Selection of our foreign playwrights

 

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ε Δ Φ

 

A

Ron Aldridge

THE HAUNTING OF PAUL PENGELLY — eng — 2m-2f
HOVERING — eng — 1m
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE — eng — 4m-2f
YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG TWICE — eng — 3m-4f
THAT'S LOVE — eng — 4m-2f

Roberto Athayde

APARECEU A MARGARIDA [DONA MARGARIDA] — port, da, no, sw — 1f
UNREQUITED LOVE — eng — 5m-3/4f

 

B

Caron de Beaumarchais

BARBERAREN I SEVILLA — sw (Allan Bergstrand) — 10m-1f

Loleh Bellon

LES DAMES DU JEUDI — fr, da, no — 2m-3f
L'ELOIGNEMENT — sw — 3m-3f
LE COEUR SUR LA MAIN — fr — 1m-4f
APRES DISSIPATION DES BRUMES MATINALES — fr, da, sw — 2m-2f

Andrew Bergman

SOCIAL SECURITY — eng, no — 3m-3f

Jean-Marie Besset

CE QUI ARRIVE ET CE QU'ON ATTEND — fr, eng — 5m-2f

Lee Blessing

A WALK IN THE WOODS — eng, sw, no, da — 2m
ELEEMOSYNARY — eng — 3f
TWO ROOMS — eng — 2m-2f
WAR OF THE ROSES — eng — 1m-1f

Michail Bulgakov

MΔSTAREN OCH MARGARIDA — sw — many roles
SALIGHETEN (INGENJΦR REJNS DRΦM) — sw — 13m-3f
DON QUIJOTE OCH SANCHO PANZA — sw

 

C

Wil Calhoun

THE BALCONY SCENE — eng — 2m-1f

Marc Camoletti

BOEING BOEING — fr, eng — 2m-4f
LA BONNE ANNA — da — 2m-3f
LA CHAMBRE D'AMI — fr, da — 2m-3f
HAPPY BIRTHDAY — fr, da — 2m-3f
ON DINERA AU LIT — da — 3m-3f
PYJAMA POUR SIX — fr, da, sw, eng — 3m-3f
SEX & JALOUSIE — fr, eng — 2m-4f

Jean-Claude Carriιre

LA CONFERENCE DES OISEAUX — fr, sw
LE MAHABHARATA — fr — many roles
LA TERRASSE — fr — 4m-3f

Arieh Chen

USE ME — eng — 2m-3f

Per Chenon

GOOD NIGHT SWEETHEART — sw — 1m-2f

Jean-Marie Chevret

THE THREE GOOSES / LES AMAZONES — fr, eng — 2m-3f

Caryl Churchill & David Lan

A MOUTHFULL OF BIRDS — eng — 3m-4f

Bernard da Costa

LES ADIEUX DE LA GRANDE DUCHESSE — fr, da — 2m-1f
BOOMERANG! — fr, eng — 1m-1f
BRUMMEL A CAEN — fr, eng — 5m-3f
FREDERIC ET VOLTAIRE — fr — 2m
PAT ET SARAH — fr, eng — 3m-3f

Noλl Coward

AFTER THE BALL (after Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan) — edit. Barry Day — eng — 3m-3f
THE ASTONISHED HEART — sw
BLITHE SPIRIT — eng, sw — 2m-5f
COME INTO THE GARDEN MAUD — eng, sw — 2m-2f
DESIGN FOR LIVING — eng, sw, da — 6m-4f
EASY VIRTUE — eng — 9m-10f
FALLEN ANGELS — eng, da, sw — 3m-3f
FAMILY ALBUM — eng, sw, da — 5m-4f
FUMED OAK — eng, sw — 1m-3f
HAY FEVER — eng, da, sw — 4m-5f
THE MARQUISE — eng — 6m-3f
OH COWARD! — eng — 2m-1f
PRESENT LAUGHTER — eng, sw — 6m-5f
PRIVATE LIVES — eng, sw, da — 2m-3f
QUADRILLE — eng — many roles
SEMI MONDE — eng — many roles
A SONG AT TWILIGHT — eng — 2m-2f
STAR QUALITY — eng — 7m-5f
STILL LIFE — sw — 1m-1f
WAITING IN THE WINGS — eng, da — 5m-13f
THE VORTEX — eng — 6m-4f

