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Rapture

Rapture

By Lucy Kirkwood

A slippery thriller for the stage, about love, power and belief. In a modern world where reality is whatever we imagine it to be, how do we know the stories we tell ourselves are true?

Rathmines Road

Rathmines Road

By Deirdre Kinahan

Fraught, funny, and ferocious, a play that challenges the cultural response to accusations of sexual assault.

Raya

Raya

By Deborah Bruce

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

Reader

Reader

By Ariel Dorfman

A compulsive, gripping and intense play from the author of Death and the Maiden.

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The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man

The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man

By Tom Wright

A powerful, angry and surprising play about the person who came to be known as 'the Elephant Man', restoring Joseph Merrick to the centre of his own story.

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.

Red

Red

By Chris Fittock

A viscerally poetic debut play commissioned by LLT, Liverpool's New Writing Theatre.

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Red

Red

By Somalia Seaton

An unflinching and bold exploration of the internal lives of young women. Part of Platform, an initiative aimed at addressing gender imbalance in theatre.

Red Car, Blue Car

Red Car, Blue Car

By Jack Thorne

A heartbreaking short play about guilt, grief and responsibility, written for and performed at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2011.

Red Pitch

Red Pitch

By Tyrell Williams

A fast-paced and sharp-edged play telling a coming-of-age story about three young footballers, exploring the impact of gentrification and regeneration on London's communities. Winner of the 2022 George Devine Award.

Resilience

Resilience

By Steve Waters

Part of The Contingency Plan, Steve Waters' epic portrait of an England of the near future, in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods.

Published in volume The Contingency Plan
    The Retreat

    The Retreat

    By Sam Bain

    A comedy about getting away from it all - the debut play from the BAFTA Award-winning co-writer and co-creator of Peep Show, Fresh Meat and Four Lions.

    Riddance

    Riddance

    By Linda McLean

    A chilling emotional thriller about two men and a woman bound together by the secrets of surviving a childhood in a Glasgow tenement.

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    The River

    The River

    By Jez Butterworth

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

    Roaring Trade

    Roaring Trade

    By Steve Thompson

    A fast-paced and astute satire exposing just how far people go for the highest-risk jobs in the City.

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    Rosmersholm

    Rosmersholm

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Mike Poulton

    A portrait of idealism and democracy floundering in a society of conservatism and opportunism, considered by many to be Ibsen's dramatic masterpiece.

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    Rosmersholm

    Rosmersholm

    By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

    Ibsen's play about idealism and liberalism undermined by a deeply conservative society. In an English translation by Kenneth McLeish, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    Roundabout

    Roundabout

    By Lluïsa Cunillé Translated by Oscar Ceballos and Mary Peate

    A play about obsession and delusion, by a major Spanish dramatist.

    Run Sister Run

    Run Sister Run

    By Chloë Moss

    A witty and heartfelt play about two sisters, exploring family, class and dependence.

    Run, Rebel

    Run, Rebel (stage version)

    By Manjeet Mann

    A fast-paced, mesmerising stage version of the prize-winning YA verse novel about a young woman beginning to take control of her life. Edition includes a range of teaching materials and resources.

    Salt

    Salt

    By Fiona Peek

    A modern morality tale about the corrosive effect of money, joint winner of the 2008 Bruntwood Playwriting Competition.

    Same

    Same

    By Deborah Bruce

    A play exporing the apparent gulf between the young and old, commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.

    Samskara

    Samskara

    By Lanre Malaolu

    An explosive fusion of text, physical theatre and hip-hop dance exploring vulnerability, emotional trauma and what it means to be a black man in twenty-first-century Britain.

    Samuel Takes a Break

    Samuel Takes a Break

    in Male Dungeon No. 5 After a Long but Generally Successful Day of Tours

    By Rhianna Ilube

    An extraordinary, genre-blending play about colonialism, identity and the attempt to preserve the past, premiered at The Yard Theatre London in 2024.