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Poppy + George

A romantic drama with music inspired by the days of music hall and beyond, from the author of the modern classic Kindertransport.

Diane Samuels' Kindertransport

The author's guide to the play

The author's guide to Kindertransport, an invaluable and uniquely authoritative resource for anyone studying, teaching or performing the play.

Kindertransport

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...

Three Sisters On Hope Street

A funny, vibrant and moving version of Chekhov's Three Sisters, set amongst the Jewish community in wartime Liverpool.

The True Life Fiction of Mata Hari

A play about the notorious World War One femme fatale known as Mata Hari.

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Samuel Takes a Break

in Male Dungeon No. 5 After a Long but Generally Successful Day of Tours

An extraordinary, genre-blending play about colonialism, identity and the attempt to preserve the past, premiered at The Yard Theatre London in 2024.

Sorry, You're Not a Winner

A powerful and striking play that explores aspiration, social mobility and getting caught between classes.

Unholy

A play about the intersetion of faith and misogyny, asking if you can be a feminist as well as a believer.

Shook

A tender and honest play examining the young men society shuts away. Winner of the 2019 Papatango New Writing Prize.

Five Plays

Five plays by a major American playwright, all set in the author’s home state of Idaho, demonstrating his extraordinary knack for exposing, without condescension or easy moralizing, the pathos in marginalized lives.

The Whale and A Bright New Boise: two plays

Two plays from an American playwright whose bighearted and funny plays explore the quiet desperation running through many American lives. The Whale was later adapted into the 2022 feature film directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Brendan Fraser.

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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.

Ridiculous Theatre: Scourge of Human Folly

Essays and Opinions

The collected 'essays and opinions' of the founder, director, playwright and star of New York's famous Ridiculous Theatre.

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