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Red Ellen

Red Ellen

By Caroline Bird

A play that tells the remarkable true story of an inspiring and brilliant woman: Ellen Wilkinson, who was a campaigning Labour MP in the 1930s and 40s.

The Road to Huntsville

The Road to Huntsville

By Stephanie Ridings

A short play about a writer researching women who fall in love with men on death row, who then finds herself crossing the line.

Ross & Rachel

Ross & Rachel

By James Fritz

A dark and uncompromising play about romance, expectation and mortality, James Fritz's Ross & Rachel takes an unflinching look at the myths of modern love.

Ruined

Ruined

By Lynn Nottage

A passionate, heartfelt play about surviving in a time of civil war, by a leading American dramatist. Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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.

Russian Dolls

Russian Dolls

By Kate Lock

Kate Lock's play about a surprising relationship between two very different women, winner of the 2015 Adrian Pagan Award.

Salome

Salome

By Oscar Wilde

The savage power of ancient myth collides with twentieth-century decadence in Oscar Wilde's astonishing tragedy.

The Same

The Same

By Enda Walsh

A play about two women who meet in a psychiatric institution.

Published in volume Medicine & The Same: two plays
    SAUCE

    SAUCE

    By Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

    A play about death and rebirth, from an award-winning Irish playwright.

    Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays
      Scenes with girls

      Scenes with girls

      By Miriam Battye

      A witty and caustic play about female friendship, premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 2020.

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      Scorch

      Scorch

      By Stacey Gregg

      A touching and provocative story of first love though the eyes of a gender-curious teen, inspired by recent UK cases of 'gender fraud'.

      Screwed

      Screwed

      By Kathryn O'Reilly

      A gripping dramatic portrait of a destructive friendship between two women who push themselves to their limits.

      Sea Creatures

      Sea Creatures

      By Cordelia Lynn

      A haunting play about grief, loss and the power of storytelling.

      Second Home

      Second Home

      By Charlotte Chimuanya

      A play exploring the experiences of growing up mixed-race in twenty-first century Ireland.

      Second Person Narrative

      Second Person Narrative

      By Jemma Kennedy

      A play about growing up, and forging your own identity. Part of Platform, a series of big-cast plays with predominantly or all-female casts, written specifically for performance by school, college and youth-theatre groups.

      Secret Life of a Mother

      Secret Life of a Mother

      By Hannah Moscovitch With Maev Beaty and Anne-Marie Kerr

      An uplifting and empowering play that reveals the raw and untold secrets of pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, and mothering.

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      seeds

      seeds

      By Mel Pennant

      A play about two mothers united in sorrow, sharing the hardship of protecting their sons – one in life, and one in death.

      Separate Tables

      Separate Tables

      By Terence Rattigan

      Two linked one-act plays set in a run-down residential hotel in Bournemouth.

      Sex & God

      Sex & God

      By Linda McLean

      Four women from different moments in the twentieth century talk across time in Linda McLean's extraordinary play about faith, lust and family.

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      Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes

      Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes

      By Hannah Moscovitch

      The archetypal student-teacher romance is cleverly turned on its head for the post-#MeToo era in this striking play by an acclaimed Canadian playwright.

      The Shed

      The Shed

      By Matilda Ibini

      A short monologue play exploring the power that a carer can exert over a wheelchair user's life, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

      Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues
        Shed: Exploded View

        Shed: Exploded View

        By Phoebe Eclair-Powell

        A devastating play about violence, love and loss. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

        Shibboleth

        Shibboleth

        By Stacey Gregg

        An exhilarating and unsentimental exploration of working-class life in Belfast.