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Brixton, 1873. A brash young Dutchman rents a room in the house of an English widow. Three years later he returns to Europe on the first step of a journey which will end in breakdown, death and immortality.
Volpone is a Venetian aristocrat, a loveable rogue who enjoys the cunning pursuit of wealth more than money itself. Pretending to be mortally ill, he watches as his greedy neighbours swarm around him with expensive gifts in the hope of inheriting his fortune.
With a touch of poetic licence, Morrison shows us the overwhelming humanity, charged emotions and brooding unease which characterise the Brontë household - and that of Chekhov's Three Sisters.
A comedy drama about an all-female theatre company touring Britain during the darkest days of World War Two, written by the well-known actress and premiered in the West End.
Winter 1908. Snow is falling across London. Wendy Darling and her brothers sleep peacefully in their bedroom, as their parents bicker downstairs. In a sudden flurry of snow their window blows open, and into their lives tumbles a mischievous boy called Peter, followed by a fractious fairy called Tink.
1968. Midlands MP Enoch Powell has something to say. Something he feels needs to be said. Something that could divide Britain forever. 1992. Rose Cruickshank, a black Oxford academic, wants answers. Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech, with its controversial words about immigration, shattered her childhood and now she is driven to confront both the man who made the speech and her own troubled identity. Will a meeting with Enoch resolve the conflicts that are tearing her – and the country – apart?
Lucy has lost something very important. One minute Jo’s there, the next he isn’t, leaving Lucy with a pile of half-cooked food and a collection of invited (and uninvited) guests. As Lucy acclimatises to her new situation, she is absorbed, along with her visitors, into an intimate and sensory experience.
A quick-witted satirical farce set in the Whips' office at Westminster.
Two plays from one of the leading dramatists of the 20th century.
A practical investigation of how comedy works, by a well-respected practitioner and teacher. With a Foreword by Toby Jones.
In a war-torn village the men have disappeared. The women – their mothers, wives, daughters – wait by the river, hope and mourn. Their anguish is unspoken until bruised and broken bodies begin being washed up on the banks and the women defy the military in the only form of protest left to them.
A darkly comic play that explores the unexpected, bewildering, and life-changing consequences of challenging the status quo at a global level.
An electrifying drama about what happens to personal identity in an age of ubiquitous technology and social media.
From the moment he came into the world Oscar's existence has been a stagger through an underworld peopled by loners and losers. Oscar must discover if a bird with a broken wing can learn to fly, or is destined to stay earthbound for ever.
A sensitive, delicate and powerful play that asks what our labour is worth and how life can be lived when the system is stacked against you.
Someone has seen a wolf. Where did it come from? How many are there? Someone must be able to do something about them. Otherwise, how will our children get to school? And how will we all get to line-dancing in the village hall?
A Jacobean gore-fest of enforced seduction and ultimate revenge.
Covering themes of religious scepticism, the injustices within roles for women and the destructive power of war, Euripides' tragedy Women of Troy is as relevant now as it ever was.
A collection of wide-ranging and ambitious short plays reflecting the complexities of women and political power in the United Kingdom.
A collection of wide-ranging and ambitious short plays reflecting the complexities of women and political power in the United Kingdom.
Packed with insights from a lifetime of directing theatre, Words into Action is a fascinating read and a vital masterclass for actors and directors.
Lamb is the story of one family on an Australian sheep farm, over generations – the guilt of those who left; the lost desires of those who stayed behind.
At the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary Alice Evatt reveals what these women contributed to political events, and Mary Alice’s importance to Australian modern art and the arts as a human right.
The Ripples Before the New Wave charts the history, influence and artistic resonances of Sydney University Dramatic Society (SUDS) and a rival group, the Sydney University Players, and their members between 1957 and 1963.
When the world map was full of gaps, the Amazon topped the list of places unknown to western explorers. In the twenty-first century are there any ‘unknowns’ left? On a trip to the Amazon, the writer ponders this and other questions as she struggles to deal with her father’s journey through Parkinson’s disease towards what is perhaps our last great unknown—death.
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