal identity in an age of ubiquitous technology and social media.

The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows (stage version)

By Kenneth Grahame Adapted by Mike Kenny

A delightful stage adaptation that combines all the joy and mystery of Kenneth Grahame's much-loved classic with the lightness of touch and playful theatricality that award-winning playwright Mike Kenny is known for.

Wind Bit Bitter, Bit Bit Bit Her

Wind Bit Bitter, Bit Bit Bit Her

By Sami Ibrahim

An enthralling monologue about love and loss.

Wilderness

Wilderness (short play)

By April De Angelis

A short play about a patient and her psychiatrist as they head into the wilderness to find out how sane any of us really are.

Published in volume Women Centre Stage: Eight Short Plays By and About Women
    Wilderness

    Wilderness

    By Kellie Smith

    A searing exploration of unconditional love and of the personal sacrifices it demands.

    Wilde: Four Plays

    Wilde: Four Plays

    By Oscar Wilde

    All four of Oscar Wilde's famous plays in one volume, with an introduction by Emma French.

    Wild Swimming

    Wild Swimming

    By Marek Horn

    A kaleidoscopic exploration of cultural progress, an interrogation of gender and privilege, and a wilfully ignorant history of English Literature.

    Wild Notes

    Wild Notes

    By Deirdre Kinahan

    A play exploring the impact of colonialism through a meeting between Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave and abolitionist who visited Ireland in the 1840s, and a young Irishwoman hoping to emigrate to the country he's running from.

    The Wild Duck

    The Wild Duck

    By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    Ibsen's masterpiece of modern tragicomedy, in an English translation by Stephen Mulrine. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    Wild

    Wild

    By Mike Bartlett

    A darkly comic play that explores the unexpected, bewildering, and life-changing consequences of challenging the status quo at a global level.

    The Wife of Cyncoed & Idyll: two plays

    The Wife of Cyncoed & Idyll: two plays

    By Matt Hartley

    Two plays by Matt Hartley: his entertaining one-woman play, The Wife of Cyncoed, premiered at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, in 2024; and Idyll, a captivating short play premiered by Pentabus Theatre in 2021.

    The Wife of Cyncoed

    The Wife of Cyncoed

    By Matt Hartley

    A charming and open-hearted one-woman play about self-discovery later in life.

    Widows

    Widows

    By Ariel Dorfman and Tony Kushner

    A smouldering political allegory about a political protest in a country ruled by a military junta. From the author of Death and the Maiden, written in collaboration with Tony Kushner, author of Angels in America.

    The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd

    The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd

    By D H Lawrence Introduction by Colin Counsell

    An intense and powerful drama set in a Nottinghamshire mining town. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    The Wider Earth

    The Wider Earth

    By David Morton

    A powerfully dramatic play about Charles Darwin's voyage on board HMS Beagle - an adventure that changed not only his own life, but also the history of the entire world.

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