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Bracken Moor

Bracken Moor

By Alexi Kaye Campbell

A boldly theatrical tale of grief and denial, set against the economic crisis of the 1930s.

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Brainstorm: The Original Playscript

Brainstorm: The Original Playscript

And a Blueprint for Creating Your Own Production

By Ned Glasier, Emily Lim and Company Three

A unique theatrical investigation into how teenagers' brains work, and why they’re designed by evolution to be the way they are.

Brazil

Brazil

By Ronan O'Donnell

A blistering monologue set in Scotland in the near future, when Europe is at war with America, and Scotland suffers collateral damage in the clash of civilisations.

Published in volume Singular Male Voices
    A Breakfast of Eels

    A Breakfast of Eels

    By Robert Holman

    An intense, elusive, and quietly beautiful play about a family crisis.

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    Breaking Down Your Script: The Compact Guide

    Breaking Down Your Script: The Compact Guide

    A Step-by-Step Guide for the Actor

    By Laura Wayth

    A clear, concise and practical guide for any actor who wants a structured and effective method for breaking down and understanding a performance script.

    Breaking the Rules: The Wooster Group

    Breaking the Rules: The Wooster Group

    By David Savran

    A in-depth survey of the work of groundbreaking theatre company the Wooster Group, introduced by Peter Sellars.

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    The Breathing Hole

    The Breathing Hole

    By Colleen Murphy With Siobhan Arnatsiaq-Murphy Translated by Janet Tamalik McGrath

    Stories of the Canadian Arctic intersect in this epic five-hundred-year journey led by a one-eared polar bear.

    Brecht: A Practical Handbook

    Brecht: A Practical Handbook

    By David Zoob

    A bold and exciting new approach to Bertolt Brecht, making his theories and ideas about theatre accessible to a new generation of actors, directors, students and theatre-makers, and showing how they can be put into practice.

    Breed

    Breed

    By Lou Ramsden

    A sharp and savage play about the animals we are and the people we try to be.

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    Brian Cox on Titus Andronicus

    Brian Cox on Titus Andronicus

    Performing Shakespeare

    By Brian Cox and Julian Curry

    Brian Cox discusses playing Titus Andronicus, in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Thirteen Leading Actors on Thirteen Key Roles.

    A Bright Room Called Day

    A Bright Room Called Day

    By Tony Kushner

    From the author of Angels in America, A Bright Room Called Day was Kushner's first major play. Written against the backdrop of Reagan's America, it is a powerful portrayal of individual resolution in the face of political catastrophe.

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    Bright. Young. Things.

    Bright. Young. Things.

    By Georgia Christou

    A funny, fast-paced play about identity, truth and the challenge of finding out who you really are. Part of Platform, an initiative from Tonic Theatre in partnership with Nick Hern Books, aimed at achieving greater gender equality in theatre.

    The Brightening Air

    The Brightening Air

    By Conor McPherson

    An entrancing stage play about fate, family and unseen forces in 1980s Ireland. First performed at The Old Vic, London, in 2025.

    Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)

    Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)

    By Hilary Mantel Adapted by Mike Poulton

    The second part of Mike Poulton's two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. A thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.

    Published in volume Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)
      Britannia Waves the Rules

      Britannia Waves the Rules

      By Gareth Farr

      An arresting and angry look at conflict and its effect on soldiers returning home.

      Brokeback Mountain

      Brokeback Mountain (stage version)

      By Annie Proulx Adapted by Ashley Robinson and Dan Gillespie Sells

      A heartbreaking tale of an irresistible and hidden love spanning twenty years and its tragic consequences. Based on Annie Proulx's short story, with original songs by Dan Gillespie Sells.

      Broken Biscuits

      Broken Biscuits

      By Tom Wells

      A beautiful, heart-warming, laugh-out-loud coming-of-age story for our times.

      Brontë

      Brontë

      By Polly Teale

      A compelling literary detective story about the turbulent lives of the Brontë sisters - dramatised by Polly Teale and Shared Experience, the team behind After Mrs Rochester and Jane Eyre.

      Brooklyn Boy

      Brooklyn Boy

      By Donald Margulies

      A funny and emotionally rich look at family, friends and fame, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Dinner with Friends.

      Brothers of Thunder

      Brothers of Thunder

      By Ann Marie Di Mambro

      A play about forgiveness, reconciliation and the role of the church in the modern world.

      The Browning Version

      The Browning Version

      By Terence Rattigan

      Rattigan's well-loved play about an unpopular schoolmaster who snatches a last shred of dignity from the collapse of his career and his marriage.

      Brute

      Brute

      By Izzy Tennyson

      A solo show about a rather twisted schoolgirl.

      Brutus and Other Heroines

      Brutus and Other Heroines

      Playing Shakespeare's Roles for Women

      By Harriet Walter

      Award-winning actress Harriet Walter shares insights gleaned from her vast experience of performing some of Shakespeare's most famous roles - both male and female.

      BU21

      BU21

      By Stuart Slade

      Six young people are caught in the aftermath of a terrorist attack in the heart of London. By turns terrifying, inspiring, brutal, heartbreaking and hilarious, BU21 is verbatim theatre from the very near future.