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The Grand Old Opera House Hotel

The Grand Old Opera House Hotel

By Isobel McArthur

An uplifting ensemble comedy set to some of the most popular opera songs ever written. Premiered at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, and Dundee Rep.

Grasses of a Thousand Colours

Grasses of a Thousand Colours

By Wallace Shawn

A semi-mythological examination of nature, animals, men, and women. Strange dinners, strange parties - sources of death and life.

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Great Expectations

Great Expectations (RSC stage version)

By Charles Dickens Adapted by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod

A gritty adaptation of Dickens' least sentimental love story with a cast of some of his most unforgettable characters.

Great Expectations

Great Expectations (stage version)

By Charles Dickens Adapted by Jo Clifford

Jo Clifford's beautifully simple adaptation of one of Dickens's best-loved novels brings it thrillingly to life for the stage.

The Great God Brown

The Great God Brown

By Eugene O'Neill

A demonstration of O'Neill's expressionistic experimentation with masks to emphasise the distinction between characters, and the lack of understanding in human relationships.

Published in volume Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown
    The Great God Pan

    The Great God Pan

    By Amy Herzog

    An unsettling and deeply compassionate play from an acclaimed US playwright.

    The Greek Plays

    The Greek Plays

    By Ellen McLaughlin

    Modern adaptations of classic Greek texts.

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    Greek Tragedy: Three Plays

    Greek Tragedy: Three Plays

    By Euripides and Sophocles

    Three of the most famous tragedies from Ancient Greece - Antigone, Bacchae and Medea - all featuring female protagonists.

    debbie tucker green plays: one

    debbie tucker green plays: one

    By debbie tucker green

    A collection of six plays by one of the most distinctive playwrights working today.

    Grenfell: in the words of survivors

    Grenfell: in the words of survivors

    By Gillian Slovo

    A powerful verbatim play drawn from the testimony of those at the heart of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2023.

    Grotty

    Grotty

    By Izzy Tennyson

    A dark and savage play exploring the London lesbian scene. 

    Grotty & Brute: Two Plays

    Grotty & Brute: Two Plays

    By Izzy Tennyson

    Two unflinching plays from exciting new writer and performer, Izzy Tennyson.

    The Ground On Which I Stand

    The Ground On Which I Stand

    By August Wilson

    A passionate and controversial call for black cultural separatism, from the author of the Olivier award-winning Jitney and the Pulitzer Prize-winning King Hedley II.

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    Growth

    Growth

    By Luke Norris

    A painful comedy about growing up and manning up.

    The Guid Sisters

    The Guid Sisters

    By Michel Tremblay Translated by Bill Findlay and Martin Bowman

    Germaine Lauzon has won a million Green Shield stamps. She invites her female friends and relations to a party to paste the stamps into the books. The temptation to pilfer the stamps is irresistible and an enormous fight breaks out.

    Published in volume The Guid Sisters and other plays
      The Guid Sisters and other plays

      The Guid Sisters and other plays

      By Michel Tremblay Translated by Bill Findlay, Martin Bowman, John Van Burek and Bill Glassco

      Three plays from the renowned Quebecois writer.

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      Guidesky and I

      Guidesky and I

      By Deborah Bruce

      A funny and poignant drama about loneliness and the opportunity for connection, first performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season.

      Published in volume Inside/Outside
        Gum

        Gum

        By Karen Hartman

        Set in a fictional fundamentalist country where chewing gum is outlawed, Gum explores the human need to tame nature and control desire.

        Gunter

        Gunter

        By Lydia Higman, Julia Grogan and Rachel Lemon

        The hit play about deception, witchcraft and football, winner of a Fringe First at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe, then at the Royal Court Theatre, London.

        Gut

        Gut

        By Frances Poet

        A taut psychological thriller that explores who we can trust with our children – and whether it’s more dangerous not to trust at all.

        Gypsy

        Gypsy

        By Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents and Jule Styne

        One of the greatest musicals of all time, with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.

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        Gypsy Girl

        Gypsy Girl

        By Laura Lomas

        A monologue first performed by Laura Lomas at Soho Theatre, London, on 5 October 2009 as part of Paines Plough's LATER programme.

        Published in volume Bird and other monologues for young women
          Habibti Driver

          Habibti Driver

          By Shamia Chalabi and Sarah Henley

          A heartwarming and hilarious play exploring the clashes, compromises and comedy that come with living in a mixed-culture family in today's Britain.

          Habitat

          Habitat

          By Judith Thompson

          Janet and her mother Margaret both live on Mapleview Lanes - the perfect neighbourhood with the perfect neighbours, until Lewis Chance buys a house on their street to open a group home for troubled adolescents.