Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights

Honestly the best science Ive ever done and - frankly the best science in the history of humankind - has started with the same thought experiment: ...

I was there you know. when we shut your places down. gender studies. social studies. the strongholds of your politically correct bullshit worldview...

Everyone is constructing themselves. Im just conscious of doing it. More than that, Im a sculptor of it. I am a fucking artist. Finalist: Popcorn...

Sometimes a lie is a wish. Once upon a time there was a lonely carpenter, a curious cat, and a little wooden puppet who one day came to life In ...

It's moral vision, as well as the Miller voice, which remains as strong and unrelenting as a prophet's, that distinguish Broken Glass. - The New Yo...

Matthew, I dont give a f*** whos Irish and whos not. Im just thinking about whats best for your career. And thats how themmuns in Londonll see you....

Dress by Ganni. Bra by Coco de Mer. Knife by Stanley. A gripping revenge tale about an actress in her 40s under investigation for the murder of an...

Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2023 I can imagine myself in the future looking back on this all. And looking back I can feel when th...

25 February 1964: 22-year-old Cassius Clay, soon to be Muhammad Ali, has just won the world heavyweight boxing title. Instead of hitting the town, ...

My son is dead and sitting on the throne. 1605. Orthodox Russia stands alone, defiant against the Roman Catholic and Protestant West. The Kremlin ...

This may be the biggest But it is far from the first sacrifice Ive made for this house And Im sure it wont be the last But dont fret. Im ready. En...

If I owned Durham, and I owned hell, Id rent out Durham and Id live in hell. Born in Denton Burn, Ric Renton had a troubled upbringing that led to...

My story is about love No, its about loss No, its about love and loss and pain and loneliness But its funny! Calvin is going to completely revolut...

I don't think I'll ever meet someone who loves me as much as Ryan loves me and hates me as much as Ryan hates me A loving relationship can be any...

t was then that I decided to write you these letters. One crisp winter day in New York, Willem receives a phone call its time to go home. Home to...

Family means everything you want it to mean. What a transformative thing it can be to take care of someone else, completely. How it rearranges you...

The roaring twenties. A world in flux. The magnetic Florence Lancaster draws people to her like moths to a flame. But when her son Nicky arrives ho...

No matter how hard we try, we just cant get out. Its like we are not allowed to. Some give up and say, alright then, if you wont give, I will blood...

If youre concerned, just talk to a member of our staff or, alternatively, swing your legs over the edge of the bed and walk out, remembering to pul...

What about people who cant make friends? Or who dont laugh and are full of no love? Theyre the real disabilities. I think. Agnes and her daughter ...

Last night I woke up and found that I was not at home. And I was not wearing my own clothes. And then I wasnt sure. Maybe they were my clothes, and...

I dont agree with everything they say, but we do have a lot in common nowadays; anyway, I cant be racist, my best friend is Black. Roger and Harry...

Hate your job? Come work for us. This is a show about work. But the worker isnt here, so its down to you. Youll clock in at the beginning. Youll ...

This is the first ever collection of plays by Palestinian-Irish playwright Hannah Khalil; the first woman of Arab heritage to have a main-stage pla...