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Ruined

Ruined

By Lynn Nottage

A passionate, heartfelt play about surviving in a time of civil war, by a leading American dramatist. Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Saying Yes

Saying Yes

By Griselda Gambaro Translated by Sebastian Doggart

A short play by a leading Argentine playwright, telling the shocking story of an everyday trip to the hairdressers.

The Schuman Plan

The Schuman Plan

By Tim Luscombe

The story of post-war Britain and its love-hate relationship with Europe, recounted as a thrilling, fast-moving epic of machiavellian politics and private heartbreak.

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Scuttlers

Scuttlers

By Rona Munro

A thrillingly fast-paced play about youthful disaffection, protest and violence, drawing on the history of the Scuttlers, the youth gangs of nineteenth-century Manchester.

Secret Life of Humans

Secret Life of Humans

By David Byrne

A thrilling play about Dr Jacob Bronowski, buried secrets, and six million years of human history.

Sejanus: His Fall

Sejanus: His Fall

By Ben Jonson

A gripping historical tragedy, set in the time of the Roman Emperor Tiberius, about a man ruthlessly working his way to the top, destroying everyone in his path.

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Seven Jewish Children

Seven Jewish Children

By Caryl Churchill

A short play written in response to the situation in Gaza at the time of writing in January 2009.

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The Shadow Factory

The Shadow Factory

By Howard Brenton

Autumn 1940. The Battle of Britain rages. From the ashes of a devastated Southampton, a story of chaos, courage and community spirit emerges.

The Shape of the Table

The Shape of the Table

By David Edgar

An urgent political play about the collapse of an Eastern Bloc government at the end of 1989. Part of David Edgar's post-Cold War trilogy of plays.

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Shibboleth

Shibboleth

By Stacey Gregg

An exhilarating and unsentimental exploration of working-class life in Belfast.

Slave Ubu

Slave Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

The third and final part of The Ubu Plays, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Slave Ubu concludes the adventures of Pa Ubu.

Published in volume Ubu
    The Slaves of Solitude

    The Slaves of Solitude (stage version)

    By Patrick Hamilton Adapted by Nicholas Wright

    A fascinating blend of dark hilarity and melancholy, woven from Patrick Hamilton’s much-loved story about an improbable heroine in wartime Britain.

    Snuff

    Snuff

    By Davey Anderson

    A short play about an Iraqi War veteran.

    Spooky Action at a Distance

    Spooky Action at a Distance

    By Eve Leigh

    A hard-hitting, poignant play about anti-immigration sentiment in Britain today. In the Multiplay Drama series.

    Steel

    Steel

    By Chris Bush

    A play exploring the last three decades of women in politics, asking what's changed and what still must.

    stoning mary

    stoning mary

    By debbie tucker green

    Mysterious yet compelling, bewildering yet intoxicating, a play that mixes poetic rhythms with vernacular phrases, rap-song repetitions with complex psychology.

    Strange Interlude

    Strange Interlude

    By Eugene O'Neill

    A controversial work of extraordinary power, remarkable length (9 acts), and use of asides to express the characters' unspoken thoughts. An outstanding, somewhat Freudian play from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.

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    A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain

    A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain

    By Sami Ibrahim

    A poetic fable for the stage, about an impenetrable immigration system that mirrors our own.

    Suffs

    Suffs

    By Shaina Taub

    An epic musical about the unsung trailblazers of the American women's suffrage movement. Winner of the 2024 Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score.

    Swive [Elizabeth]

    Swive [Elizabeth]

    By Ella Hickson

    Sex is power in the reign of Elizabeth I. Ella Hickson's play explores the ways and means by which women in power negotiate patriarchal pressure in order to get their way.

    Take the Rubbish Out, Sasha

    Take the Rubbish Out, Sasha

    By Natal'ya Vorozhbit Translated by Sasha Dugdale

    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
      A Tale of Two Cities

      A Tale of Two Cities (stage version)

      Adapted by Mike Poulton Original author Charles Dickens

      A thrilling, fast-paced adaptation of the classic novel, considered by Dickens 'the best story I have ever written'.

      Temple

      Temple

      By Steve Waters

      A fictional account of the 2011 Occupy London movement, set in the heart of a very British crisis – a crisis of conscience, a crisis of authority and a crisis of faith.

      Ten Tiny Toes

      Ten Tiny Toes

      By Esther Wilson

      An uncompromising account of the heartbreaking choices faced by mothers today and what happens when a distant war comes home.

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