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Player's Angels

Player's Angels

By Amanda Whittington

A play set in 1950s Nottingham, following a group of friends who work on the production line of the John Player tobacco factory.

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Playing the Game

Playing the Game

By Bola Agbaje

A short play about the election of a new President of a Students' Association.

Playing the Victim

Playing the Victim

By The Presnyakov Brothers Translated by Sasha Dugdale

A darkly absurd play from the authors of Terrorism.

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Poor Beast in the Rain

Poor Beast in the Rain

By Billy Roche

A slice of small-town life, set in a betting shop in Wexford. Part of Billy Roche's acclaimed Wexford Trilogy.

Published in volume The Wexford Trilogy
    Poppy + George

    Poppy + George

    By Diane Samuels

    A romantic drama with music inspired by the days of music hall and beyond, from the author of the modern classic Kindertransport.

    Port Authority

    Port Authority

    By Conor McPherson

    A wry, moving, funny tale of how modern man faces up to the responsibility of love, woven in monologues, from the multi-award winning author of The Weir.

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    Precious Little Talent

    Precious Little Talent

    By Ella Hickson

    A touching and funny play about 20-somethings graduating into a world that's sold them down the river.

    The Price of Everything

    The Price of Everything

    By Fiona Evans

    A tense and gripping drama, loaded with dark humour, about the price we pay for material possessions and the effect it has on those we love.

    Prickly Heat

    Prickly Heat

    By Simon Donald

    A surreal and sensuous comedy by a young Scottish writer-performer.

    Published in volume First Run
      The Pride

      The Pride

      By Alexi Kaye Campbell

      The powerful debut play from Alexi Kaye Campbell, examining changing attitudes to sexuality.

      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.

      Primadonna

      Primadonna

      By Rosie Kellett

      A one-woman play that lays bare the world of the celebrity PA as a young first-timer navigates impossible tasks, difficult conversations and fearsome passive aggression.

      The Prisoner

      The Prisoner

      By Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne

      A provocative study of what it means to be free, by the internationally acclaimed theatre director and his long-time collaborator.

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

      By debbie tucker green

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

      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
        The Pull of Negative Gravity

        The Pull of Negative Gravity

        By Jonathan Lichtenstein

        Shocking and beautiful, a powerful play about the impact of a soldier's injury in a foreign conflict on his family back home.

        Purple Heart

        Purple Heart

        By Bruce Norris

        A deeply moving meditation on love, loss and grief, from the author of Clybourne Park.

        The Quiet House

        The Quiet House

        By Gareth Farr

        An exploration of infertility and the taboo that surrounds it, The Quiet House is a funny, moving and unswervingly honest love story.

        Raging: Embargo

        Raging: Embargo

        The War of Independence

        By Deirdre Kinahan

        A poetic, bloody and heroic tale of industrial action and civic resistance, part of Deirdre Kinahan's trilogy of landmark plays commemorating seven years of warfare in Ireland.

        Raging: Outrage

        Raging: Outrage

        The Civil War

        By Deirdre Kinahan

        A play exploring women's roles in the Irish revolutionary wars, part of Deirdre Kinahan's trilogy of landmark plays commemorating seven years of warfare in Ireland.

        Ramona Tells Jim

        Ramona Tells Jim

        By Sophie Wu

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

        Rank

        Rank

        By Robert Massey

        A darkly comic thriller set in the grim, seething and sometimes hilarious criminal world of Dublin's suburbs.

        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.