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Sophocles was the dominant Athenian playwright of the fifth century BCE. This translation includes his best-known work, such as the "Oedipus cycle" ("Oedipus the King", "Oedipus at Kolonos", and "Antigone"), "Elektra and the Women of Trakhis" "Philoktetes" and "Aias".

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Inspired by King Lear, it follows two rivals who come together to discuss what has fuelled them to try and outdo each other.

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The Country Wife is a satirical comedy, which exposes the immorality of Restoration society in a way that has been both condemned and admired since it was written.

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The Cure at Troy, by Seamus Heaney, is a verse adaptation of Sophocles' play Philoctetes.

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This thrilling new version by Rebecca Lenkiewicz opened at the Bath Theatre Royal's Ustinov Theatre in May 2022 before going on UK tour in an Arcola Theatre, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Royal & Derngate, Northampton, Oxford Playhouse and Theatre Royal Bath Productions co-production.

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The Dark Earth and the Light Sky, which premieres at the Almeida Theatre, London, in November 2012, delves into the life of this enigmatic and complex character in an era of change and destruction.

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James Joyce's short story The Dead, is dramatised by Frank McGuinness.

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A daughter is tied to her brilliant father by a passionate bond. The Designated Mourner is a harsh and poetic play about the pursuit of beauty in brutal times.The Designated Mourner premiered at the National Theatre, London, in April 1996.

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April De Angelis's hilarious backstage comedy - shortlisted for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize - recalls the origins of celebrity culture, before fame granted wealth and power.

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A vivid reimagining of Webster's The Duchess of Malfi for the #MeToo age from Zinnie Harris.

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Explores the role of women and issues of power, sex and corruption in the Italian court, creating two unforgettable anti-heroines.

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Semi-autobiographical, it is a fascinating, disturbing and humorous study which contains the seeds of all his subsequent work. The Dwarfs, in Kerry Lee Crabbe's adaptation, was screened on BBC4 in October 2002 and received its stage premire at the Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn, London in April 2003.

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I board a plane marked with the swastika and take the noon postal serviceflight from Stockholm to Berlin.

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When Claire, a priest, survives an atrocity she sets out on a quest to answer the most difficult question of all: 'Why' It's a journey that takes her to the edge of reason, science, politics and faith.

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Whether you are a professional actor looking for fresh audition pieces, an amateur in search of competition-worthy monologues, or a student in need of the right speech for workshop, this title offers an array of speeches from a diverse range of first-class playwrights. Each selection includes a synopsis of the play.

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I may be your servant in the theatre, but in real life, sweetheart, you are my sex-slave. But just how far should the woman go to prove him wrong A world of darker meaning lies beneath the wit and verbal exuberance of Martin Crimp's new version of Marivaux's great comedy.

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The Fever by Wallace Shawn follows a traveller who falls ill in a poor country, and plummets into a fever of self-examination.

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He can't help himself and he plunges into the forest. until the moment it dawnson him: night has fallen and he is completely lost.

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Tony Kushner's lively version of Brecht's parable of good and evil presented in an English/German parallel text edition with an introduction by Tom Kuhn.

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Plays include: Aeschylus: the Persians, Oresteia, Prometheus bound; Sophocles: Oedipus the king, Antigone, Electra, Oedipus at Colonus; Euripides: Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, Electra, Trojan women, Helen, Bacchae.

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Alan Bennett's first play since the runaway international success of The History Boys.