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Written in 1864, Arrah na Pogue is an entertaining, hilarious tale of romance and rmisadventure with rascally rebels, despicable villains and love struck youths.

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller ranks as one of the greatest figures in European drama and literature.

A programme text edition of Michael West's award-winning drama, exploring the disintegrating history of one man's life through a series flashbacks.

B for Baby is a tender, sharp-witted new play set in a residential care home for people with severe learning disabilities.

The first play by leading Scottish novelist Cathy Forde, is a fast, furious exploration of a teenage life: its pressures and its carefree fun. It is especially suitable for young people.

This play has at its centre the female protagonist of Sarah Kahn - a generous provider of love and provisions in the home, and a passionate supporter of socialism. Working against her untrustworthy husband to keep her family together, this is the story of a Jewish woman's struggle in the face of political and personal disillusionment.

The Syndicate, or Il Sindaco Del Rione Sanita, is a witty dark comedy set in 1960s Naples. This new translation by Mike Poulton portrays De Filippo's classic combination of pathos with farce in a newly accessible and contemporary version.

Tender Napalm is a high-impact, high-concept two handed play which explores the landscape that is a relationship between a man and a woman. Explosive, poetic, brutal and ultimately redemptive, the play weaves a compelling theatrical tapestry to re-examine and re-define the language of love.

Winner of Amnesty International's Protect the Human award, this play looks at restorative justice in the face of unimaginable tragedy: a child's death after a joy-riding accident. Combining powerful naturalism with a strongly expressive thread, the drama unpicks the web of shared emotional devastation wrought on parents and killer alike.

Realism is a study of the mind of Stuart who can be considered to be totally normal. It is a representation of a typical day in which nothing much happens. In Anthony Neilson's hilarious, surreal and brilliantly crafted tragi-comedy, we witness the meeting of the conscious and the unconscious mind against a backdrop of normality.

Heralding a return to the stage for renowned dramatist Stephen Poliakoff, My City is a lyrical exploration of storytelling, interwoven personal and political histories, memory and the ties of the past.

Two texts for music theatre by distinctive playwright Mark Ravenhill. Told through a series of songs, Ten Plagues explores humanity's struggle with sickness and death and The Coronation of Poppea is a new version of Monteverdi's opera depicting the triumphant adultery between Poppea and Emperor Nero.

Two plays for young people. The first deals with two events involving the same person - one as a teenager and the other years later. The text of the second is accompanied by rehearsal and teaching notes. A young girl is changed for ever by her soldier boyfriend, returning from active service.

A fortune-teller's teasing rumination sends Edmond lurching into New York City's hellish underworld, his whole life abandoned in a searing quest for self-discovery and redemption.

Published to coincide with its European premiere at the Almeida Theatre, London, in March 2008, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is Stephen Adly Guirgis' hilarious and extraordinary courtroom drama about the greatest human betrayal.

An identical, terrifying dream haunts Londoners in the midst of economic gloom and ineffective protest. Whilst the prime minister considers a preventive war, a young man returns home with a vision for the future.

One of a series of drama texts published to coincide with theatrical premieres of new plays and translations.

Published to tie-in with the world premiere of Noel Coward's forgotten play in 2001, this version of Star Quality is adapted from Coward's unpublished play and his short story of the same name. The play takes us behind the scenes of a West End production.

George is on the hunt for the man who is seducing his wife Ruth, a lecturer in film noir at the University. When Morris, Ruth's seducer, turns up as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant, things take a sinister turn for the worse. This is a dark comedy of desire, dreams and coincidental disappearances.

Pez and Eck are on the hunt for the perfect society in "a city where free men might live like birds". But when they start building the bird city for real, Pez starts to have ambitions. As the fantasy utopia threatens to turn into a tyrany, the birds start to rebel.

Talks about Cold-War betrayal and the quest for justice. Inspired by a true story, this title explores the mysterious corridors of history to reveal the anguish of a family and a quest for atonement.

Alan and Nicola are a couple desperate to keep pace with the boom time. However, when Alan's sister Amy is involved in a scandal, Alan finds himself questioning his values and wondering if he can cut it in this world of material success. This work casts on contemporary Dublin and the malaise of a generation seduced by money, status and self.

Jack divides his time between protecting his aged mother from the terrors of the outside world, and sitting alone in the park. He doesn't usually talk to strangers, until, that is, he meets Benny. Believing he has found a friend who can help protect them, he lets Benny into the safehold of his home. But Benny's love is that of an avenging angel.

Then in a beautiful cloud of Holy, I go out the door to meet with my people, to see if I really am. With the angelus and two and six in my pocket, I am a rich and holy possible Jesus. I stop and talk to everyone I meet: 'Hello, I might be Jesus.'Meet Pakie. An orphan, a storyteller, an adventurer, a survivor. He may not be the sharpest sandwich in the tool box, but Pakie knows a thing or two about the history of his native town - from the vicious Vikings, to the less-than Christian Brothers. Pakie's a laugh a minute . . . but he's got secrets. Secrets the God-fearing people of Oggle may not be ready to hear.Written by renowned Irish actor Peter Gowen, The Chronicles of Oggle is a hilarious and heartbreaking story of small towns and even smaller minds.

We're not playing Grandmother's fucking Footsteps, mate! Stay away, or I'll jump! Midnight at the Dartford Crossing; Roland's settled in for another thrilling night supervising the toll machines; Andrea's pretty sure she's come to kill herself. Neither of them wants to be there. Both think the other's crazy. Still, it's nice to have company. Two strangers on a bridge in the dead of night, a game of dominoes, and a value ready meal - HighTide Escalator playwright Vinay Patel's new play explores humanity, desperation and hope. Following on from the success of his debut play, True Brits, which premiered at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Free Fall was Vinay Patel's first full-length play to be staged in London.

Stunningly powerful and gritty, Fog is a critically acclaimed play that offers a vivid look at people leaving care, and their struggles with an inadequate system, their families and the outside world.

An elegiac, emotionally charged and tragic account of the relationship between a social worker and a troubled mother.

Mathematics of the Heart is a play about comprehending the incomprehensible and the limitations ofknowledge, especially when it comes to human feelings.

A play which explores political radicalisation in light of the Wikileaks scandal.

Birthday is a comic and affecting tale that is both intriguing and unsettling. The latest play from Joe Penhall, multi-award winning author of Blue/Orange, Birthday is a well-observed and expertly paced piece of comic writing.