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Maydays

Maydays (Revised version)

By David Edgar

David Edgar's landmark play about the twenty-somethings who came of age in 1968 and were drawn into revolutionary politics. Revised version staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2018.

Maydays & Trying It On: two plays

Maydays & Trying It On: two plays

By David Edgar

Two plays by David Edgar, written thirty-five years apart, both exploring the theme of youth and revolution.

Mayfly

Mayfly

By Joe White

An ethereal family drama exploring rebirth in the aftermath of tragedy.

The Mayor of Queenborough, or Hengist, King of Kent

The Mayor of Queenborough, or Hengist, King of Kent

By Thomas Middleton

Middleton's only surviving historical play, published in the Nick Hern Books Globe Quartos series.

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Conor McPherson Plays: One

Conor McPherson Plays: One

By Conor McPherson

Four early plays from the author of The Weir, with a foreword by the author.

Conor McPherson Plays: Three

Conor McPherson Plays: Three

By Conor McPherson

The third collection of plays by one of Ireland's most celebrated contemporary playwrights. Contains: Shining City, The Seafarer, The Veil, The Birds and The Dance of Death. With a foreword by the author.

Conor McPherson Plays: Two

Conor McPherson Plays: Two

By Conor McPherson

The second collection of plays from the multi-award winning author.

Me, As A Penguin

Me, As A Penguin

By Tom Wells

A charmingly offbeat, surreal comedy of knitting, penguins and Battenberg.

The Meaning of Zong

The Meaning of Zong

By Giles Terera

Giles Terera's powerful debut play about Olaudah Equiano and the historical movement to abolish slavery – a timely response to the social upheaval the world has witnessed in recent years.

Measure for Measure

Measure for Measure

By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

An edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

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Meat

Meat

By Gillian Greer

A play about class, consent and transgressions buried in the past, set over the course of one winesoaked evening in a Dublin restaurant.

Medea

Medea (Northern Broadsides version)

By Euripides Adapted by Tom Paulin

Euripides' tragedy, reworked by poet Tom Paulin into lithe and sinewy modern English.

Medea

Medea

By Euripides Translated by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael

The powerful myth of Medea, who murders her children as revenge for her husband's infidelity. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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Medea

Medea (Headlong version)

By Euripides Adapted by Mike Bartlett

A bold new version of the classic tragedy by one of Britain's hottest playwrights.

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Medea

Medea (National Theatre of Scotland version)

By Euripides Adapted by Liz Lochhead

Euripides' classic story of the woman who murders her own children in revenge for her husband's infidelity, here given a distinctive Scots flavour by the poet and playwright Liz Lochhead.

Medea

Medea (Theatre Babel version)

By Euripides Adapted by Liz Lochhead

Euripides' classic story of the woman who murders her own children in revenge for her husband's infidelity, here given a distinctive Scots flavour by the poet and playwright Liz Lochhead.

Medicine

Medicine

By Enda Walsh

A dark and frequently absurdist play about how we have treated those we call 'mentally ill'.

Published in volume Medicine & The Same: two plays
    Medicine & The Same: two plays

    Medicine & The Same: two plays

    By Enda Walsh

    Two plays by Enda Walsh: Medicine, a dark and frequently absurdist play about how we have treated those we call 'mentally ill'; and The Same, about two women who meet in a psychiatric institution.

    Meeting Miss Ireland

    Meeting Miss Ireland

    By Rosemary Jenkinson

    A short play commissioned and performed as part of The Fairer Sex, a series of play readings at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in June 2009.

    Published in volume Irish Shorts
      Mehndi Night

      Mehndi Night

      By Fin Kennedy

      A touching family tale about resentment and forgiveness on the night before a wedding.

      Meisner in Practice

      Meisner in Practice

      A Guide for Actors, Directors and Teachers

      By Nick Moseley

      A step-by-step introduction to the key features of the Meisner Technique, including a full set of practical exercises.

      The Melville Boys

      The Melville Boys

      By Norm Foster

      Owen and Lee Melville arrive at a lakeside cabin for a weekend of fishing, but their plans are thrown out of whack by the arrival of two sisters who become catalysts for a tenderly funny and unsentimental look at four lives in transition.

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      Memory

      Memory

      By Jonathan Lichtenstein

      A play about division, destiny and the undimmed potency of memory itself.

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      Merit

      Merit

      By Alexandra Wood

      A thrilling two-hander that looks at the complexities of a mother-daughter relationship, the growing argument between rich and poor, and a young woman stuck in between.