Plays, Playscripts

Arthur Miller's play A View from the Bridge is a tragic masterpiece of the inexorable unravelling of a man, set in a close-knit Italian-American co...

'If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare' William HazlittA soldier of great standing and a newly married man, Othel...

The law is nature. The law is only a word for what has a right to happen. When the law is wrong it's because it's unnatural, but in this case it is...

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the e...

"The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus", more commonly referred to as "Dr. Faustus", is Christopher Marlowe's version of the...

'The man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul' John DrydenAntonio, a Venetian merchant, wishe...

Shakespeare everyone can understandnow in this new EXPANDED edition of MACBETH!   Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play ...

Shakespeares combination of violence, introspection, dark humour and rich language in Hamlet is intoxicating. It remains the world's most widely st...

Dark and violent, Macbeth is also the most theatrically spectacular of Shakespeare's tragedies. Part of the Macmillan Collectors Library; a series ...

Why am I trying to become what I dont want to be when all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am. Willy Loman is an...

Hamlet. Romeo and Juliet. Henry V. Macbeth. A Midsummer Night's Dream. King Lear. Lovers of literature will immediately recognise these as signatur...

'A supreme theatrical poem that has a language that eats into the soul' Michael Billington, GuardianShakeapeare's blood-soaked drama of murder, mad...

An eye for an eye. Its very simple. You choose your homeland like a hyena picking and choosing where he steals his next meal from. Scavenger. Yes y...

In the 1940s, Picasso wrote two plays in French: the first, Desire Caught by the Tail, was conceived during the German occupation of Paris and feat...

'If music be the food of love, play on,Give me excess of it'Separated from her twin brother Sebastian after a shipwreck, Viola disguises herself as...

Often considered to be the greatest poet in the English language, William Shakespeare is the writer of such classic plays as Hamlet, Macbeth, King ...

Initially described as a comedy, Shakespeare's explorations of prejudice, duty and the nature of justice make The Merchant of Venice a far darker, ...

In Shakespeare's thrilling and hugely influential tragedy, ageing King Lear makes a capricious decision to divide his realm between his three daugh...

Some kind of Bard... aaaasss It's Gonna End Bardly! He's a bardass brother with the love of a fine woman. That is until some cloven hoofed honky st...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. The better part of valour is discretion. Kin...

Written in French and first performed at the Théâtre du Bablyone in Paris, in 1953, En attendant Godot was subsequently translated by Samuel Becket...

WINNER OF THE MOST PROMISING PLAYWRIGHT AT THE CRITICS CIRCLE THEATRE AWARDS 2022 'Married five times. Mother. Lover. Aunt. Friend.She plays many r...

Tamburlaine the Great, Part One and Part Two are the first plays that Christopher Marlowe wrote for Londons then new freestanding, open-air public ...

In this collection of plays from one of our finest dramatists, Caryl Churchill demonstrates her remarkable ability to find new forms to express pro...

'The finest, most representative instance of what Shakespeare can do' Harold BloomPrince Hal, the son of King Henry IV, spends his time in idle ple...

Anne Carson writes, Euripides was a playwright of the fifth century BC who reinvented Greek tragedy, setting it on a path that leads straight to re...

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'Shakespeare invented the human as we continue to know it' Harold BloomSet in a city torn apart by feuds and gang warfare, Shakespeare's immortal ...

The Tragedy of Macbeth is the shortest tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Macbeth, the protagonist of the play, is portrayed as a successful S...

Shakespeare's heartbreaking tale of forbidden love, brought to life in a new production co-directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh. This versi...

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Set in a city torn apart by feuds and gang warfare, Romeo and Juliet is a dazzling combination of passion and hatred, bawdy comedy and high tragedy...

'Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm off from an anointed king'Richard, a vain, despotic ruler, listens only to his flatterer...

Shakespeares gentle melancholy, enlivened by a comic sub-plot of considerable accomplishment, has long made Twelfth Night a favourite with Shakespe...

Depicting with shocking openness the sexual and political violence of its central characters' fates, Edward the Second broke new dramatic ground in...

*JO NESBO HAS SOLD OVER 50 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE**No 1 Sunday Times bestseller*'Immensely enjoyable and gloriously dark' Daily ExpressHe's the be...

Bill Brysons biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our g...

The Importance of Being Earnest is perhaps Oscar Wilde's most popular play since its first performance in 1895, it has seen countless productions ...