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On we salute the ‘lost plays’ – all the plays ever made that have been forgotten and destroyed, or exist only in distant memories, dusty archives, or fragile scraps of papyrus.

And we're very excited to be in rehearsals for our new play Fragments!

It’s about the search for the greatest play you’ve never seen, by the ancient playwright Euripides. Most of what we have of the text today comes from an actor’s working script from the third century CE. Now those actor's lines will be heard aloud on stage for the first time in nearly two thousand years.

Happy World Theatre Day!

Coming soon to The Playground Theatre 🎟️ bit.ly/fragmentsTPT




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Actor Akiel Dowe holds a large sheet of papyrus in his hand, lit by the light of an overhead projector in a dark room.
Photo by Richard Wyllie.

Dear friends, we are delighted to announce that the world premiere of Fragments, by Laura Swift and Russell Bender is here...

We can’t wait to share our collaboration with Classicist Laura Swift exploring mysterious fragments of an ancient lost play. After our work was interrupted for a while in 2020, we are back and coming to London and Oxford in April and May 2023.

Tickets for our London run at The Playground Theatre are available now.

For more information and booking visit: bit.ly/fragmentsTPT