Since the beginning of 2014, I’ve tweeted about one play a
week that I recommend reading. Of course, plays are meant to be seen rather
than read, yet if you are either unable to see a particular play, fancy
brushing up on the classical canon, or just want to read a playtext, then
#ReadaPlayaWeek offers a wide range of scripts. From the challenging and the
classical to the popular and the contemporary, from a host of playwrights, both
well-known and obscure, from all over the world, here are 2014’s
#ReadaPlayaWeek suggestions:
January
The Caretaker (1960), Harold Pinter
The Night Heron (2002), Jez Butterworth
The Winterling (2006), Jez Butterworth
Separate Tables (1954), Terence Rattigan
A Taste of Honey (1958), Shelagh Delaney
February
The Shape of Things (2001), Neil LaBute
The Weir (1997), Conor McPherson
random (2008), debbie tucker green
All My Sons (1947), Arthur Miller
March
Twelfth Night (c.1602), William Shakespeare
Mother Clap’s Molly House (2001), Mark Ravenhill
Plenty (1978), David Hare
England People Very Nice (2009), Richard Bean
April
The History Boys (2004), Alan Bennett
Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick (1998), Terry Johnson
Awake and Sing! (1935), Clifford Odets
Jerusalem (2009), Jez Butterworth
May
Old Times (1971), Harold Pinter
Shopping and Fucking (1996), Mark Ravenhill
The Permanent Way (2003), David Hare
Birdland (2014), Simon Stephens
Body Language (1990), Alan Ayckbourn
June
Noises Off (1982), Michael Frayn
Arcadia (1993), Tom Stoppard
Volpone (1606), Ben Jonson
The Secret Rapture (1988), David Hare
July
Glengarry Glen Ross (1984), David Mamet
The Trial of Ubu and King Ubu (2012), Simon Stephens, King Ubu after Alfred Jarry (1896)
Chimerica (2013), Lucy Kirkwood
The Unexpected Man (1998), Yasmina Reza
The
Seagull (1896), Anton Chekhov
August
Uncle
Vanya (1898), Anton Chekhov
Parlour
Song (2008), Jez Butterworth
Dead
Funny (1994), Tony Johnson
August,
Osage County (2007), Tracy Letts
September
Beyond
Therapy (1981), Christopher Durang
Quartermaine’s
Terms (1981), Simon Gray
The
Imaginary Invalid (1673), Moliere
Bluebird
(1998), Simon Stephens
October
Stuff
Happens (2004), David Hare
The
Lady’s Not For Burning (1948), Christopher Fry
Anne
Boleyn (2010), Howard Brenton
Blue
Heart (1997), Caryl Churchill
The
Invisible Man (1991), Ken Hill after HG Wells’ novel
November
A
Dream Play (2005), Caryl Churchill after Strindberg (1907)
The
River (2012), Jez Butterworth
The
Philadelphia Story (1939), Philip Barry
Christmas
(2004), Simon Stephens
December
Absurd
Person Singular (1972), Alan Ayckbourn
Almost,
Maine (2004), John Cariani
Jeffrey
Bernard is Unwell (1989), Keith Waterhouse
Not
I (1972), Samuel Beckett
Breath
(1969), Samuel Beckett
#ReadaPlayaWeek will continue in
2015.
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