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When Winston Went to War with the Wireless

When Winston Went to War with the Wireless

By Jack Thorne

A gripping and timely play about Winston Churchill, the 1920s General Strike and the birth of the BBC.

When This Is Over

When This Is Over

A Blueprint for Creating Your Own Production, and the Original Playscript

By Ned Glasier, Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey and Company Three

A theatrical celebration of hope, possibility and imagination, designed to be created and performed by teenage casts, drawing directly on their own life experiences and the stories they want to tell. Winner, Outstanding Drama Initiative at the Music and Drama Education Awards.

When the Daffodils

When the Daffodils

By Joel Tan

A searching portrait of human kindness in a world that sets limits on how we care for the vulnerable. First performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season of short plays.

Published in volume Inside/Outside
    What Shadows

    What Shadows

    By Chris Hannan

    A searing look at identity and immigration within a bitterly divided country.

    What is the Custom of Your Grief?

    What is the Custom of Your Grief?

    By Timberlake Wertenbaker

    A short play by Timberlake Wertenbaker about an English schoolgirl who is befriended online by an Afghan girl after her brother is killed while on active duty in Afghanistan.

    What I (Don't) Know About Autism

    What I (Don't) Know About Autism

    By Jody O'Neill

    A sometimes comic, sometimes heartbreaking journey into the world of autism, mixing narrative, song, dance and direct address to explore this contentious and often misunderstood subject matter.

    Wellington 24

    Wellington 24

    By Rachel Harper

    An upbeat and empowering World War II tale about teamwork, collaboration and beating the odds. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.

    The Welkin

    The Welkin

    By Lucy Kirkwood

    Lucy Kirkwood's play about a woman sentenced to hang for murder in 18th-century rural Suffolk.

    We Anchor in Hope

    We Anchor in Hope

    By Anna Jordan

    A play about the end of an era as a London boozer closes its doors one final time.

    The Way Home

    The Way Home

    By Chloë Moss

    A spiky play about the clash between suburban and itinerant ways of life in present-day Liverpool.

    The Wardrobe

    The Wardrobe

    By Sam Holcroft

    A gripping journey through British history that shows how our country was shaped and how connected we are with our past. Part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.

    The Walworth Farce

    The Walworth Farce

    By Enda Walsh

    A remarkable play about what can happen when we become stuck in the stories we tell about our lives.

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    Waiting Room Germany

    Waiting Room Germany

    By Klaus Pohl Translated by David Tushingham

    A raw and honest verbatim-theatre play about post-reunification Germany, commissioned in 1994 by Der Spiegel to test the mood of the new Germany.

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    The Visit, or The Old Lady Comes to Call

    The Visit, or The Old Lady Comes to Call

    By Friedrich Dürrenmatt Adapted by Tony Kushner

    Dürrenmatt's visionary revenge play, one of the great achievements of modern German-language theatre, transported to mid-twentieth-century America by the acclaimed playwright Tony Kushner.

    The Village

    The Village

    By Abi Falase and Tatenda Shamiso

    A punchy and provocative story about democracy, power, and how we can try to build a better world. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.

    Vernon God Little

    Vernon God Little (stage version)

    By DBC Pierre Adapted by Tanya Ronder

    A darkly riotous, superbly fast-talking adventure, adapted from the Booker Prize-winning novel.

    Valued Friends

    Valued Friends

    By Stephen Jeffreys

    A comedy of manners about the property market.

    Us/Them

    Us/Them

    By Carly Wijs

    An extraordinary, award-winning account of the Beslan School Siege, exploring the entirely individual way children cope with traumatic situations.

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