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If you loved Freshwater: A Comedy by Virginia Woolf, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in BRITISH AND IRISH DRAMA (DRAMATIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR).

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Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Freshwater: A Comedy.

The taming of the shrew. By Mr. William Shakespear. — William Shakespeare

The taming of the shrew. By Mr. William Shakespear.

William Shakespeare

Themes: BRITISH AND IRISH DRAMA (DRAMATIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

The Editing Process (Oberon Modern Plays) — Meredith Oakes

The Editing Process (Oberon Modern Plays)

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Unravelling the Ribbon — Mary Kelly

Unravelling the Ribbon

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Mamma Decemba — Nigel D. Moffatt

Nigel D. Moffatt

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The Strip — Phyllis Nagy

Themes: BRITISH AND IRISH DRAMA (DRAMATIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes (Oberon Modern Plays) — Adriano Shaplin

The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes (Oberon Modern Plays)

Adriano Shaplin

Themes: BRITISH AND IRISH DRAMA (DRAMATIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

Off-Centre Stages: Fringe Theatre at the Open Space and the Round House, 1968-1983 — Jinnie Schiele

Off-Centre Stages: Fringe Theatre at the Open Space and the Round House, 1968-1983

Themes: BRITISH AND IRISH DRAMA (DRAMATIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

The Wakefield Mysteries (Methuen’s Theatre Classics) — Adrian Etc Henri

The Wakefield Mysteries (Methuen’s Theatre Classics)

Adrian Etc Henri

Themes: BRITISH AND IRISH DRAMA (DRAMATIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

The Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Edition — William Shakespeare

The Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Edition

William Shakespeare

Themes: BRITISH AND IRISH DRAMA (DRAMATIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

Like a Virgin (Oberon Books) (Oberon Modern Plays) — Gordon Steel

Like a Virgin (Oberon Books) (Oberon Modern Plays)

Themes: BRITISH AND IRISH DRAMA (DRAMATIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

McLean Plays: 1: Julie Allardyce; Blackden; Rug Comes to Shuv; One Sure Thing; I’d Rather Go Blind (Contemporary Dramatists) — Duncan McLean

McLean Plays: 1: Julie Allardyce; Blackden; Rug Comes to Shuv; One Sure Thing; I’d Rather Go Blind (Contemporary Dramatists)

Themes: BRITISH AND IRISH DRAMA (DRAMATIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

Equus — Peter Shaffer

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Major Barbara — Bernard Shaw

Themes: BRITISH AND IRISH DRAMA (DRAMATIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

Starstruck’ & ‘The No-Boys Cricket Club’ (Modern Plays) — Roy Williams

Starstruck’ & ‘The No-Boys Cricket Club’ (Modern Plays)

Themes: BRITISH AND IRISH DRAMA (DRAMATIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

Dangerous Corner (Oberon Modern Plays) — J. B. Priestley

Dangerous Corner (Oberon Modern Plays)

J. B. Priestley

Themes: BRITISH AND IRISH DRAMA (DRAMATIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

Other Hands (Oberon Modern Plays) — Laura Wade

Other Hands (Oberon Modern Plays)

Themes: BRITISH AND IRISH DRAMA (DRAMATIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

Amobarbital Effects and Lateralized Brain Function: The Wada Test — David W. Loring

Amobarbital Effects and Lateralized Brain Function: The Wada Test

David W. Loring

Themes: BRITISH AND IRISH DRAMA (DRAMATIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

Caesar and Cleopatra (Penguin Classics) — George Bernard Shaw

Caesar and Cleopatra (Penguin Classics)

George Bernard Shaw

Themes: BRITISH AND IRISH DRAMA (DRAMATIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

Christmas (Modern Plays) — Simon Stephens

Christmas (Modern Plays)

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Four Comedies — John Vanbrugh

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FOOL & WE COME TO THE RIVER — Edward Bond

FOOL & WE COME TO THE RIVER

Themes: BRITISH AND IRISH DRAMA (DRAMATIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

The Playboy of the Western World and Other Plays: Riders to the Sea; The Shadow of the Glen; The Tinker’s Wedding; The Well of the Saints; The Playboy … Deirdre of the Sorrows (The World’s Classics) — J. M. Synge

The Playboy of the Western World and Other Plays: Riders to the Sea; The Shadow of the Glen; The Tinker’s Wedding; The Well of the Saints; The Playboy … Deirdre of the Sorrows (The World’s Classics)

Themes: BRITISH AND IRISH DRAMA (DRAMATIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

Selected Short Plays (Shaw Library) — George Bernard Shaw

Selected Short Plays (Shaw Library)

George Bernard Shaw

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Fast Labour (WY Play House) — Steve Waters

Fast Labour (WY Play House)

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This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Freshwater: A Comedy by Virginia Woolf. Connected by BRITISH AND IRISH DRAMA (DRAMATIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR). Authors featured include William Shakespeare, Meredith Oakes, Mary Kelly, Nigel D. Moffatt, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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