Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights

We just wait. Old light. And new light. We just wait. For each other, patiently wait. Patient Light follows a day in the life of a young person in...

Shortlisted for the Writers' Guild of Great Britain's Best Play for Young Audiences Award (2022) Dont you ever get sick of it? Being the only one...

It doesnt have to be anything more than it is. Lets just be organic. Lucy and David are dating. Or at least, theyre trying to. Faced with first-d...

Nominated for the 2022 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre One mans spiritual journey is about to begin after hes sent ...

The greatest American dramatist of our age. (Evening Standard) In this collected works, five of Arthur Miller's most-produced and popular plays ar...

This is a story that is true for us, you, thousands of others across the world moving across the globe and thousands of others waiting to receive t...

Of course as youve no doubt guessed theres a big But Then moment heading this way Its a sunny, spring day in East London. On a street corner, tw...

Spanning half a lifetime, Under Three Moons takes place on three nights across three decades of two friends lives. From a school trip to France as ...

'Arts my hobby too. Hobby?! Sasha was destined to take the art world by storm. At the age of fifteen pop stars wanted his paintings, and a new exh...

Tricky things, memories. Not always the way you remember them. When Ben, a successful London lawyer, returns home for his fathers funeral after th...

You do not feel pain. You do not feel hunger. Now get out there and dance as though you love this island. When a river breaks its banks one night ...

It's easy to make you disappear, she says. And the figure is gone. Just like that. In Vegas, a magician performs a final disappearing act. The end...

We think well be alright - because we wade through air, not water, but thats not enough. Best friends Mohsen and Kash are gearing up for the bigge...

I am getting nearer to something. The answer to the question. Who am I? A woman who leaves her husband very suddenly for an old lover and heads to ...

Winner of New Diorama, Underbelly and Methuen Dramas Untapped Award 2022 A dying mans last wish: for his friends to create a show about death. Wil...

Winner of New Diorama, Underbelly and Methuen Dramas Untapped Award 2022 A new Caligari comes to life accompanied by a five-piece band. Embracin...

'Football is all very well as a game for Rough Girls but it is hardly suitable for delicate boys.' Oscar Wilde The making of Belfasts first all-f...

Ive been trying to remember a story. Can you help me? A long time ago our ancestors told it to us. I think it has to do with where we belong. In 2...

Multiple award-winning Mark OHalloran is one of Irelands most celebrated writers. Two play spanning 12 years of work come together in one published...

In rooms like this room people lie. Not little lies, the kinds of lies that kill people, or worse In this room, or in rooms like this room, they u...

This revised edition of the play is published alongside commentary and notes by Christopher Collins, Assistant Professor of Drama at the University...

What is power without principle? What are principles without power? It's Spring 1996: Kevin Keegan's Newcastle United are riding high in the Premi...

In a once-great Scottish town, a massive redevelopment project promises to bring money, jobs and new prospects to its forgotten population. However...

Lads, when it comes to your time for pickin women, youre not going to have my kind of luck. The best one is taken. All Julia and John want is to l...