Historical
Historical plays transport audiences to pivotal moments in time — wars, revolutions, royal courts and ordinary lives caught in extraordinary circumstances. With over 420 titles spanning ancient civilisations to the twentieth century, our collection gives directors rich source material for productions that educate and enthrall.
Sense And Sensibility by Jane AustenJane Eyre - Oberon Edition by The Company from Charlotte BronteFather Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) by Suzan-lori ParksCaptain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De BernièresPeter Pan by Jm. BarriePressure by David HaigThe Secret River (Stage Version) by Kate GrenvilleThe Complete History Of Comedy (Abridged) by Reed MartinA Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht trans Mark RavenhillHome, I'm Darling by Laura WadeThe Sweet Science Of Bruising by Joy WilkinsonFanny & Alexander by Stephen Beresford from Ingmar BergmanThe Welkin by Lucy KirkwoodA Tale Of Two Cities by Mike Poulton from Charles DickensAda And The Engine by Lauren GundersonA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Arthur Riordan from James JoyceSilent Sky by Lauren GundersonEmilia by Morgan Lloyd MalcolmMiss Bennet: Christmas At Pemberley by Lauren GundersonWhisky Galore by Compton MackenzieThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by Angus Jackson from John BoyneAnna Karenina by Helen Edmundson from Leo TolstoyDesdemona by Toni MorrisonThe Lion In Winter by James GoldmanCyrano De Bergerac by Glyn Maxwell from Edmond RostandDr. Frankenstein by Selma DimitrijevićCure At Troy by Seamus HeaneyOne Night In Miami... by Kemp PowersVenus In Fur by David IvesJessica Swale's Blue Stockings by Jessica SwaleThe Witch Of Edmonton by Lucy MunroKen Ludwig's The Game's Afoot, Or, Holmes For The Holidays by Ken LudwigJekyll And Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonA Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainMachinal by Sophie TreadwellBoudica by Tristan BernaysThe Woman in White by Nicola Boyce from Wilkie CollinsIn The Next Room, Or, The Vibrator Play by Sarah RuhlJefferson's Garden by Timberlake WertenbakerOslo by J T. RogersBlue Stockings by Jessica SwaleEquivocation by Bill CainJohn Steinbeck's East Of Eden by Frank GalatiImperium by Robert HarrisPeter and Alice by John LoganUnicorns, Almost by Owen SheersAn Octoroon by Branden Jacobs-jenkinsShakespeare in Love by Lee Hall from the ScreenplayThe Crucible by Susan AbbotsonLes Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher HamptonBette & Joan by Anton BurgeEveryman by Carol Ann DuffyCranford by Laura Turner from Elizabeth GaskellPhilip Pullman's Grimm Tales by Philip PullmanThe House That Will Not Stand by Marcus GardleyThe Wider Earth by David MortonThe Slaves of Solitude by Nicholas WrightThe Audience by Peter MorganThe Glove Thief by Beth FlintoffGuards At The Taj by Rajiv Joseph