Constance Cox

A TIME FOR LOVING — eng — 2m-2f

Martin Crimp

FOUR ATTEMPTED ACTS — eng — 1m-2f

Gerard Croce

LE GRAND GUIGNOL REVIENT — fr

Mike Culleu

ANNA WEISS — eng — 1m-2f

 

D

Jean-Paul Daumas

LE CIMETIERE DES ELEPHANTS — fr, eng — 1m-4f

Fred Denger

LANGUSTEN — ger, sw, no — 1f

Jorge Diaz

CANTO LIBRE — sw — 1m-3f
EL CEPILLO DE DIENTES — sp — 1m-2f
DICEN QUE LA DISTANCIA ES EL OLVIDO [DAILY NIGHTMARES] — eng — 3m-3f

Charles Dickens

A CHRISTMAS CAROL — dramat. Derek Killeen & dramat. Kevan Sheehan — eng, sw — many roles
HARD TIMES — dramat. Stephen Jeffreys — sw (Bo G Forsberg) — many roles
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY — adapt. David Edgar — eng

J. Dostojevskij & A. Charpak

BROTT OCH STRAFF — dramat. H.-A.Holm & J.Hεkanson & L.Bjurman — sw — many roles
BROTT OCH STRAFF — dramat. Runar Martholm — sw — 4m-3f

Alan Drury

THE MAN HIMSELF — eng, sw — 1m

Pierrette Dupoyet

GELSOMINA — fr, sw

Christopher Durang

BABY WITH THE BATHWATER — eng, sw — 2m-3f
BEYOND THERAPY — eng, sw — 4m-2f
LAUGHING WILD — eng — 1m-2f
THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE AND BOO — eng — 5/6m-5/6f
SISTER MARY IGNATIUS EXPLAINS IT ALL FOR YOU — eng — 3m-3f

Friedrich Dόrrenmatt

DER BESUCH DER ALTEN DAME — ger, eng, da, no, sw — many roles
DIE FRIST — ger — many roles
HERKULES UND DER STALL DES AUGIAS — da (radioversion) — many roles
NΔCHTLICHES GESPRΔCH MIT EINEM VERACHTETEN MENSCHEN — sw
DIE PANNE — ger, da
DIE PHYSIKER — sw, no — 14m-4f

 

E

David Edgar

WOULD YOU BUY A USED HORSE FROM THIS MAN? or DICK DETERRED — eng — many roles
MAYDAYS — eng — many roles
THE SHAPE OF THE TABLE — eng — 8m-3f
TWO KINDS OF ANGEL — eng, sw — 2f

Andrι Ernotte & Elliot Tiber

ATTENTION, FRAGILE! [HANDLE WITH CARE] — music: Claude Lombard — fr, eng, da — 1m-1f+orchestra
GOODBYE, HELLO! — eng — 2m-4f
INGRID BERGMAN & ORSON WELLES IN THE DUNES — eng — 2m-2f
KINGDOM COME — eng — 2m-4f
THE MUSIC KEEPER — eng, da, sw — 1m-1f

 

F

Georges Feydeau & Maurice Desvalliθres

HOTEL PARADISO [SPΦKHOTELLET] — sw — 9m-6f
LEVA LOPPAN — sw — 10m-5f

Susan Flakes

THE MOTHER'S DAUGHTER — eng, sw — 3f
WIDOW'S WALK — eng — 3m-4f
THE WOMAN WILL PLAY STRINDBERG'S CHRISTINA — eng — 1f

John Fowles

THE COLLECTOR — adapt. David Parker — eng, sw, da — 1m-1f

Vince Foxall

GOSSIP — eng — 4m-4f

Dave Freeman

A BEDFULL OF FOREIGNERS — eng, sw, da — 4m-3f
KINDLY KEEP IT COVERED — eng, sw — 3m-4f

