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The Pull of Negative Gravity

The Pull of Negative Gravity

By Jonathan Lichtenstein

Shocking and beautiful, a powerful play about the impact of a soldier's injury in a foreign conflict on his family back home.

Puppetry: How to Do It

Puppetry: How to Do It

By Mervyn Millar

A practical, accessible and inspiring guide to using puppetry in theatre, by a leading expert in the field.

Purgatorio

Purgatorio

By Ariel Dorfman

A powerful and poetic play, with echoes of Jean-Paul Sartre's Huis Clos and Euripides' Medea. From the author of Death and the Maiden.

Purple Heart

Purple Heart

By Bruce Norris

A deeply moving meditation on love, loss and grief, from the author of Clybourne Park.

Push Up

Push Up

By Roland Schimmelpfennig Translated by Maja Zade

A savage satire on the rapacious nature of office lives and lusts - the British debut from a writer whose work has been seen in prestigious theatres all over Germany.

Puss in Boots

Puss in Boots

By Stuart Paterson

A brilliantly inventive version of the classic tale, from the 'master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).

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Pussycat in Memory of Darkness

Pussycat in Memory of Darkness

By Neda Nezhdana Translated by John Farndon

A powerful play about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by one of Ukraine's leading playwrights.

Published in volume Voices from Ukraine: Two Plays
    The Quality of Mercy

    The Quality of Mercy

    Reflections on Shakespeare

    By Peter Brook

    One of the world's most revered theatre directors reflects on a fascinating variety of Shakespearean topics.

    Queen Anne

    Queen Anne

    By Helen Edmundson

    Helen Edmundson's gripping play tells the little-known story of a monarch caught between friendship and duty.

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    Queen Margaret

    Queen Margaret

    By William Shakespeare Adapted by Jeanie O'Hare

    Using Shakespeare’s orginal lines, alongside new text, Jeanie O’Hare retells The Wars of the Roses through the eyes of the extraordinary Margaret of Anjou.

    Queers: Eight Monologues

    Queers: Eight Monologues

    By Various Created by Mark Gatiss

    Queers celebrates a century of evolving social attitudes and political milestones in British gay history, as seen through the eyes of eight individuals.

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    Queers: Eight Monologues - SIGNED COPY

    By various Created by Mark Gatiss

    Queers celebrates a century of evolving social attitudes and political milestones in British gay history, as seen through the eyes of eight individuals.

    Quelques Fleurs

    Quelques Fleurs

    By Liz Lochhead

    A short play from the leading Scottish poet and playwright.

    The Quiet House

    The Quiet House

    By Gareth Farr

    An exploration of infertility and the taboo that surrounds it, The Quiet House is a funny, moving and unswervingly honest love story.

    Quiet in the Land

    Quiet in the Land

    By Anne Chislett

    Set in and around an Amish Community in the Autumn of 1917.

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    Rabbit

    Rabbit

    By Nina Raine

    A fiercely funny play about what it's like to be a young woman living, working, drinking, loving and having sex in the 21st century.

    Rabbit Hole

    Rabbit Hole

    By David Lindsay-Abaire

    The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a happy suburban couple whose lives are changed forever when their young son is killed in an accident.

    Radio Golf

    Radio Golf

    By August Wilson

    A real-estate developer sets about trying to redevelop the 'blighted' Hill District of Pittsburgh in the final part of August Wilson's Century Cycle, his epic dramatisation of the African American experience in the twentieth century.

    Radio Golf

    Radio Golf

    By August Wilson

    A real-estate developer sets about trying to redevelop the 'blighted' Hill District of Pittsburgh in the final part of August Wilson's Century Cycle, his epic dramatisation of the African American experience in the twentieth century.

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    Rafta, Rafta...

    Rafta, Rafta...

    By Ayub Khan Din

    A hugely warm-hearted, comic tale of close-knit Indian family life in England, by the author of East is East.

    The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

    The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (stage version)

    By Robert Tressell Adapted by Howard Brenton

    Robert Tressell's classic pre-First World War account of the working lives of a group of housepainters and decorators, vividly adapted by Howard Brenton.

    Raging: Embargo

    Raging: Embargo

    The War of Independence

    By Deirdre Kinahan

    A poetic, bloody and heroic tale of industrial action and civic resistance, part of Deirdre Kinahan's trilogy of landmark plays commemorating seven years of warfare in Ireland.

    Raging: Outrage

    Raging: Outrage

    The Civil War

    By Deirdre Kinahan

    A play exploring women's roles in the Irish revolutionary wars, part of Deirdre Kinahan's trilogy of landmark plays commemorating seven years of warfare in Ireland.

    Raging: Three Plays/Seven Years of Warfare in Ireland

    Raging: Three Plays/Seven Years of Warfare in Ireland

    Wild Sky, Embargo & Outrage

    By Deirdre Kinahan

    A trilogy of landmark plays - Wild Sky, Embargo and Outrage - commemorating seven years of warfare in Ireland, from the 1916 Easter Rising to the Civil War which began in 1922.