Plays, playscripts

Two tales of multiple misunderstanding by the eighteenth-century master of complex, witty comedies.

'Tell me, please - is this a dream?

What will become of us?

'I took my tears and turned them into paintings' In the electric calm of a blue-painted room, a dying woman reassembles the images of an extraordinary life.

"e;All I ever wanted was a man who wouldn't ask me questions"e;Across the foyer of a crowded theatre, a handsome young man catches sight of the most expensive prostitute in town.

Paris, 1870.

What if four children had been kept locked away in darkness and complete isolation since birth?

Collected for the first time in print, over a decade of texts from one of British theatre s fiercest and most individual voices, documenting the extraordinary site-specific solo performances which have run parallel to Bartlett s acclaimed work as a mainstream director.

"e;He's a beast I tell you - a real animal"e;What happens when you've lived only for pleasure, and you finally run out of time?

Helen and Danny keep themselves to themselves.

Fraser and Dougie are watching a suspect.

1968.

When the canal burst its banks and a holy statue arrived through her bedroom floor, no one was more surprised than 12-year-old Veronica.

Dickens in America is an imaginary lecture given by Charles Dickens on his travels to America in the nineteenth century.

Kneehigh now finds itself celebrated as one of the UK's most exciting theatre companies.

Ismail, Bella, Krim and Yonathon are teenagers.

There are many monologues books on the market but very few provide rich material for comedy.

Charles Morgan was the dramatic critic of The Times for most of the years between 1922 and 1939.

Includes the plays The River Line, The Flashing Stream and The Burning GlassCharles Morgan was a distinguished novelist before he moved onto stage drama, with his reputation as a major dramatist established by his first play, The Flashing Stream.

Suspect Culture was Scotland s leading experimental theatre company between 1993 and 2009.

You want to be a thing?

The new collection from Richard Bean, one of Britain s leading playwrights and the fastest-selling playwright in the history of the West End.

Bitch Boxer was the winner of the Holden Street Theatres Awards 2013 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Over the years, Marion has watched her life drain away.

'She's got no business being a junkie She had looks, brains.

To this day The White Hart and The Red Lion are two of the most popular names for a public house in England both talismans that served as the insignia for Richard II and the banished Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, who usurped the throne in 1399.

While staying as the guest of a factory owner in pre-First World War France, Stephen Wraysford embarks on a passionate affair with Isabelle, the wife of his host.

Elka is the sinister Mare Rider, in myth she haunts new mothers and rides bareback through mountains and across the plains of Anatolia.

London Wall is a wryly comic look at the life of women office workers in the 1930s.

Includes the plays Fanghorn, Edred, the Vampire and Lucifer's FairFanghorn is a darkly-surrealistic comedy, which pokes fun at the Theatre of Cruelty.

Can you be a hero if you fought for Nazi Germany?

"e;This isn't a village.

Original illustrations by Jean Cocteau and Andrzej KlimowskiTwo of the seven monologues by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) in this edition were written for dith Piaf.

Tom Jones was Henry Fielding s greatest work.

Following their acclaimed shows On Ego, On Religion, On Emotion and On Love the On Theatre now tackle empathy, in an exploration of the expanse and limits of our capacity to understand one another.

The Wish Collector by Oladipo AgbolaujeA magical epic whirling from a playground in Britain to a village in Sierra LeoneThe Acme Thunderer by Lin CoghlanA funny, moving family drama of pigeons and siblings, set amid the Blitz.

And besides, nothing ever happens here.

The Wedding is a Polish classic, continually in production in Poland since Stanislaw Wyspianski wrote it nearly a hundred years ago.

Winner of 2010 Meyer-Whitworth Award The 2012 Olympics spells eviction for the generations of Romany Gypsies living in East London.

You swore that you d love me for ever Frank doesn t recognise the woman at the door.

Includes the plays Britannicus, Phedra and BereniceJean Racine is the greatest tragedian of the French seventeenth century, using its strict rules and conventions to tell stories of overwhelming passion and cruelty.

Looking for relief from boredom and a chance to get off the wing, seven young fathers in prison sign-up for an education programme.

I don't know who he is but he's old, he's got to know stuff.

A searing triptych of three monologues all exposing the ugly truth behind the headlines of the current situation in Iraq.

Blackthorn Kate and Tom with their troubled daughter Evie decide to leave the London rat race and start afresh in the peace of the countryside.

In the year of the bicentenary of the death of Carlo Goldoni, one of Italy s most brilliant dramatists, two of his greatest comedies are brought to life in Ranjit Bolt s vibrant translations.

A play about the stupid things you do when you're f cked.

In the winter of 2036, in a shabby apartment in Port Elizabeth, two old men search for a way to say goodbye after a lifetime spent together.

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To name something is to call it into life, to determine its future.