 

G

Alexander Gelman

PROTOKOLL EINER SITZUNG [PROTOKOL ODNOGO ZASEDANIJA] — ger
PΕ TU MAN HAND MED ALLA — sw — 1m-1f

Pam Gems

AUNT MARY — eng — 4m-2f
CAMILLE — eng, no, sw — many roles
DUSA, FISH, STAS AND VI — eng, sw, no — 4f
LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD — eng — 1m-3f
MARLENE — eng, sw — 1m-4f
PIAF — eng, no, sw — many roles
QUEEN CHRISTINA — eng, sw, da — 5m-3f-1child
STANLEY — eng — 5m-6f
THE TREAT — eng, sw — 3m-3f

Jean Giraudoux

L'APPOLON DE BELLAC — sw — 8m-3f

John Godber

APRIL IN PARIS — eng — 1m-1f
BOUNCERS — eng, da, sw — 4m
DEPARTURES — eng — 2/3m-2/5k
THE OFFICE PARTY — eng — 4m-3f+others
THICK AS A BRICK — music: John Pattison — eng — 3m-4f

John Godber & Jane Thornton

SHAKERS — eng, sw — 4f

Nicolaj Gogol

ROCKEN — dramat. Julian Tuwin — sw-transl. and adapt. Axelle Axell & Jurij Lederman — many roles

Rose Leiman Goldemberg

LETTERS HOME (after Sylvia Plath's novel) — eng — 2f

Carlo Goldoni

LE BARUFFE CHIOZOTTE [GRUFFET I CHIOZZA] — da, sw — many roles
LA DONA DI GARBO [PANGBRUDEN] — sw
LA LOCANDIERA [VΔRDSHUSVΔRDINNAN] — sw
I RUSTEGHI [BRUMBJΦRNARNA eller KARLAR ΔR KARLAR] — sw — 6m-4f
IL SERVITORE DI DUE PADRONI [HARLEKIN TVΕ HERRARS TJΔNARE] — it, sw — 7m-3f

Steve Gooch

FEMALE TRANSPORT — eng, sw — 4m-6f

Maxim Gorkii

HUSETS HERRE — sw

Simon Gray

CELL MATES — eng — 4m-1f
CLOSE OF PLAY — eng, da — 4m-4f
THE COMMON PURSUIT — eng — 5m-1f
THE IDIOT (based upon Dostojevsky's novel) — eng — 11m-4f
JAPES — eng — 2m-1f
JUST THE THREE OF US — eng — 1m-2f
THE LATE MIDDLE CLASSES — eng — 4m-2f
LIFE SUPPORT — eng — 3m-2f
SIMPLY DISCONNECTED — eng — 5m-2f

Graham Greene

THE COMPLAISANT LOVER — eng, sw — 5m-3f-1child
THE END OF THE AFFAIR — adapt. Rupert Goold & Caroline Butler — eng — 5m-1f
TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT — dramat. Giles Havergal — eng, sw

Tom Griffin

THE BOYS NEXT DOOR — eng, no, sw — 7m-2f

Jean Claude Grumberg

L'ATELIER — sw, da — 7m-6f
DREYFUS — fr, da — 8m-2f
ZONE LIBRE — fr — ca.4m-4f
RIXE — fr, sw — 1m-1f

Vladimir Gubareyev

SARCOPHAGUS — eng, sw, no — many roles

A.R.Gurney Jr.

