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The Light Burns Blue

The Light Burns Blue

By Silva Semerciyan

A play inspired by the true story of the Cottingley Fairies. 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.

The Lightest Element

The Lightest Element

By Stella Feehily

A stage drama about Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, one of the most eminent astronomers of the twentieth century. Premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2024.

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.

Liolà

Liolà

By Tanya Ronder Original author Luigi Pirandello

A funny and touching new version of Pirandello's high-spirited drama, set at the heart of a rural community where property and family unleash fierce passions.

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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 Wars

Little Wars

By Steven Carl McCasland

Set in the French Alps in 1940, this thrilling play – based on truth – is an enthralling, entertaining and ultimately moving portrait of seven exceptional women.

Little Women

Little Women (stage version)

By Louisa May Alcott Adapted by Anne-Marie Casey

A joyful and spirited adaptation of one of the best-loved novels of all time.

Lizzie Siddal

Lizzie Siddal

By Jeremy Green

A gripping historical drama charting one woman's dazzling trajectory from model to lover to artist, to a tragic figure in her own right.

London Road

London Road

By Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork

An experimental and challenging work which reveals the ways in which even the darkest experiences can engender a greater sense of our mutual dependence.

Lose Yourself

Lose Yourself

By Katherine Chandler

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

Low in the Dark

Low in the Dark

By Marina Carr

A witty and absurdist play that dismantles the myths of motherhood and exposes the sexism of language and religious imagery.

Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald
    Low Level Panic

    Low Level Panic

    By Clare McIntyre

    A funny, unapologetic play about the effects of society's objectification of women.

    Loyal Women

    Loyal Women

    By Gary Mitchell

    A gripping and explosive drama from the multi-award winning playwright.

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    Machinal

    Machinal

    By Sophie Treadwell

    A powerful expressionist drama from the 1920s about the dependent status of women in an increasingly mechanised society, based on the true story of Ruth Snyder.

    Madame Bovary: Breakfast with Emma

    Madame Bovary: Breakfast with Emma

    By Gustave Flaubert Adapted by Fay Weldon

    Flaubert's masterpiece about an infidelity with tragic consequences, dramatised for Shared Experience by the acclaimed novelist.

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    Madame Ovary

    Madame Ovary

    By Rosa Hesmondhalgh

    The heartbreaking and hilarious true story of the author's own experience of ovarian cancer.

    The Maiden Stone

    The Maiden Stone

    By Rona Munro

    A wild and fantastical tale about a group of women struggling to get by in the harsh world of north-east Scotland in the early nineteenth century.

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    The Maladies

    The Maladies

    By Carmen Nasr

    A powerful, provocative play exploring psychogenic illness amongst groups of women throughout history, premiered by the Almeida Young Company.

    Mary

    Mary

    By Rona Munro

    A political thriller for the stage, set in the 1560s and portraying events around Mary Stuart, the troubled Queen of Scots. Part of Rona Munro's breathtaking theatrical exploration of Scottish history.

    Mary and the Hyenas

    Mary and the Hyenas

    By Maureen Lennon

    An electrifying stage play telling the story of feminist icon Mary Wollstonecraft. Premiered by Hull Truck Theatre and Pilot Theatre in 2025.

    Mary Jane

    Mary Jane

    By Amy Herzog

    A moving play about the stalwart endurance of a devoted mother, winner of the 2018 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play.

    Mary Shelley

    Mary Shelley

    By Helen Edmundson

    A biographical play about Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. Premiered by Shared Experience.

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    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (stage version)

    By Mary Shelley and Rona Munro

    A brilliant adaptation of Mary Shelley's Gothic masterpiece that places the writer herself amongst the action as she wrestles with her creation and with the stark realities facing revolutionary young women, then and now.