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.
The Welkin by Lucy KirkwoodThe Crucible by Arthur MillerIndecent by Paula VogelSilent Sky by Lauren GundersonThe Revolutionists by Lauren GundersonThe Secret River (Stage Version) by Kate GrenvilleEmilia by Morgan Lloyd MalcolmPeter and Alice by John LoganAn Octoroon by Branden Jacobs-jenkinsCaptain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De BernièresThe Sweet Science Of Bruising by Joy WilkinsonCure At Troy by Seamus HeaneyHome, I'm Darling by Laura WadeJane Eyre - Oberon Edition by The Company from Charlotte BronteShakespeare in Love by Lee HallEveryman by Carol Ann DuffyA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Arthur Riordan from James JoyceThe Complete History Of Comedy (Abridged) by Reed MartinMiss Bennet: Christmas At Pemberley by Lauren GundersonWolf Hall by Hilary MantelKen Ludwig's The Game's Afoot, Or, Holmes For The Holidays by Ken LudwigBlue Stockings by Jessica SwaleAda And The Engine by Lauren GundersonFather Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) by Suzan-lori ParksDr. Frankenstein by Selma DimitrijevićAll The Discworld's A Stage by Terry PratchettOne Night In Miami... by Kemp PowersThe House That Will Not Stand by Marcus GardleyThe Woman in White by Nicola Boyce from Wilkie CollinsPressure by David HaigBoudica by Tristan BernaysThe Witch Of Edmonton by Lucy MunroThe Christmas Truce by Phil Porter8 Hotels by Nicholas WrightOslo by J T. RogersThe Wider Earth by David MortonPlays by W Somerset MaughamLes Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher HamptonThe Revival - A Ghost Play by James CawoodTipping The Velvet by Sarah WatersMarie Antoinette by David AdjmiUnicorns, Almost by Owen SheersJapanese Nō Dramas by Royall TylerA Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainThe Watsons by Laura WadeBette & Joan by Anton BurgeOnce upon a Bride There was a Forest by Kristen PalmerA Midsummer Night's Dream (Arden Shakespeare: Second Series) by William ShakespearePeter Pan by Jm. BarrieScuttlers by Rona MunroEquivocation by Bill CainMachinal by Sophie TreadwellCranford by Laura Turner from Elizabeth GaskellHarlequinade & All On Her Own by Terence RattiganImperium by Robert HarrisDiary Of A Nobody by George & Weedon GrossmithJefferson's Garden by Timberlake WertenbakerLawrence After Arabia by Howard BrentonJekyll And Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonPhilip Pullman's Grimm Tales by Philip Pullman