ANOTHER ANTIGONE — eng — 2m-2f
THE COCKTAIL HOUR — eng — 2m-2f
THE DINING ROOM — eng, sw, da, no — 3m-3f
THE GOLDEN AGE — eng — 1m-2f
THE PERFECT PARTY — eng — 3m-2f

 

H

Victor Haim

LA VALSE DU HASARD — fr, da — 1m-1f

Moss Hart

LIGHT UP THE SKY — eng — 9m-4f

Robin Hawdon

BIRTHDAY SUITE — eng, da — 3m-2f

Albert Husson

LA CUISINE DES ANGES — fr, sw — 10m-3f

 

I

Eric Idle

PASS THE BUTLER — eng, sw, da, no — 6m-3f

Jean-Claude van Itallie

BAG LADY — eng, sw — 1f

K

George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart

GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE — da — 9m-7f
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER — eng, da — many roles
ONCE IN A LIFETIME — eng, sw, da — many roles
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU — sw, no, da

Julia Kearsley

LEAVING HOME — eng — 2m-4f
WEDNESDAY — eng, sw — 1m-2f-1boy

Tom Kempinski

DUET FOR ONE — eng, da, sw, no — 1m-1f
FLASHPOINT — eng, da, sw — 7m
GARBO — eng — 1m-1f

Rob Kent

THE BOWHARP LEGENDS — eng — 3m-2f

 

L

Dany Laurent

...COMME EN 14! or WOMEN'S CHRISTMAS — fr, eng — 1m-4f

Doug Lucie

FASHION — eng, da — 6m-3f

Claire Luckham

THE CHOICE — eng, sw, no — 2m-3f

Charles Ludlam

GALAS — eng — 7m-6k
THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP — eng, sw, no, da — 1m-1f
MEDEA (after Euripides) — eng — 3m-2f-chorus

Luigi Lunari

THE MAESTRO AND THE OTHERS — eng — many roles

 

M

Claude Magnier

BLAISE — fr, sw, da — 2m-7f
MONSIEUR MASURE — sw, no, da — 2m-1f
OSCAR — fr, sw — 4m-5f

Anthony Minghella

LOVE BITES — eng — 6m-5f
WHALE MUSIC — eng, da — 7f

Julian Mitchell

HALF-LIFE — eng — 5m-3f

Moliθre

GEORGE DANDIN — sw (Allan Bergstrand) — 5m-3f
LE MΙDECIN MALGRΙ LUI-1666 [LΔKARE MOT SIN VILJA] — sw (Allan Bergstrand) — 7m-3f
TARTUFFE ou L'IMPOSTEUR [TARTUFFE eller HYCKLAREN] — sw (Allan Bergstrand) — 8m-4f

Harald Mueller

ROSEL — ger, sw — 1f
SOUNDCHECK — ger — 3m-2f
STILLE NACHT — ger, sw, da, no — 1m-1f
TOTENFLOSS — ger, sw, no, da — 4 actors

John Muir

THE LOUDEST TEARS IN TOWN — eng — 4m-2f

John Murrell

MEMOIR — eng, sw, no, ger — 1m-1f
WAITING FOR THE PARADE — eng — 5f

 

N

Guido Nahum

THE FLING — eng — 2m-3f

Dominique Nohain

DEFENSE DE DOUBLER OU CONSTANCE ET CAROLINE [HΔR KOMMER EN ANNAN] — fr, sw — 2m-1f

P

Judith Paris

WEILL AND LENYA — eng — 1m-1f-1pianist

Eduardo Pavlovsky

EL SENOR GALINDEZ — sw

Paloma Pedrero

THE CALL OF LAUREN — eng — 1m-1f
A NIGHT DIVIDED/ THE VOUCHER/ TONIGHT WE'RE ALONE — eng — 1m-1f

Gillian Plowman

ME AND MY FRIEND — eng, sw, da — 2m-2f
THE PURITY GAME — eng — 4m-3f

Antonio Porta

FUOCHI INCROCIATI [KORSELD] — sw — 1m-1f

Dennis Potter

BRIMSTONE AND TREACLE — eng — 2m-2f

Jean-Franηois Prιvand

CAMUS....SARTRE....ET "LES AUTRES" — fr, eng — 2m-1f
MASTERS AND SERVANTS — eng — 2m
VOLTAIRE AND ROUSSEAU — eng — 2m

