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Lovesick

Lovesick

By Caryl Churchill

A therapist practices aversion therapy to rid his patients of sexual/romantic obsessions which interfere with their lives.

Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
    Luise Miller

    Luise Miller

    By Friedrich Schiller Adapted by Mike Poulton

    A masterpiece of power and politics that explores the battle between honour and corruption, between truth and betrayal.

    Lulu

    Lulu

    By Frank Wedekind Adapted by Nicholas Wright

    The first version of Wedekind's celebrated erotic masterpiece to be based on the author's original text, restoring the clarity, the daring and the sexual explicitness of a modern masterpiece written a hundred years before its time.

    Madame Bovary: Breakfast with Emma

    Madame Bovary: Breakfast with Emma

    By Gustave Flaubert Adapted by Fay Weldon

    Flaubert's masterpiece about an infidelity with tragic consequences, dramatised for Shared Experience by the acclaimed novelist.

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    Maisie Says She Loves Me

    Maisie Says She Loves Me

    By Jimmy Osborne

    A one-man play about love, inheritance and not letting your feelings show.

    The Man of Mode

    The Man of Mode

    By George Etherege

    The best comedy of manners written in England before Congreve. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    The Marriage of Figaro

    The Marriage of Figaro

    By Pierre Beaumarchais Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    A classic five-act French comedy by Beaumarchais, the source for Mozart's famous opera of the same name. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    Mary Shelley

    Mary Shelley

    By Helen Edmundson

    A biographical play about Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. Premiered by Shared Experience.

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    Mary's Babies

    Mary's Babies

    By Maud Dromgoole

    A provocative, funny and fascinating play, inspired by the true story of Mary Barton and her husband Bertold Wiesner, pioneers of fertility treatment.

    The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary

    The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary

    By Gustave Flaubert Adapted by John Nicholson and Javier Marzan

    Peepolykus bring their exhilarating combination of verbal slapstick, visual surprise and anarchic comedy to Gustave Flaubert's seminal nineteenth-century masterpiece Madame Bovary.

    Mayfly

    Mayfly

    By Joe White

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

    Me, As A Penguin

    Me, As A Penguin

    By Tom Wells

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

    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 (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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    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
      Mermaid

      Mermaid

      By Polly Teale

      A bold reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen's tale of love, loss and desire, transported to a contemporary setting.

      The Merry Devil of Edmonton

      The Merry Devil of Edmonton

      By Anonymous

      A popular comedy from the early-17th century, combining romance, magic, deer poaching and abduction from a nunnery. Part of the Nick Hern Books Globe Quartos series.

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      The Merry Wives of Windsor

      The Merry Wives of Windsor

      By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

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

      Metamorphoses

      Metamorphoses

      By Sami Ibrahim, Laura Lomas and Sabrina Mahfouz Original author Ovid

      An entertaining and provocative new play inspired by Ovid's powerful collection of myths.

      Middle

      Middle

      By David Eldridge

      A raw, touching and funny portrait of a 21st-century marriage, first staged at the National Theatre, London, in 2022.

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      The Middlemarch Trilogy

      The Middlemarch Trilogy

      By George Eliot Adapted by Geoffrey Beevers

      Three plays based on George Eliot's classic novel, which can be performed as a trilogy or as standalone pieces.

      The Middlemarch Trilogy: Dorothea's Story

      The Middlemarch Trilogy: Dorothea's Story

      By George Eliot Adapted by Geoffrey Beevers

      Part of The Middlemarch Trilogy, adapted from George Eliot's novel by Geoffrey Beevers. Three interconnected plays, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside.

      Published in volume The Middlemarch Trilogy
        The Middlemarch Trilogy: Fred and Mary's Story

        The Middlemarch Trilogy: Fred and Mary's Story

        By George Eliot Adapted by Geoffrey Beevers

        Part of The Middlemarch Trilogy, adapted from George Eliot's novel by Geoffrey Beevers. Three interconnected plays, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside.

        Published in volume The Middlemarch Trilogy
          The Middlemarch Trilogy: The Doctor's Story

          The Middlemarch Trilogy: The Doctor's Story

          By George Eliot Adapted by Geoffrey Beevers

          Part of The Middlemarch Trilogy, adapted from George Eliot's novel by Geoffrey Beevers. Three interconnected plays, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside.

          Published in volume The Middlemarch Trilogy