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Imperium: The Cicero Plays

Imperium: The Cicero Plays

By Robert Harris Adapted by Mike Poulton

A backstage view of Ancient Rome at its most bloody and brutal, adapted by Mike Poulton from Robert Harris's bestselling The Cicero Trilogy.

Improbable Frequency

Improbable Frequency

By Arthur Riordan

The smash-hit musical comedy of spies, double agents and the laws of improbability.

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The Initiate

The Initiate

By Alexandra Wood

A thrilling tale of altruism, greed, and the search for a way to belong.

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Interruptions

Interruptions

By Stephen Jeffreys

A boldly innovative drama exploring ideas about democracy, politics and leadership.

An Intervention

An Intervention

By Mike Bartlett

A touching, funny play about what happens when you hate your best friend.

Inventing a New Colour

Inventing a New Colour

By Paul Godfrey

A war-time Exeter family takes in an evacuee from London.

Published in volume First Run
    The Invincibles

    The Invincibles

    By Amanda Whittington

    A play about the Dagenham Invincibles, aka Sterling Ladies, the greatest women's football team in Britain during World War One, and their legacy in the present day.

    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.

    James I: The Key Will Keep the Lock

    James I: The Key Will Keep the Lock

    By Rona Munro

    The first part of The James Plays cycle, exploring the complex character of the colourful Stewart King James I – poet, lover and law-maker.

    Published in volume The James Plays
      James II: Day of the Innocents

      James II: Day of the Innocents

      By Rona Munro

      The second part of Rona Munro's The James Plays cycle, James II: Day of the Innocents depicts a violent royal playground from the perspective of the child King and his contemporaries, in a terrifying arena of sharp teeth and long knives.

      Published in volume The James Plays
        James III: The True Mirror

        James III: The True Mirror

        By Rona Munro

        The third part of Rona Munro's The James Plays cycle, James III: The True Mirror, like the King himself, is colourful and unpredictable, turning its attention to the women at the heart of the royal court.

        Published in volume The James Plays
          James IV: Queen of the Fight

          James IV: Queen of the Fight

          By Rona Munro

          A thrilling historical drama set in an uncharted period of Scottish history, with two Moorish women arriving in the dangerous world of the court of James IV.

          The James Plays

          The James Plays

          James I, II and III

          By Rona Munro

          Rona Munro's vividly imagined historical cycle brings to life three generations of Stewart kings who ruled Scotland in the tumultuous fifteenth century.

          James V: Katherine

          James V: Katherine

          By Rona Munro

          A thrilling play about a turbulent time in Scotland's history, continuing Rona Munro's series of history plays set during the reigns of Scotland's generations of Stewart kings.

          Jekyll & Hyde

          Jekyll & Hyde (National Youth Theatre version)

          By Evan Placey Original author Robert Louis Stevenson

          A radical re-imagining by playwright Evan Placey of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale, written for the National Youth Theatre.

          JERICHO

          JERICHO

          By MALAPROP Theatre

          An off-kilter, high-energy, form-pushing play about what pro-wrestling and politics have in common.

          Julius Caesar

          Julius Caesar

          By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

          An edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

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          Kabul Goes Pop: Music Television Afghanistan

          Kabul Goes Pop: Music Television Afghanistan

          By Waleed Akhtar

          A play inspired by the true story of Afghanistan's first youth music programme, exploring a world following the US invasion that is complex, contradictory and shocking – all to a soundtrack of early noughties' pop.

          Kindertransport

          Kindertransport

          By Diane Samuels

          A modern classic about one woman's struggle to come to terms with her past - brutally separated from her German Jewish parents at the age of 9 and brought to England with the promise of a new life...

          King Charles III

          King Charles III

          By Mike Bartlett

          Mike Bartlett's 'future history play' explores the people beneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the conscience of Britain's most famous family.

          King Lear

          King Lear

          By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

          An edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

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          King Leir

          King Leir

          By Anonymous

          An anonymous Elizabethan play about the ancient king of Britain, a prime source for Shakespeare's version of the story.

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          King Ubu

          King Ubu

          By Alfred Jarry

          Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension, the first of his three plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu.

          Published in volume Ubu
            Ladybird

            Ladybird

            By Vassily Sigarev Translated by Sasha Dugdale

            A tough but tender portrait of urban squalor, from the award-winning Siberian-born author of Plasticine.