 

R

Ljudmila Razumowskaja

KΔRA JELENA SERGEJEVA — sw — 3m-2f

Luis Rιgo & Philippe Bruneau

FROMAGE OU DESSERT — sw, no — 6m-5f

Lanie Robertson

LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL — eng — 1m(pianist)-1f

Alan Rossett

HOW IT HAPPENED — fr, eng — 1m-2f

Andrι Roussin

LES GLORIEUSES — sw — 4m-6f
SNYTNINGEN eller SMΔLLEN eller ΦRFILEN — sw — 7m-3f

Viktor Rozov

GNEZDO GLU CHARJA [EN VANLIG ENKEL FAMILJ] — sw — many roles

 

S

Jaime Salσm

ALMOST A GODDESS — eng — 3m-1f
THE YOUNG LADIES OF AVIGNONG — eng, fr — 1m-6f

Alfonso Sastre

ASKAN OCH BLODET [MIGUEL SERVET] — sw

George B. Shaw

ANDROCLES AND THE LION — eng, sw — many roles
THE APPLE CART — eng — many roles
ARMS AND THE MAN — eng, da — 5m-3f
CAESAR OG CLEOPATRA — eng, da — many roles
CANDIDA — eng, sw — 4m-2f
THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE — eng, da — 10m-5f
THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA — eng, sw — many roles
GETTING MARRIED — eng
GREAT CATHERINE — eng, no — 6m-3f
HEARTBREAK HOUSE — eng, sw — 6m-4f
MAJOR BARBARA — eng, sw, da — 8m-6f
MAN AND SUPERMAN — eng, sw, da — 3m-1f
MESALLIANCE — eng, da — 6m-3f
PYGMALION — eng, da, sw — 8m-4f
SAINT JOAN — eng, da, sw — many roles
VILLAGE WOOING — eng — 1m-1f
WIDOWERS' HOUSES — eng, da
YOU NEVER CAN TELL — eng, no

Irwin Shaw

THE GENTLE PEOPLE [FLINKE FOLK] — da

Mary Shelley

FRANKENSTEIN, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS — adapt. Laurence Maslon — eng — 8m-2f

Sam Shepard

ACTION — eng, sw — 2m-2f
ANGEL CITY — eng, da
BURIED CHILD — eng, da, no, sw — 5m-2f
COWBOY MOUTH — eng, sw — 2m-1f
CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS — eng, sw — 7m-2f
EYES FOR CONSUELA (from the story of The Blue Bouquet by Octavio Paz) — eng, sw — 3m-1f
FOOL FOR LOVE — eng, da, sw — 3m-1f
GEOGRAPHY OF A HORSE DREAMER — eng
THE GOD OF HELL — eng — 3m-1f
ICARUS'S MOTHER — eng, sw — 3m-2f
THE LATE HENRY MOSS — eng — 5m-1f
A LIE OF THE MIND — eng, no, sw, da — 4m-4f
THE MAD DOG BLUES — eng — 6m-3f-4musicians
OPERATION SIDEWINDER — eng, no — many roles
PICTURES-IMAGES (radioplay) — eng, no
RED CROSS — eng — 1m-2f
SEDUCED — eng
SHAVED SPLITS — eng — 3m-1f
SIMPATICO — eng, sw, da — 3m-3f
STATES OF SHOCK — eng, da, sw — 3m-2f
SUICIDE IN Bb-A MYSTERIOUS OVERTURE — eng
THE TOOTH OF CRIME — eng, no — 6m-1f
TRUE WEST — eng, sw — 3m-1f
THE UNSEEN HAND — eng — 5m

