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Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina (stage version)

By Leo Tolstoy Adapted by Helen Edmundson

Helen Edmundson's celebrated adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's enduring classic is a vibrant and deeply moving meditation on the nature of love.

Anna Weiss

Anna Weiss

By Mike Cullen

An explosive, gripping and disturbing play about the phenomenon of False Memory Syndrome.

Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn

By Howard Brenton

A celebration of a great English heroine, Anne Boleyn dramatises the life and legacy of Henry VIII's notorious second wife, who helped change the course of the nation's history.

Antigone

Antigone

By Sophocles Adapted by Owen McCafferty

A muscular version of Sophocles' timeless masterpiece, offering a profound reflection on the nature of power, democracy and human rights.

Antigone

Antigone

By Sophocles Translated by Marianne McDonald

The first great 'resistance' drama - and perhaps the definitive Greek tragedy.

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The Antipodes

The Antipodes

By Richard Brome

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.

The Antipodes

The Antipodes

By Annie Baker

Part satire, part sacred rite, a play that asks what value stories have for a world in crisis.

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Antlia Pneumatica

Antlia Pneumatica

By Anne Washburn

A haunting tale of loss and friendship, blurring the lines between the real and surreal, from the author of Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play.

Any Given Day

Any Given Day

By Linda McLean

A sharply perceptive, darkly funny riff on urban isolation by one of Scotland's leading playwrights.

Anything is Possible if You Think About It Hard Enough

Anything is Possible if You Think About It Hard Enough

By Cordelia O'Neill

A moving and unexpectedly funny play about a couple grieving the loss of their child, winner of the Best New Play award at the 2022 Offies (Off West End Awards).

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Apologia

Apologia

By Alexi Kaye Campbell

A disastrous family reunion is the occasion for a sharp and perceptive look at what has happened to 60s idealists and their children.

The Apple Family

The Apple Family

Scenes from Life in the Country

By Richard Nelson

A critically acclaimed play cycle about loss, memory and remembrance in America's recent past.

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The Approach

The Approach

By Mark O'Rowe

Both psychological puzzle and quietly devastating tragedy, Mark O'Rowe's The Approach explores the inner lives of three women as they desperately try to make sense of their world.

Appropriate

Appropriate

By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

A gripping play about ghosts and the legacies we are left with.

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Arabian Nightmares: Three Plays

Arabian Nightmares: Three Plays

By Henry Naylor

Three timely one-act plays, showing the brutal and bloody impact of the current Middle Eastern crisis on ordinary people: The Collector, Echoes and Angel.

Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights (RSC stage version)

By Dominic Cooke

A simple and delightfully inventive re-telling of the stories from the Arabian Nights.

Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights (Young Vic stage version)

By Dominic Cooke

A simple and delightfully inventive re-telling of the stories from the Arabian Nights.

Arden of Faversham

Arden of Faversham

By anonymous

A domestic tragedy about a woman plotting to have her husband murdered, Arden of Faversham was first published in 1592. Its authorship is unknown, although suggestions include Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare.

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