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Clyde's

Clyde's

By Lynn Nottage

A hilarious and hopeful play from the Pulitzer-winning playwright, set in the bustling kitchen of a run-down Pennsylvania truck stop, where the formerly incarcerated staff have been given a second chance.

Coastal Disturbances: Four Plays

Coastal Disturbances: Four Plays

By Tina Howe

Four plays by Tina Howe: Coastal Disturbances, Museum, The Art of Dining and Painting Churches.

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Cock

Cock

By Mike Bartlett

A razor-sharp play about love and identity that redefines the battle of the sexes as we know it.

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Cockroach

Cockroach

By Sam Holcroft

A dark and compelling vision of a world infected by violence.

Cold Comfort

Cold Comfort

By Owen McCafferty

A powerful monologue about an Irish labourer living in London who returns home to Belfast to have a last, drunken 'conversation' with his recently dead father.

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    Cold Meat Party

    Cold Meat Party

    By Brad Fraser

    A play about a group of former friends reuniting in a B&B for a funeral.

    Cold War

    Cold War (stage version)

    Adapted by Conor McPherson Original author Paweł Pawlikowski

    An epic love story spanning the decades and breadth of Europe at its most divided, adapted from the Academy Award-nominated film. Premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2023.

    Collapsible

    Collapsible

    By Margaret Perry

    A funny, furious monologue about holding on in this collapsing world.

    The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder: Volume I

    The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder: Volume I

    By Thornton Wilder

    Thornton Wilder's short plays, published for the first time in two volumes.

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    The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder: Volume II

    The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder: Volume II

    By Thornton Wilder

    Thornton Wilder's short plays, published for the first time in two volumes.

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    Collected Stories

    Collected Stories

    By Donald Margulies

    A play exploring the vexed emotional and legal question of a writer's right to create art from another person's life.

    The Collector

    The Collector

    By Henry Naylor

    A compelling tale of murder, evil and betrayal set in occupied Iraq, part of the Arabian Nightmares trilogy.

    The Color of Desire & Hurricane: two plays

    The Color of Desire & Hurricane: two plays

    By Nilo Cruz

    Two plays by the acclaimed Cuban-American writer.

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    Come On Over

    Come On Over

    By Conor McPherson

    A Jesuit priest, sent to investigate a 'miracle' in his home town, re-encounters the woman who loved him thirty years before.

    Come Out Eli

    Come Out Eli

    By Alecky Blythe

    A verbatim play telling the story of the 2002 Hackney siege, as told by the diverse and vibrant community that experienced it.

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    The Comeback

    The Comeback

    By Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen

    A heartwarming, joyful and dazzlingly funny exploration of bittersweet nostalgia and the enduring power of friendship.

    The Comeuppance

    The Comeuppance

    By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

    A bitingly comic, strikingly timely satire for the stage, which asks if we can ever break free from the people we used to be.

    Coming Clean

    Coming Clean

    By Kevin Elyot

    Funny, fresh and packed with razor-sharp wit, Kevin Elyot’s landmark drama questions the nature of fidelity and the limits of love.

    Coming to Terms: American Plays & the Vietnam War

    Coming to Terms: American Plays & the Vietnam War

    Edited by James Reston Jr.

    An inspiring and often poignant collection of plays written in the era of the Vietnam War, from some of the most revered American playwrights, reflecting on the social and political ethos of a pivotal moment for America.

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    Commedia Plays

    Commedia Plays

    Scenarios, Scripts, Lazzi

    By Barry Grantham

    A unique collection of performance pieces and improvisation exercises in the Commedia style, a companion volume to the author's best-selling Playing Commedia.

    Comment is Free

    Comment is Free

    By James Fritz

    A journalist forms the centre of a devastating media storm in James Fritz's urgent, gripping and innovative play.

    Comment is Free & Start Swimming

    Comment is Free & Start Swimming

    Two plays

    By James Fritz

    Two plays by award-winning writer James Fritz, each asking urgent, pointed and complex questions of the times we live in.

    Company

    Company (US edition)

    By Stephen Sondheim and George Furth

    Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's iconic musical comedy about life, love and marriage.

    Company: The Complete Revised Book and Lyrics

    Company: The Complete Revised Book and Lyrics

    By George Furth and Stephen Sondheim

    Published alongside the acclaimed, reimagined West End revival in 2018, this edition of Sondheim's hit musical features the complete revised book and lyrics for the production, plus colour production photographs.