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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.

Burnt Out

Burnt Out

By Gary Mitchell

A blackly comic psychological thriller for the stage, revealing the darker side of suburban life in Belfast.

Cancelling Socrates

Cancelling Socrates

By Howard Brenton

A provocative and witty play about an uncompromising voice in dangerous times.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Captain Corelli's Mandolin (stage version)

By Louis de Bernières Adapted by Rona Munro

Rona Munro's adaptation of Louis de Bernières' much-loved epic novel, set on an idyllic Greek island in 1941.

Carthage Must Be Destroyed

Carthage Must Be Destroyed

By Alan Wilkins

A compelling story of political intrigue, double dealing and the ruthless realities of taking a nation to war, set against the backdrop of the Third Punic War.

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The Children

The Children

By Lucy Kirkwood

Two ageing nuclear scientists in an isolated cottage on the coast, as the world around them crumbles. Then an old friend arrives with a frightening request.

Chimerica

Chimerica

By Lucy Kirkwood

A powerful, provocative play about international relations and the shifting balance of power between East and West. Winner of the Evening Standard Best Play Award (2013), the Critics' Circle Best New Play Award (2014), and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

Churchill in Moscow

Churchill in Moscow

By Howard Brenton

A gripping stage play dramatising the historic meeting of two unpredictable titans, Churchill and Stalin, in Moscow in 1942, as history teeters on a knife-edge. Premiered at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in 2025.

Ciphers

Ciphers

By Dawn King

A smart and provocative thriller about spies, double agents, and the opaqueness of the human soul.

The Clearing

The Clearing

By Helen Edmundson

A powerful play about the effects of Oliver Cromwell's military campaign in Ireland.

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The Clink

The Clink

By Stephen Jeffreys

A riotously funny satirical farce in the tradition of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Shakespeare in Love, from the author of The Libertine.

Close Quarters

Close Quarters

By Kate Bowen

A taut, funny and powerful drama about the first generation of female soldiers to serve in the British infantry in close combat.

Cockroach

Cockroach

By Sam Holcroft

A dark and compelling vision of a world infected by violence.

Cold War

Cold War (stage version)

Adapted by Conor McPherson Original author Paweł Pawlikowski

An epic love story spanning the decades and breadth of Europe at its most divided, adapted from the Academy Award-nominated film. Premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2023.

The Collector

The Collector

By Henry Naylor

A compelling tale of murder, evil and betrayal set in occupied Iraq, part of the Arabian Nightmares trilogy.

Coming to Terms: American Plays & the Vietnam War

Coming to Terms: American Plays & the Vietnam War

Edited by James Reston Jr.

An inspiring and often poignant collection of plays written in the era of the Vietnam War, from some of the most revered American playwrights, reflecting on the social and political ethos of a pivotal moment for America.

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Comment is Free

Comment is Free

By James Fritz

A journalist forms the centre of a devastating media storm in James Fritz's urgent, gripping and innovative play.

The Crocodile

The Crocodile

By Tom Basden Original author Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A ferociously funny, eye-poppingly theatrical play about art, animals and what happens when you try to take on the system from within... a crocodile.

Crushed Shells and Mud

Crushed Shells and Mud

By Ben Musgrave

A play about conflicted desire and dangerous loyalties in a world trembling in the grip of a devastating epidemic.

Cuba

Cuba

By Liz Lochhead

A play written for young people to perform, about two schoolgirls and their daring response to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Cuckold Ubu

Cuckold Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

A sequel to King Ubu, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Cuckold Ubu continues the adventures of Pa Ubu.

Published in volume Ubu
    Dara

    Dara

    By Shahid Nadeem Adapted by Tanya Ronder

    An intense domestic drama of global consequence – for India then and for our world now.

    Daughters of the Revolution

    Daughters of the Revolution

    By David Edgar

    A political thriller set in the midst of a bitterly fought US governor's election, from the Democrat perspective. Part of David Edgar's two-play cycle, Continental Divide.

    Published in volume Continental Divide: two plays
      Decade

      Decade

      Two towers. Ten years. Twenty plays.

      By Various

      Ten years after 9/11, twenty international writers respond to the defining event of our times.