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Loyal Women

Loyal Women

By Gary Mitchell

A gripping and explosive drama from the multi-award winning playwright.

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Lynndie's Gotta Gun

Lynndie's Gotta Gun

By Enda Walsh

A short play published for the first time, written during the author's time working with European theatremakers.

Lysistrata

Lysistrata

By Aristophanes Translated by Patric Dickinson

The ancient Greek comedy in which the women of Greece go on a sex strike to force their husbands to end the Peloponnesian Wars. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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Macbeth

Macbeth

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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The Machine Gunners

The Machine Gunners (stage version)

By Robert Westall Adapted by Ali Taylor

A thrilling adaptation of the beloved, award-winning children's novel.

Mad Forest

Mad Forest

By Caryl Churchill

A play written in response to the Romanian revolution of 1989, exploring the reactions of ordinary people to events.

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Making Noise Quietly (short play)

Making Noise Quietly (short play)

By Robert Holman

The third in Robert Holman's acclaimed trilogy of short plays, also called Making Noise Quietly.

Published in volume Making Noise Quietly: three short plays
    Making Noise Quietly: three short plays

    Making Noise Quietly: three short plays

    By Robert Holman

    An acclaimed trilogy of plays exploring the impact of war on ordinary lives.

    The Mandate

    The Mandate

    By Nikolai Erdman Adapted by Declan Donnellan

    A chillingly grotesque farce set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution.

    Mary

    Mary

    By Rona Munro

    A political thriller for the stage, set in the 1560s and portraying events around Mary Stuart, the troubled Queen of Scots. Part of Rona Munro's breathtaking theatrical exploration of Scottish history.

    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.

    Mary Stuart

    Mary Stuart

    By Friedrich Schiller Translated by Jeremy Sams

    Schiller's grand historical tragedy, a battle of wits between Mary Queen of Scots and her captor, Queen Elizabeth I.

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    Maydays

    Maydays (Revised version)

    By David Edgar

    David Edgar's landmark play about the twenty-somethings who came of age in 1968 and were drawn into revolutionary politics. Revised version staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2018.

    The Meaning of Zong

    The Meaning of Zong

    By Giles Terera

    Giles Terera's powerful debut play about Olaudah Equiano and the historical movement to abolish slavery – a timely response to the social upheaval the world has witnessed in recent years.

    Medea

    Medea (Northern Broadsides version)

    By Euripides Adapted by Tom Paulin

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

    Medea

    Medea

    By Euripides Translated by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael

    The powerful myth of Medea, who murders her children as revenge for her husband's infidelity. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    Medea

    Medea (Headlong version)

    By Euripides Adapted by Mike Bartlett

    A bold new version of the classic tragedy by one of Britain's hottest playwrights.

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    Medea

    Medea (National Theatre of Scotland version)

    By Euripides Adapted by Liz Lochhead

    Euripides' classic story of the woman who murders her own children in revenge for her husband's infidelity, here given a distinctive Scots flavour by the poet and playwright Liz Lochhead.

    Medea

    Medea (Theatre Babel version)

    By Euripides Adapted by Liz Lochhead

    Euripides' classic story of the woman who murders her own children in revenge for her husband's infidelity, here given a distinctive Scots flavour by the poet and playwright Liz Lochhead.

    Memory

    Memory

    By Jonathan Lichtenstein

    A play about division, destiny and the undimmed potency of memory itself.

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    Metamorphoses

    Metamorphoses

    By Sami Ibrahim, Laura Lomas and Sabrina Mahfouz Original author Ovid

    An entertaining and provocative new play inspired by Ovid's powerful collection of myths.

    Milk and Gall

    Milk and Gall

    By Mathilde Dratwa

    A funny, surreal play reflecting the experience of being a new mother under Trump.

    The Milliner and the Weaver

    The Milliner and the Weaver

    By Marie Jones

    A short play about the Suffragette movement in Ireland, as the question of Home Rule divides the nation.

    A Mirror

    A Mirror

    By Sam Holcroft

    Sam Holcroft's elusive and explosive new play about censorship, authorship and free speech, premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in August 2023, directed by Jeremy Herrin.