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Ivanov

Ivanov

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

Chekhov's compelling early play, set in a country weighed down by political, ideological and spiritual stagnation. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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.

Penelope

Penelope

By Enda Walsh

A savage, tragicomic take on the classic Greek myth of Penelope, wife of Odysseus.

Lilies on the Land

Lilies on the Land

By the Lions part

A revealing, funny and wonderfully moving portrait of four women who sign up to join the Women's Land Army during World War II.

Morte d'Arthur

Morte d'Arthur (stage version)

By Thomas Malory Adapted by Mike Poulton

An adaptation for the Royal Shakespeare Company of Sir Thomas Malory's classic telling of the Legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

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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.

Medea

Medea (Northern Broadsides version)

By Euripides Adapted by Tom Paulin

Euripides' tragedy, reworked by poet Tom Paulin into lithe and sinewy modern English.

2nd May 1997

2nd May 1997

By Jack Thorne

A play set on the day that New Labour swept into government, telling three deeply personal stories of euphoria and despair.

The Drunks

The Drunks

By Mikhail and Vyacheslav Durnenkov Translated by Nina Raine

A darkly comic and freewheeling epic that gets to the heart of small-town politics and what it means to please all of the people all of the time.

The Grain Store

The Grain Store

By Natal'ya Vorozhbit Translated by Sasha Dugdale

A play about a small rural community that dares to stand up to Stalin as he launches the first of his Five-Year Plans.

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Homebody/Kabul

Homebody/Kabul

By Tony Kushner

A devastating play about Afghanistan and its long, tortured relationship with the West, from the author of Angels in America.

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.

Wallenstein

Wallenstein

By Friedrich Schiller Adapted by Mike Poulton

Schiller's epic trilogy set during the Thirty Years' War, adapted into a gripping single play with all the drama and twists of fate of a Shakespearean tragedy.

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Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

By Liz Lochhead

A modern classic about the bitter rivalry between Mary, Queen of Scots, and her cousin and fellow ruler, Elizabeth I of England - retold by Scotland's most popular playwright.

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
    Fuente Ovejuna

    Fuente Ovejuna

    By Lope de Vega Translated by Laurence Boswell

    A masterpiece by one of the greatest writers of the Spanish Golden Age, including one of the most memorable acts of resistance in world drama.

    Burnt by the Sun

    Burnt by the Sun

    By Peter Flannery

    A rich evocation of a world poised on the brink of Stalin's Great Terror, based on the 1994 Oscar-winning film written by Nikita Mikhalkov and Rustam Ibragimbekov.

    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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