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24 books recommended for fans of Thebans by Liz Lochhead, tied together by themes of Australian & Oceanian, Drama, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and European.

Australian & Oceanian Drama English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh European Performing Arts

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A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

Brothers Wreck — Jada Alberts

Themes: Australian & Oceanian • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Highway of Lost Hearts — Mary Anne Butler

Highway of Lost Hearts

Mary Anne Butler

Themes: Australian & Oceanian • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Engine — Janis Balodis

Themes: Australian & Oceanian • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Specimen Literarium Inaugurale, Continens Plauti Pseudolum, Adnotatione Instructum (1836) — Titus Maccius Plautus

Specimen Literarium Inaugurale, Continens Plauti Pseudolum, Adnotatione Instructum (1836)

Titus Maccius Plautus

Themes: Australian & Oceanian • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Lachlan Philpott: Plays One — Lachlan Philpott

Lachlan Philpott: Plays One

Lachlan Philpott

Themes: Australian & Oceanian • Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Blood and Ice — Liz Lochhead

Themes: Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

The Wonderful World of Dissocia — Anthony Neilson

The Wonderful World of Dissocia

Anthony Neilson

Themes: Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

The Bible and Modern British Drama From 1930 to the Present Day — Mary F. Brewer

The Bible and Modern British Drama From 1930 to the Present Day

Themes: Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

Contemporary Irish Theatre and Social Change Activist Aesthetics — Emer O’Toole

Contemporary Irish Theatre and Social Change Activist Aesthetics — Emer O’Toole

Themes: Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

Complete Works — Harold Pinter

Themes: Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

What the Butler Saw A Play in Two Acts — Joe Orton

What the Butler Saw A Play in Two Acts

Themes: Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

Anagrams of Desire Angela Carter’s Writing for Radio, Film, and Television — Charlotte Crofts

Anagrams of Desire Angela Carter’s Writing for Radio, Film, and Television

Charlotte Crofts

Themes: Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

London Kills Me — Hanif Kureishi

London Kills Me

Themes: Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

Hamlet — William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Themes: Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

Half-Empty Glasses — Dipo Baruwa-Etti

Half-Empty Glasses

Dipo Baruwa-Etti

Themes: Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

Mrs. Klein — Nicholas Wright

Nicholas Wright

Themes: Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

Fixer — Lydia Adetunji

Themes: Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

Wildefire — Roy Williams

Themes: Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

Actors and Acting in Shakespeare’s Time The Art of Stage Playing — John H. Astington

Actors and Acting in Shakespeare’s Time The Art of Stage Playing

John H. Astington

Themes: Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

Rage — Simon Stephens

Themes: Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

Leaving Home A Drama in Two Acts — David French

Leaving Home A Drama in Two Acts

Themes: Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

Young Vic Taking Part Collection 1 Three Plays by Luke Barnes: Men in Blue, Fable, The Jumper Factory — Luke Barnes

Young Vic Taking Part Collection 1 Three Plays by Luke Barnes: Men in Blue, Fable, The Jumper Factory

Themes: Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

Beckett’s Happy Days A Manuscript Study — S. E. Gontarski

Beckett’s Happy Days A Manuscript Study

S. E. Gontarski

Themes: Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

Critical Moments Fintan O’Toole on Modern Irish Theatre — Fintan O’Toole

Critical Moments Fintan O’Toole on Modern Irish Theatre — Fintan O’Toole

Themes: Drama • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Thebans by Liz Lochhead — spanning Australian & Oceanian, Drama, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and featuring authors such as Jada Alberts, Mary Anne Butler, Janis Balodis, Titus Maccius Plautus, and others.

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