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The Prisoner

The Prisoner

By Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne

A provocative study of what it means to be free, by the internationally acclaimed theatre director and his long-time collaborator.

The Prisoner's Dilemma

The Prisoner's Dilemma

By David Edgar

An urgently topical account of a bloody conflict on Europe's Eastern borders. The third in David Edgar's post-Cold War trilogy.

The Pull of Negative Gravity

The Pull of Negative Gravity

By Jonathan Lichtenstein

Shocking and beautiful, a powerful play about the impact of a soldier's injury in a foreign conflict on his family back home.

Purple Heart

Purple Heart

By Bruce Norris

A deeply moving meditation on love, loss and grief, from the author of Clybourne Park.

Pussycat in Memory of Darkness

Pussycat in Memory of Darkness

By Neda Nezhdana Translated by John Farndon

A powerful play about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by one of Ukraine's leading playwrights.

Published in volume Voices from Ukraine: Two Plays
    Queen Anne

    Queen Anne

    By Helen Edmundson

    Helen Edmundson's gripping play tells the little-known story of a monarch caught between friendship and duty.

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    Queen Margaret

    Queen Margaret

    By William Shakespeare Adapted by Jeanie O'Hare

    Using Shakespeare’s orginal lines, alongside new text, Jeanie O’Hare retells The Wars of the Roses through the eyes of the extraordinary Margaret of Anjou.

    Raging: Embargo

    Raging: Embargo

    The War of Independence

    By Deirdre Kinahan

    A poetic, bloody and heroic tale of industrial action and civic resistance, part of Deirdre Kinahan's trilogy of landmark plays commemorating seven years of warfare in Ireland.

    Raging: Outrage

    Raging: Outrage

    The Civil War

    By Deirdre Kinahan

    A play exploring women's roles in the Irish revolutionary wars, part of Deirdre Kinahan's trilogy of landmark plays commemorating seven years of warfare in Ireland.

    Raging: Wild Sky

    Raging: Wild Sky

    The Rising

    By Deirdre Kinahan

    A play exploring the extraordinary energy and complexity of events in Ireland in the lead up to the Easter Rising of 1916.

    Rapture

    Rapture

    By Lucy Kirkwood

    A slippery thriller for the stage, about love, power and belief. In a modern world where reality is whatever we imagine it to be, how do we know the stories we tell ourselves are true?

    Rebellious Women

    Rebellious Women

    By Beth Flintoff

    An impassioned, unsentimental and sharp-witted play about the Suffragette cause, with rich opportunities for schools, youth theatres and drama societies who want to tell the story of a group of extraordinary women who changed the world.

    Red Ellen

    Red Ellen

    By Caroline Bird

    A play that tells the remarkable true story of an inspiring and brilliant woman: Ellen Wilkinson, who was a campaigning Labour MP in the 1930s and 40s.

    The Red Helicopter

    The Red Helicopter

    By Robin French

    A thrilling, epic story about innocence, community and the dangerous power of unquestioning belief. In the Multiplay Drama series.

    Regeneration

    Regeneration (stage version)

    By Pat Barker Adapted by Nicholas Wright

    A powerful anthem for the youth of World War One that offers a compassionate look at war and its devastating effects. Adapted from Pat Barker's Booker Prize-nominated novel.

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    Resilience

    Resilience

    By Steve Waters

    Part of The Contingency Plan, Steve Waters' epic portrait of an England of the near future, in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods.

    Published in volume The Contingency Plan
      REVENGE: After the Levoyah

      REVENGE: After the Levoyah

      By Nick Cassenbaum

      A Jewish heist comedy that combines madcap action and biting political satire, winner of an Edinburgh Fringe First Award and a Summerhall Lustrum Award.

      The Revenger's Tragedy

      The Revenger's Tragedy

      By Cyril Tourneur

      A Jacobean tale of personal vengeance in a morally bankrupt world. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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      Richard II

      Richard II

      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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      Richard III

      Richard III

      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.

      Richard III

      Richard III (West End edition)

      By William Shakespeare Edited by Jamie Lloyd

      Jamie Lloyd's version of Shakespeare's Richard III, edited for his Trafalgar Transformed production of the play in 2014, with additional bonus material.

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      Robin Hood and the Christmas Heist

      Robin Hood and the Christmas Heist

      By Chris Bush and Matt Winkworth

      A charming retelling of the Robin Hood adventure - festive fun for all the family. Premiered at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, in 2024.

      Rockets and Blue Lights

      Rockets and Blue Lights

      By Winsome Pinnock

      The Alfred Fagon Award-winning play that retells British history through the prism of the slave trade.

      Ross

      Ross

      By Terence Rattigan

      Terence Rattigan's epic and probing drama about the man immortalised as Lawrence of Arabia.