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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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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)

Kenneth Lonergan: Three Plays

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Staging Black, Queer South Africa: Plays for the Gods!

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William Shakespeare and Others

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Lucy Kirkwood: Plays One

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McDonagh Plays: One

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Mike Bartlett Plays: Volume Two

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Caryl Churchill: Shorts

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Sophocles Plays: One

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50 Best Plays for Young Audiences

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Brian Friel: Collected Plays - Volume 3

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The James Plays

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Young Chekov Play Collection

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Anna Christie / The Emperor Plays

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Churchill Plays: One

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Contemporary Queer Plays by Russian Playwrights: Satellites and Comets; Summer Lightning; A Little H

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Lee Hall Plays: One

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Global Queer Plays: Seven LGBTQ+ Works From Around the World

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Ravenhill Plays: One

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Dennis Kelly Play Collection - Volume Two

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Stephens Plays: One

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Steven Berkoff Plays: Volume One

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Brad Birch: Plays 1

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Alexi Kaye Campbell: Plays One

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Beyond The Canon's Plays for Young Activists: Three Plays by Women from the Global Majority

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Stephenson Plays: One

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Sarah Daniels Plays: One

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Roy Williams Play Collection: Volume Three

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Roy Williams Plays: Two

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Plays from VAULT: Four

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Mojisola Adebayo: Plays One

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Atypical Plays for Atypical Actors: Selected Plays

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Straight White Men and Untitled Feminist Show Plays

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Until I Return: The Selected Plays of Ismail Khalidi

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Samuel Beckett: Collected Shorter Plays

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You Are Going To Die and This Is Not Culturally Significant Plays

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Christopher Marlowe: The Complete Plays

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Caligula and Three Other Plays

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Philip Ridley Plays: Volume Two

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Churchill Plays: Two

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Huis Clos and Other Plays

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Fo Play Collection: Volume One

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Staging Violence Against Women and Girls: Plays and Interviews

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Greene Collected Plays

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Brian Friel: Collected Plays - Volume 4

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Neil LaBute Plays: Volume One

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Ball and Other Funny Stories About Cancer Play Collection

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María Martínez Sierra: Three Plays from Spanish Theatre's Silver Age

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Citysong and other plays

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