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Your Turn to Clean the Stair

Your Turn to Clean the Stair

By Rona Munro

A comically sinister study of the tensions in an Edinburgh tenement.

Published in volume Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue
    Writer's Cramp

    Writer's Cramp

    By John Byrne

    The debut play from the author of The Slab Boys and Tutti Frutti, taking satirical swipes at Anglo-Scottish cultural pretensions.

    Published in volume Scot-Free
      Wormwood

      Wormwood

      By Catherine Czerkawska

      A poetic and heart-rending play written in response to the tenth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.

      Whisky Galore

      Whisky Galore (stage version)

      By Compton Mackenzie Adapted by Philip Goulding

      A stage adaptation of Compton Mackenzie's comedy classic, combining rollicking physical theatre, panto and farce, with an array of hilarious characters for any female-led theatre company.

      What Love Is

      What Love Is

      By Linda McLean

      A short play about caring for your parents.

      Published in volume Sex & God
        The Visitor

        The Visitor

        By Iain Crichton Smith

        A short play about a schoolmaster on the verge of retirement, confronted by a mysterious young man wishing to pay his respects.

        Published in volume Family: three plays
          The Tree of Knowledge

          The Tree of Knowledge

          By Jo Clifford

          A wildly imaginative, hilariously provocative and deeply moving play from one of Scotland's most important playwrights.

          Thrown

          Thrown

          By Nat McCleary

          A poignant, dynamic play exploring belonging and identity, premiered by the National Theatre of Scotland and Edinburgh International Festival.

          Thon Man Molière

          Thon Man Molière

          By Liz Lochhead

          The story of the great comedian Molière - his scandalous marriage, his scurrilous plays and the irresistible creation of his infamous and celebrated satire Tartuffe.

          Thebans

          Thebans

          By Liz Lochhead

          The Ancient myths of the Kingdom of Thebes re-told by Scotland's foremost poet/dramatist.

          • Paperback£12.99 £10.39
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          Tartuffe

          Tartuffe

          By Molière Adapted by Liz Lochhead

          A rollicking Scots version of Molière's classic of political satire and black comedy.

          Published in volume Miseryguts & Tartuffe
            Swallow

            Swallow

            By Stef Smith

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

            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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            Strawberries in January

            Strawberries in January

            By Evelyne de la Chenelière Translated by Rona Munro

            A biting, heart-warming comedy of love and fate in contemporary Montréal, in a version by Rona Munro.

            strangers, babies

            strangers, babies

            By Linda McLean

            The chilling story of one woman's desperate attempts at a future that's worth living.

            • Paperback£8.99 £7.19
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            Still

            Still

            By Frances Poet

            Frances Poet's play is a cathartic story of life, loss and joy, full of tenderness and humour, as five Edinburgh souls stagger towards each other and are transformed.

            The Steamie

            The Steamie

            By Tony Roper

            A celebration of women's work in a Glasgow wash-house set on Hogmanay.

            Published in volume Scot-Free
              Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer

              Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer

              By Michel Tremblay Translated by Martin Bowman and Bill Findlay

              A bold, quirky play from the renowned Quebecois writer, translated into a robust and earthy Scots.

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