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Calendar Girls
When Annie's husband John dies of leukaemia, she and her long-standing best friend Chris resolve to...
Candida
One of George Bernard Shaw’s lesser known works, Candida examines marriage and the relationship betw...
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Charley's Aunt
Charley and Jack love Amy and Kitty. Amy is about to go away, and Charley thinks he may miss his opp...
Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper by the Dozen is a stage adaptation of the novel about the real-life Frank and Lillian Gilbre...
Chicago
Chicago is a satirical play that is best known today as the inspiration for the of the same name. I...
A Christmas Carol
Jack Thorne’s modern adaptation of Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, is a clever pie...
Le Cid
The Princess of Castile, known as the ’Infanta’, has fallen in love with Don Rodrigo, a man far belo...
The Clockmaker
Heinrich Mann, a clockmaker, is asked by Monsieur Pierre just who he is in terms of his place in the...
The Clouds
Strepsiades, an aging Athenian farmer, has been reduced to poverty due to the extravagant tastes of...
The Cocktail Party
The play focuses on a troubled married couple and their associates. Through the intervention of a ra...
Colder Than Here
Myra may be dying of cancer, but she’s hardly going to let that dampen her spirit. Instead, she deci...
The Colleen Bawn
Dion Boucicault’s The Colleen Bawn is based on Gerald Griffin’s 1829 novel The Collegians, itself in...