Sam Shepard & Joseph Chaikin

TONGUES-A PIECE OF VOICE AND PERCUSSION — eng
THE WAR IN HEAVEN - ANGEL'S MONOLOGUE — eng — 1 actor
WHEN THE WORLD WAS GREEN-A CHEF'S FABLE — eng — 2m

John Sherry

THE ICING — eng, sw — 3f

Joan Shirley

MURDER BY SEX — eng — 3m-5f
THE TART AND THE VICAR'S WIFE — eng

Mayo Simon

THESE MEN — eng, sw — 2f

Barrie Stavis

THE MAN WHO NEVER DIED — eng, sw — many roles

Gordon Steel

LIKE A VIRGIN — eng — 2m-3f

Carl Sternheim

DER SNOB — ger, da — 4m-4f

Patrick Sόίkind

DER KONTRABASS — ger, eng, sw, no — 1m

 

T

C.P. Taylor

"AND A NIGHTINGALE SANG..." — eng — 4m-3f

Anton Tjechov

RUSSISK ROULET (texts by Tjechov adapt. for the scen by Steen Albrectsen) — sw — 2m-2f

John Tobias

HORNS — eng — 4m-1f
IS THE REAL YOU REALLY YOU? (a musical play) — book & lyrics: John Tobias & Patricia Wing — music: Mitch Kerper — eng — 2m-2f
MY HUSBAND'S WILD DESIRES ALMOST DROVE ME MAD — eng, sw, da — 3m-2f
NOSTALGIA — eng — 2m-2f
 TRIGGERS — eng — 3m-1f
 SELL AND SITTING — eng — 2m-2f

Leo Tolstoj

ANNA KARENINA — dramat. Lalja Roseba — sw — 10m-10f

 

V

Pedro Vianna

LOS GRITOS [SKRIKEN] — sp, sw — 2m-1f

Anca Visdei

ALWAYS TOGETHER — eng — 2f
CLASS PHOTO — eng — 5m-4f

Julia Voznesenskaja

KVINNORNAS DECAMERONE — sw, da — many roles

 

W

Ara Watson & Mary Gallagher

CHOCOLATE CAKE — eng — 2f

Frank Wedekind

FRάHLINGSERWACHEN — sw (Frederik Sjφgren)

Timberlake Wertenbaker

AFTER DARWIN — eng — 5m-1f
ASHGIRL — eng — many roles
THE BREAK OF DAY — eng — many roles
CREDIBLE WITNESS — eng — 8m-3f
THE GRACE OF MARY TRAVERSE — eng — many roles
HOME LEAVE — eng — 1m-3f
INSIDE OUT — eng — 1m-3f
THE LOVE OF THE NIGHTINGALE — eng, sw — many roles
NEW ANATOMIES — eng — 6f
OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD (based on Thomas Keneally's novel The Playmaker) — eng, da — 6m-4f
THREE BIRDS ALIGHTING ON A FIELD — eng, sw — many roles
VARIATIONS - THE LIFE OF GEORGE SAND — eng

Lina Wertmόller

AMORE E MAGIA NELLA CUCINA DI MAMMA — it, ger, no, sw — 12f
GIANNI, GINETTA E GLI ALTRI — ger — 5m-3f
STORIA D'AMORE E D'ANARCHIA — ger — many roles

William Wharton

BIRDY — adapt. Naomi Wallace — eng — 6m

Nigel Williams

HARRY AND ME — eng, sw — 2m-1f
THE LAST ROMANTICS — eng — 4m-1f
LINE 'EM — eng, sw — 14m
MY BROTHER'S KEEPER — eng — 4m-1f
NATIVITY — eng
ONCE BITTEN.... (a musical comedy based on Frederick Lonsdale's "On Approval") — eng
SUGAR AND SPICE — eng, sw — 4m-5f
W.C.P.C. — eng

David H. Wilson

GAS AND CANDLES — eng, sw, no — 2m-1f

Robert Wilson

DEATH, DESTRUCTION & DETROIT — ger — many roles

Snoo Wilson

BLOW JOB — eng, sw