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buckets

buckets

By Adam Barnard

Wry, emotive, funny and heartfelt, buckets is a play with a unique perspective on a universal dilemma: how do you deal with the fact that time always runs out?

Buggy Baby

Buggy Baby

By Josh Azouz

A horror comedy about trying to build a normal life when nothing about life is normal.

Buggy Baby & The Mikvah Project: Two Plays

Buggy Baby & The Mikvah Project: Two Plays

By Josh Azouz

Two plays showcasing the exciting and distinctive voice of Josh Azouz.

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Bull

Bull

By Mike Bartlett

A razor-sharp play about the fine line between office politics and playground bullying, Bull offers ringside seats as three employees fight to keep their jobs.

Bully Boy

Bully Boy

By Sandi Toksvig

A ferociously gripping story about the moral issues of contemporary military occupation and its effect on the mental health of serving soldiers. Written with startling insight by author and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig.

The Bungler

The Bungler

Translated by Richard Wilbur

An English verse translation of Molière's first great play.

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Bunny

Bunny

By Jack Thorne

An exhilarating coming-of-age drama for a solo performer.

Burgerz

Burgerz

By Travis Alabanza

A timely, unsettling and powerful play from one of the UK's most prominent trans voices.

 

Published in volume Contemporary Plays by Black British Writers
    Burkas and Bacon Butties

    Burkas and Bacon Butties

    By Shamia Chalabi and Sarah Henley

    A heart-warming, clash-of-cultures comedy set in a Wigan taxi.

    Burning Bridges

    Burning Bridges

    By Amy Shindler

    A love triangle with a dangerous twist, this moving and funny play explores the everyday dilemmas of a young woman living with autism.

    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.

    Burying Your Brother in the Pavement

    Burying Your Brother in the Pavement

    By Jack Thorne

    A play about grief and looking at someone that little bit more closely. Written specifically for young people as part of the 2008 National Theatre Connections Festival, and premiered by youth theatres across the UK.

    Chris Bush Plays: One

    Chris Bush Plays: One

    By Chris Bush

    Five plays by leading playwright Chris Bush: Steel; Faustus: That Damned Woman; Nine Lessons and Carols; Hungry (Paines Plough, 2021) and Not the End of the World (Schaubühne, Berlin, 2021).

    Jez Butterworth Plays: One

    Jez Butterworth Plays: One

    By Jez Butterworth

    Four full-length plays and two previously unpublished shorts from the multi-award-winning author of Jerusalem.

    Jez Butterworth Plays: Two

    Jez Butterworth Plays: Two

    By Jez Butterworth

    Three extraordinary plays by one of the most audacious and talented playwrights of our times: Jerusalem, The River and The Ferryman. Plus his short film The Clear Road Ahead, and a conversation with playwright Simon Stephens.

    By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

    By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

    By Lynn Nottage

    A hilarious satire of race in the glamorous days of Old Hollywood, told via the life of a fictional African-American movie star. From the winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

    Cancelling Socrates

    Cancelling Socrates

    By Howard Brenton

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

    Cans

    Cans

    By Stuart Slade

    A searingly funny debut play about death, betrayal, and the possibility of forgiveness. And cider.

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    The Canterbury Tales

    The Canterbury Tales (stage version)

    By Geoffrey Chaucer Adapted by Mike Poulton

    A landmark dramatisation for the Royal Shakespeare Company of one of the foundation stones of English literature.

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    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.

    Cardenio

    Cardenio

    Shakespeare's 'lost play' re-imagined

    By William Shakespeare and John Fletcher Edited by Gregory Doran and Antonio Alamo

    Set in the heat and dust of Andalusia in seventeenth-century Spain, Cardenio is the story of a friendship betrayed, with all the elements of a thriller: disguise, dishonour and deceit.

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    Caresses

    Caresses

    By Sergi Belbel Translated by John London

    An acclaimed Catalan drama that presesnt a disturbing picture of contemporary Western society set against a background of urban alienation and violence.

    Cariad

    Cariad

    By Sophie Stanton

    A raucous comedy and a compelling story about secrets, memory, history and 'cariad' - Welsh for love, beloved one, darling.

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