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The Canterbury TalesGeoffrey Chaucer Adapted by Mike Poulton
This two-play adaptation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales encompasses the full span of the original work, containing 21 separate stories. All the famous characters are here – as well as many less well-known but equally full of life. Each of the stories has its own style – heroic verse for the Knight's Tale, vernacular rhymes for the Miller's Tale etc – echoing the many narrative voices employed by Chaucer himself. $24.99
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PaulHoward Brenton
An irreverent and provocative drama questioning the basis of Christianity, by the author of The Romans in Britain. $19.99
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The MisanthropeMolière Translated by Stephen Mulrine
Molière's most-admired comedy of manners, about a man whose quickness to criticise the flaws in others, and in himself, leads him into deep trouble. $14.99
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Influence and Operator: Two playsDavid Williamson
In Influence, Ziggi Blasco is a talk-back host whose power rests in his influence over his audience. He knows how to turn fear into hate. In Operator, Jake is the ideal candidate for an executive position with a thriving local company. But his skills at exploiting, manipulating and manoeuvring would put Machiavelli in the shade. $29.99
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Northanger AbbeyJane Austen Adapted by Tim Luscombe
When Catherine Morland accepts an invitation to the Tilney's country seat at Northanger Abbey, lurid images of Mrs Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho threaten to overwhelm her. Until, as in all the best Jane Austen, Catherine finally gets her man... $25.99
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Women Beware WomenThomas Middleton
A Jacobean gore-fest of enforced seduction and ultimate revenge. $14.99
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Children of the Black SkirtAngela Betzien
Three lost children discover an abandoned orphanage in the bush and become trapped in a timeless world, haunted by spirits of the past and tormented by the ominous Black Skirt, a cruel governess harbouring a mysterious past. $25.99
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Through a CloudJack Shepherd
1656. Two revolutionaries meet in the woods at Hampton Court: the blind poet, John Milton, and his long-term comrade, Oliver Cromwell. But after the bitter ravages of revolution, regicide and civil war, freedom is hard to come to terms with. $23.99
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The MandateNikolai Erdman Adapted by Declan Donnellan
A chillingly grotesque farce set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, banned for decades in the USSR and revived in this uproarious new version by Declan Donnellan. $24.99
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The UnthinkableSteve Waters
A hard-hitting play about the collapse of idealism in contemporary politics. $19.99
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