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Lava

Lava (2022 edition)

By James Fritz

A timely play about grief and the power of expression, rocking with raw emotion and sharp humour.

Lava

Lava (2018 edition)

By James Fritz

A timely play about grief, masculinity and the power of expression, exploring what happens when the capital city is hit by a small asteroid.

Leave Taking

Leave Taking

By Winsome Pinnock

Two generations. Three incredible women. An epic story of what we leave behind in order to find home.

The Legend of Ned Ludd

The Legend of Ned Ludd

By Joe Ward Munrow

A powerful and innovative play about work, automation and capitalism's impact, premiered at the Liverpool Everyman in 2024.

Les Parents Terribles

Les Parents Terribles

By Jean Cocteau Translated by Jeremy Sams

Jean Cocteau's frank, ironic, bruisingly melodramatic play dealing with incest and the diseased love from which it stems.

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The Letter-Box

The Letter-Box

By Ann Marie Di Mambro

A short play about domestic abuse, and its terrifying impact on families.

Published in volume Scot-Free
    Liberation Squares

    Liberation Squares

    By Sonali Bhattacharyya

    A riotous stage comedy about sisterhood, freedom of speech, and dissent in the face of institutionalised Islamophobia.

    Life After George

    Life After George

    By Hannie Rayson

    A moving and perceptive play that looks at social change across three decades, from the student barricades of the late 1960s to the new millennium.

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    Light in the Village

    Light in the Village

    By John Clifford

    A devastatingly effective modern parable about poverty and corruption in an Indian village.

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    Lilies on the Land

    Lilies on the Land

    By the Lions part

    A revealing, funny and wonderfully moving portrait of four women who sign up to join the Women's Land Army during World War II.

    Limehouse

    Limehouse

    By Steve Waters

    A thrilling drama that takes us behind closed doors to imagine the personal conflicts behind the making of political history.

    The Lioness

    The Lioness

    By Rebecca Lenkiewicz

    A short play about Elizabeth I: the myth and the reality.

    LIT

    LIT

    By Sophie Ellerby

    A play exploring the turbulent teenage years of a Nottingham girl looking for love in all the wrong places.

    Little Baby Jesus

    Little Baby Jesus

    By Arinzé Kene

    Three magnetic personalities and three remarkable stories from the poetic imagination of Arinzé Kene.

    Little Certainties

    Little Certainties

    By Bárbara Colio Translated by William Gregory

    Mario is missing, presumed dead. In the town of Tijuana, his brother and sister make a shocking discovery about Mario and his secrets.

    Published in volume Mexican Plays
      Little Eyolf

      Little Eyolf

      By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Richard Eyre

      Ibsen's forensic examination of a marriage as it falls apart, in a version by Richard Eyre.

      Little Gem

      Little Gem

      By Elaine Murphy

      A poignant and hilarious play about love, sex, birth, death and salsa classes, following three generations of women over one extraordinary year.

      The Lodger

      The Lodger

      By Robert Holman

      An enlightening, cathartic and acerbic new play about identity, maturity and reconciliation.

      Long Time Dead

      Long Time Dead

      By Rona Munro

      A gripping and darkly humorous play about the camaraderie of a trio of obsessive mountaineers.

      Lose Yourself

      Lose Yourself

      By Katherine Chandler

      A fast and wild ride into the darker side of our celebrity obsessed culture.

      Love and Other Acts of Violence

      Love and Other Acts of Violence

      By Cordelia Lynn

      A subversive and intimate love story about inheritance and the cycles of politics and history.

      Love, Lies and Taxidermy

      Love, Lies and Taxidermy

      By Alan Harris

      An offbeat love story about Mr Tutti Frutti, a stuffed owl and the struggle to fit in.

      Love, Love, Love

      Love, Love, Love

      By Mike Bartlett

      Are baby boomers to blame for the fact that their children's generation is debt-ridden and adrift? Love, Love, Love takes on the baby boomer generation as it retires, and finds it full of trouble.

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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