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Adebayo, Mojisola (2)
Adebayo, Mojisola (Author, Queen Mary, University of London, UK); Khalil, Hannah; Ng, Amy; Hodge-Dal (1)
Aristophanes; Sommerstein, Alan H. (1)
Banks, Anthony (Author, Director, UK) (1)
Banks, Anthony (Author, Director, UK); Brenton, Howard (Author); Cartwright, Jim (Playwright, UK); C (1)
Barnett, Claudia (1)
Bartlett, Mike (2)
Battye, Miriam; Belgrade Theatre; Smith, Stef; Hims, Ms Katie; Wright, Abbey (1)
Beckett, Samuel (2)
Bell, Hilary (1)
Benichou-Aboulker, Berthe; Grunwald, Hana Vazana; Waisvisz, Sarah; Arditti, Philip; Feldman, L M (1)
Bennett, Alan (1)
Berkoff, Steven (1)
Beswick, Katie (1)
Birch, Brad (1)
Bray, John Patrick (1)
Buffini, Moira (1)
Bush, Chris (1)
Butterworth, Jez (2)
Campbell, Alexi Kaye (1)
Camus, Albert; Bloom, Ryan (1)
Ceraso, Chris; Brenner, Lisa S. (1)
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich (1)
Chekhov, Anton; Hare, David (1)
Churchill, Caryl (4)
COMPLICITE (1)
Coward, Noel (1)
Crimp, Martin (2)
Crouch, Tim (1)
Crowe, E. V. (1)
Daniels, Sarah (1)
David Watson, Andy Day, Sonia Hale, James Meteyard (1)
DE ANGELIS, APRIL (1)
Dowie, Claire (1)
El-Bushra, Suhayla (Author); Lustgarten, Anders; French, Mr Robin; Etchells, Tim; Marber, Patrick (1)
Fo, Dario (1)
Freestone, Elizabeth (1)
Friel, Brian (3)
Fullarton, Morag; Chamberlain, April; Maxwell, Douglas; Nada-Rajah, Uma; Hepburn, Stuart (1)
Gambaro, Griselda (1)
Gasda, Matthew; Lorentzen, Christian (1)
Gorky, Maxim (1)
Graham, James (1)
Gray, Dylan Coburn (1)
Greene, Graham (1)
H.W. Fairman (Author), Duro Ladipo (Author), Tekle Hawariat (Author), Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu (Author), Wole Soyinka (Author), Ama Ata Aidoo (Author), Athol Fugard (Author), Derek Walcott (Author), Michael Gilkes (Author), Simon Gikandi (Editor), R. N. Sandberg (Editor, Series Editor) (1)
Hall, Lee (1)
Hampton, Christopher (1)
Hanlan, Jason (1)
Happe, Peter; Happe, Peter; Happe, Peter (1)
Harris, Robert; Poulton, Mike (1)
HARWOOD, RONALD (1)
Hickson, Ella (1)
Hodges Persley, Nicole (1)
Ibsen, Henrik (1)
Ibu, Natalie (1)
Ionesco, Eugene (1)
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Ireland, Vicky; Harman, Paul; Robinson, Sir Ken (1)
Kane, Sarah (1)
Kelly, Dennis (1)
Kelly, Sonya (1)
Kennedy, Fin (1)
Kerbel, Lucy (1)
Khalidi, Ismail; Baki, Hala (Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, USA); Najjar, Professor Michael Malek (Unive (1)
Khalil, Hannah (1)
Kinahan, Deirdre (1)
Kirkwood, Lucy (1)
Kozyrchikov, Roman; Rodionov, Andrey; Troepolskaya, Ekaterina; Pecheykin, Mr Valery; Milantyeva, Nat (1)
Kwei-Armah, Kwame (1)
LaBute, Neil (2)
Lee, Young Jean (1)
Lenkiewicz, Rebecca (1)
Lobel, Brian (1)
Lonergan, Kenneth (1)
Longman, Simon; McGee, Lisa; Butler, Mr Leo; Tannahill, Jordan; Mohammad, Avaes (1)
Lynn, Isley (1)
Mahfouz,Vinnicombe,Johnson,McLynn,James,Norris,Holcroft,Hartley,Bruce,Placey,Sabrina,Simon,Catherine (1)
Marlowe, Christopher (1)
McDonagh, Martin (1)
Moliere, Jean-Baptiste; Coward, David; Coward, David; Coward, David; Wood, John (1)
Morgan, Abi (1)
Munro, Rona (1)
Naray, Szilvi (University of Salford, UK); Toth, Krisztina; Hay, Janos; Spiro, Gyoergy; Naray, Szilv (1)
National Theatre (3)
National Theatre; Metcalf, Alys; Sirett, Paul (Author, RADA, UK); Samal, Danusia; McNair, Gary (Auth (1)
Neilson, Anthony (1)
O'Neill, Eugene (1)
O'Reilly, Kaite (Author) (1)
Orton, Joe (1)
Osborne, Deirdre (1)
Parks, Suzan-Lori (1)
Paxton Naomi (1)
Pinter, Harold (2)
SOPHOCLES (2)
Stephens, Simon (2)
Various (6)
Walsh, Enda (2)
Williams, Roy (3)
Williams, Tennessee (2)

Stage It and Stream It: Plays for Virtual Theater

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Lysistrata and Other Plays

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Coward Play Collection: Volume Three

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Bruntwood at 20: Five Plays from the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting

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Martin Crimp Plays - Volume Two

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Dimes Square and Other Plays

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Enda Walsh Plays: Two

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Graeae Plays One: New Plays Redefining Disability

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A Play, A Pie and A Pint: Volume One

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Aristotle's Wife: 6 Short Plays About Women in Science

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Contemporary Japanese Plays

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Sonya Kelly's Druid Plays

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Caryl Churchill Plays: Volume Three

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Sauce and All Honey Playtext

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The Miser and Other Plays

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Charged: Six plays about women, crime and justice

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The Four Northwomen Playtext

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Isley Lynn Plays: Volume One

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Plays from Vault: Six

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English Mystery Plays

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Global Jewish Plays: Five Works by Jewish Playwrights From Around The World

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Celebration and The Room Playtexts

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Hidden Gems Two: Contemporary

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Beats and Elements: A Hip Hop Trilogy

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Wesker Play Collection

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Plays from Contemporary Hungary

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Martin Crimp Play Collection - Volume Three

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Gorky Play Collection - Volume One

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The Rope and Other Plays

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Gendering Taboos: 10 Short Plays by African Women

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100 Plays to Save the World

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Selected Plays by Griselda

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Contemporary Plays by Black British Writers Playtext Collection

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My White Best Friend Monologue Collection

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100 Great Plays for Women

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Red Letter Plays

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Penhall Plays: One

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lan Bennett Plays: Volume Two

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Upfront Theatre Play Collection

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Timberlake Wertenbaker Plays: Volume One

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The Big House Anthology: Diverse Plays for Diverse Casts

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Roy Williams Plays: One

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Collected Plays of Ronald Harwood

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Rock / Paper / Scissors Playtext

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Rebecca Lenkiewicz Plays: Volume One

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Plays from VAULT: Two

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Neilson Plays: One

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