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Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

By Isobel McArthur Original author Jane Austen

A loving and irreverent all-female adaptation of Jane Austen's unrivalled literary classic, winner of the Best Entertainment or Comedy Play at the Olivier Awards.

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) (2019 edition)

By Isobel McArthur Original author Jane Austen

A loving and irreverent all-female adaptation of Jane Austen's unrivalled literary classic.

a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun)

a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun)

By debbie tucker green

Three couples. What might be. What once was. What could have been.

Pronoun

Pronoun

By Evan Placey

A love story about transition, testosterone, and James Dean - commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival and premiered by youth theatres across the UK.

The Proposal

The Proposal

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A brilliantly funny one-act play about a hypochondriac attempting to propose to an argumentative young woman.

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
    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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    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.

    Raging: Wild Sky

    Raging: Wild Sky

    The Rising

    By Deirdre Kinahan

    A play exploring the extraordinary energy and complexity of events in Ireland in the lead up to the Easter Rising of 1916.

    Ramona Tells Jim

    Ramona Tells Jim

    By Sophie Wu

    A darkly comic debut play about confession and the gravity of young love.

    Rappaccini's Daughter

    Rappaccini's Daughter

    By Octavio Paz Translated by Sebastian Doggart

    The only play by leading Mexican poet Octavio Paz, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

    Raya

    Raya

    By Deborah Bruce

    A witty and tender play about two old flames who meet again, after thirty years, at a student reunion.

    The Real Ones

    The Real Ones

    By Waleed Akhtar

    A funny and honest stage play about platonic soulmates. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2024.

    The Recruiting Officer

    The Recruiting Officer

    By George Farquhar

    A classic Restoration-era comedy about the sexual exploits of two officers, the womanising Plume and the cowardly Brazen, as they go about their task of recruiting soldiers in the town of Shrewsbury.

    Reunion

    Reunion

    By Mark O'Rowe

    An exhilarating, high-wire drama about the deep currents of family life, set over a family reunion on an island off the west coast of Ireland. Premiered at Galway International Arts Festival in 2024.

    The Revenger's Tragedy

    The Revenger's Tragedy

    By Cyril Tourneur

    A Jacobean tale of personal vengeance in a morally bankrupt world. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    The Rivals

    The Rivals

    By Richard Brinsley Sheridan

    One of the best-known eighteenth-century comedies of manners, Sheridan's first play, and still his most popular. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    The River

    The River

    By Jez Butterworth

    A bewitching story from the author of global smash hit Jerusalem.

    The Road to Huntsville

    The Road to Huntsville

    By Stephanie Ridings

    A short play about a writer researching women who fall in love with men on death row, who then finds herself crossing the line.

    The Roaring Girl

    The Roaring Girl

    By Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton

    A hilarious city comedy by the authors of A Mad World, My Masters and The Shoemaker's Holiday. features the text edited for the RSC production, and introductions by key members of its creative team. Part of the RSC's Roaring Girls season.

    Robin Hood and the Christmas Heist

    Robin Hood and the Christmas Heist

    By Chris Bush and Matt Winkworth

    A charming retelling of the Robin Hood adventure - festive fun for all the family. Premiered at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, in 2024.

    Rock

    Rock

    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.

    Rock / Paper / Scissors

    Rock / Paper / Scissors

    Three Plays

    By Chris Bush

    Three intricately interwoven plays about family, heritage and legacy, centring around a Sheffield manufacturing family.

    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    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.

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    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet (Plays at the Garrick edition)

    By William Shakespeare Edited by Kenneth Branagh

    Shakespeare's heartbreaking tale of forbidden love, brought to life in a new production co-directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh.