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Pack

Pack

By Louise Monaghan

A raw, uncompromising drama about bigotry and racism that explores the insidious rise of the British National Party. Winner of the 2012 Papatango New Writing Competition.

The Pain and the Itch

The Pain and the Itch

By Bruce Norris

A hilarious social satire about liberal hypocrisy from an American writer whose work has been staged by the world famous Steppenwolf Theatre.

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Pandas

Pandas

By Rona Munro

A romantic-comedy-thriller about the heat of love and the magic of changing perspectives.

The Panel

The Panel

By Zinnie Harris

A short play about the power politics underlying the selection of any candidate.

Papatango Plays

Papatango Plays

Three Prize-Winning Plays

By Nkenna Akunna, Tajinder Singh Hayer and Tom Powell

Three urgent and compelling plays, joint winners of the 2021 New Writing Prize awarded by acclaimed theatre company Papatango, in partnership with English Touring Theatre.

Paper

Paper

By Chris Bush

A play about family, heritage and legacy, part of Chris Bush's triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors.

Paper Knickers

Paper Knickers

By Jackie Hagan

A bold, witty monologue play exploring what it is to be an amputee, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues
    Paradise Lost

    Paradise Lost

    By Erin Shields

    A wickedly smart and funny feminist retelling of John Milton's epic poem about the first battle between good and evil, by a leading Canadian playwright.

    Paradise Now!

    Paradise Now!

    By Margaret Perry

    A funny and raging play about ambition, exploitation and the search for connection in a fractured world.

    Parliament Square

    Parliament Square

    By James Fritz

    A searingly powerful play about what one individual can do to effect change. Winner of the Judges’ Award in the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

    Parlour Song

    Parlour Song

    By Jez Butterworth

    A blackly hilarious exploration of deceit, paranoia and murderous desire, as the spirit of the Blues lands in leafy suburbia.

    Passing Places

    Passing Places

    By Stephen Greenhorn

    A road movie for the stage, following two young Scottish lads on their trip from dislocation to location.

    Passion

    Passion

    By Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

    A one-act musical about a sickly woman's love for a handsome young army captain.

    Passion Play

    Passion Play

    By Peter Nichols

    Peter Nichols's modern classic - a provocative comedy about sex, love and infidelity.

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    Patricia Gets Ready (for a date with the man that used to hit her)

    Patricia Gets Ready (for a date with the man that used to hit her)

    By Martha Watson Allpress

    A powerful play for one actor about a woman recovering from an abusive relationship.

    Patrick Stewart on Prospero

    Patrick Stewart on Prospero

    Performing Shakespeare

    By Patrick Stewart and Julian Curry

    Patrick Stewart discusses playing Prospero, in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Thirteen Leading Actors in Thirteen Key Roles.

    Patrick Stewart on Shylock

    Patrick Stewart on Shylock

    Performing Shakespeare

    By Patrick Stewart and Julian Curry

    Patrick Stewart discusses playing Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, a role he has played many times, in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2 - Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles.

    Paul

    Paul

    By Howard Brenton

    An irreverent and provocative drama questioning the basis of Christianity, by the author of The Romans in Britain.

    Peak Stuff

    Peak Stuff

    By Billie Collins

    A fast-paced, funny play offering a deep-dive into consumer culture: in an age of retail therapy, climate crisis and click and collect - how does our 'stuff' define us?

    Peanut Butter & Blueberries

    Peanut Butter & Blueberries

    By Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan

    A tender and bittersweet love story that explores how to love when the weight of the world is on your shoulders. First performed at Kiln Theatre, London, in 2024.

    The Pearlfisher

    The Pearlfisher

    By Iain F. MacLeod

    An epic tale of kinship, money and desire, set amongst the Traveller people of the Scottish Highlands.

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    Peep

    Peep

    By Jodi Gray

    A darkly comic, claustrophobic tale of voyeurism and sexual politics.

    Peer Gynt

    Peer Gynt

    By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Gerry Bamman and Irene B. Berman

    A fresh translation of one of the last great epics of the nineteenth century.

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    Peer Gynt

    Peer Gynt

    By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

    Ibsen's mighty epic, by turns fantastic and tragic, based on the Norwegian fairy tale Per Gynt. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.