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Strictly Dishonourable and other lost American plays

Strictly Dishonourable and other lost American plays

Edited by Richard Nelson

Four lively dramas from the twenties and thirties evoking a world of gangsters, crooked cops, intrepid newpaper hacks and slightly tarnished damsels in distress.

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The Strongbox

The Strongbox

By Stephanie Jacob

A story of domestic servitude and abuse of power.

Stuff

Stuff

By Tom Wells

A play about friendship and loss – and the way people try to do the right thing for their mates when there isn't really a right thing to do. Written specifically for young people as part of the 2019 National Theatre Connections Festival.

Stunning and other plays

Stunning and other plays

By David Adjmi

The first collection by a striking new voice in American theatre.

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Building arts audiences through dynamic subscription promotion

By Danny Newman

Examples from theatres all over America demonstrating how to build audiences through subscription schemes. Could be applied profitably to other countries.

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The Substance of Fire and other plays

The Substance of Fire and other plays

By Jon Robin Baitz

This collection contains Jon Robin Baitz's debut play, The Film Society, alongside two more recent works: The End of the Day and the title play, The Substance of Fire.

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subUrbia

subUrbia

By Eric Bogosian

An updated version of Bogosian's theatrical tour de force.

Sucking Dublin

Sucking Dublin

By Enda Walsh

A fierce and uncompromising short play about a group of five individuals tormented by a rape in a claustrophobic, drug-infested Dublin.

Published in volume Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin
    A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain

    A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain

    By Sami Ibrahim

    A poetic fable for the stage, about an impenetrable immigration system that mirrors our own.

    Suffs

    Suffs

    By Shaina Taub

    An epic musical about the unsung trailblazers of the American women's suffrage movement. Winner of the 2024 Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score.

    Sugar Baby

    Sugar Baby

    By Alan Harris

    A one-man comedy-drama about a small-time drug dealer in Cardiff, from critically acclaimed writer Alan Harris.

    The Sugar Wife

    The Sugar Wife

    By Elizabeth Kuti

    Love, lust, prostitution and slavery in a 19th-century Quaker household. New edition published alongside the 2024 revival at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.

    The Suitcase Kid

    The Suitcase Kid (stage version)

    By Jacqueline Wilson Adapted by Vicky Ireland

    An adaptation for the stage of Jacqueline Wilson's popular novel.

    Summerfolk

    Summerfolk

    By Maxim Gorky Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    Gorky's magnificent play about the Russian bourgeois social class and the changes occurring around them in the middle of the first decade of the twentieth century. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    Sunday in the Park with George

    Sunday in the Park with George

    By Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

    The Pulitzer-winning musical inspired by Georges Seurat's pointillist masterpiece, celebrating the art of creation and the creation of art.

    Sunrise

    Sunrise

    By Jessie Cave

    An honest, tender-hearted and uproariously funny story from actress, comedian, writer and doodler Jessie Cave – with colour illustrations throughout.

    Sunset at the Villa Thalia

    Sunset at the Villa Thalia

    By Alexi Kaye Campbell

    A funny and passionate play from the author of The Pride and The Faith Machine.

    Sunset Song

    Sunset Song (stage version)

    By Lewis Grassic Gibbon Adapted by Alastair Cording

    A classic of Scots literature, brilliantly adapted for the stage.

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    Superhoe

    Superhoe

    By Nicôle Lecky

    The hit stage play behind the BAFTA-winning BBC TV drama series Mood, about a twenty-something who spends all her time on social media while dreaming of becoming a success.

    Superior Donuts

    Superior Donuts

    By Tracy Letts

    An entertaining comedy-drama set in a local donut shop in the heart of one of Chicago's most diverse communities. By the Pulitzer Prize winning author of August: Osage County.

    Surrender

    Surrender

    By Sophie Swithinbank With Phoebe Ladenburg

    A gripping play about a woman trying to survive in a punishing and dysfunctional penal system that has separated her from her daughter. Premiered at the Arcola Theatre, London, in 2024.

    Surviving Actors Manual

    Surviving Actors Manual

    By Felicity Jackson and Lianne Robertson

    The essential, one-stop handbook for actors, with everything you need to survive and thrive, from the team behind the internationally successful Surviving Actors conventions.

    The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

    The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (stage version)

    By Kate Summerscale Adapted by Alexandra Wood

    A stage adaptation of Kate Summerscale's bestselling non-fiction thriller, about the investigation of a Victorian country house murder.

    Swallow

    Swallow

    By Stef Smith

    Passionate, painful and playful, Stef Smith’s Swallow takes a long, hard look at the extremes of everyday life.