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Leave Taking: The GCSE Study Guide

Leave Taking: The GCSE Study Guide

By Lynette Carr Armstrong and Samantha Wharton

An essential resource for anyone studying Leave Taking for GCSE English Literature – featuring a complete guide to the text, plus sample questions and answers to help you prepare for assessment.

Leave Taking: The Play & The GCSE Study Guide – BUNDLE DEAL

Leave Taking: The Play & The GCSE Study Guide – BUNDLE DEAL

By Winsome Pinnock, Lynette Carr Armstrong and Samantha Wharton

Get Winsome Pinnock's Leave Taking and the accompanying GCSE Study Guide - everything you need for success in your GCSE English Literature exam.

Leavings

Leavings

By Jez Butterworth

A short monologue play from the author of Jerusalem.

Published in volume Jez Butterworth Plays: One
    The Legend of Ned Ludd

    The Legend of Ned Ludd

    By Joe Ward Munrow

    A powerful and innovative play about work, automation and capitalism's impact, premiered at the Liverpool Everyman in 2024.

    Lela & Co.

    Lela & Co.

    By Cordelia Lynn

    The story of a young girl trapped in an increasingly tiny world. Based on a true story.

    Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons

    Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons

    By Sam Steiner

    A play about what we say and how we say it; about the things we can only hear in the silence; about dead cats, activism, eye contact and lemons, lemons, lemons, lemons, lemons.

    Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons

    Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons (West End edition)

    By Sam Steiner

    A new, revised edition of Sam Steiner's startling play about what we say, how we say it, and what happens when we can't say anything any more. Published alongside the West End production starring Jenna Coleman and Aidan Turner.

    Les Parents Terribles

    Les Parents Terribles

    By Jean Cocteau Translated by Jeremy Sams

    Jean Cocteau's frank, ironic, bruisingly melodramatic play dealing with incest and the diseased love from which it stems.

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    Let Me Down Easy

    Let Me Down Easy

    By Anna Deavere Smith

    A solo show exploring experiences of death and dying through verbatim testimony.

    Let the Right One In

    Let the Right One In (stage version)

    By John Ajvide Lindqvist Adapted by Jack Thorne

    A dark and visceral coming-of-age vampire love story, based on the acclaimed novel and film.

    The Letter-Box

    The Letter-Box

    By Ann Marie Di Mambro

    A short play about domestic abuse, and its terrifying impact on families.

    Published in volume Scot-Free
      Letters & Texts 1972-1984

      Letters & Texts 1972-1984

      By Joseph Chaikin and Sam Shepard

      A collection of letters and collaborative texts written by playwright Sam Shepard and director Joseph Chaikin, covering one of the richest periods of contemporary American playmaking.

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      Letters to George

      Letters to George

      By Max Stafford-Clark

      A unique insight into the working methods of one of today’s most influential directors.

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      Liars, Thieves and Other Sinners on the Bench

      Liars, Thieves and Other Sinners on the Bench

      By Jo Carson

      A uniquely American writer and performer, Carson has spent fifteen years working with peoples' stories in communities across America, crafting more than thirty plays from the oral histories she has collected.

      Liberation Squares

      Liberation Squares

      By Sonali Bhattacharyya

      A riotous stage comedy about sisterhood, freedom of speech, and dissent in the face of institutionalised Islamophobia.

      The Libertine

      The Libertine

      By Stephen Jeffreys

      An incisive critique of life in an age of excess, based on the true story of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. This edition of the play was published alongside the 2016 production at the Theatre Royal Bath and Theatre Royal Haymarket.

      Life After George

      Life After George

      By Hannie Rayson

      A moving and perceptive play that looks at social change across three decades, from the student barricades of the late 1960s to the new millennium.

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      Life is a Dream

      Life is a Dream (Donmar Warehouse version)

      By Pedro Calderón Adapted by Helen Edmundson

      A classic from the Spanish Golden Age, Calderón's richly poetic, epic masterpiece explores illusion, reality, fate and destiny against the backdrop of a mythical Polish kingdom.

      Life is a Dream

      Life is a Dream

      By Pedro Calderón Translated by John Clifford

      A masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age, in an English version by John Clifford.

      Life Raft

      Life Raft

      By Fin Kennedy Original author Georg Kaiser Contributions by Tassos Stevens

      A thrilling large-cast play for young actors exploring the psychology of survival – and an urgent allegory for our times. Plus a series of interactive games specially created by award-winning games designer Tassos Stevens, to facilitate a deeper exploration of the play's themes.

      The Light Burns Blue

      The Light Burns Blue

      By Silva Semerciyan

      A play inspired by the true story of the Cottingley Fairies. Part of Platform, a series of big-cast plays with predominantly or all-female casts, written specifically for performance by school, college and youth-theatre groups.

      The Light in the Piazza

      The Light in the Piazza

      By Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel

      The book and lyrics of the hit Broadway musical based on Elizabeth Spencer's 1960 novella.

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      Light in the Village

      Light in the Village

      By John Clifford

      A devastatingly effective modern parable about poverty and corruption in an Indian village.

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      Light Shining in Buckinghamshire

      Light Shining in Buckinghamshire

      By Caryl Churchill

      The story of the men and women who went into battle for the soul of England during the English Civil War.