Fine acting and lively dialogue save this philosophical play from feeling static as it applies Athenian ideals to modern dilemmas

Playwright Howard Brenton asks why ancient Athens turned on its famous citizen, and how such an uncompromising free-thinker might fare in our own ‘age of rage’

This magnificently honest play about the Shelleys and Byron’s summer of sexual experimentation raises difficult questions about the cost of utopian aspirations

Howard Brenton’s no-nonsense translation of Strindberg’s astute drama charts the marriage of a failed artist and his more successful wife

It is the hit that transformed British theatre. As Jez Butterworth’s epochal drama returns, our critic chooses the 25 best plays since Jerusalem – from exploited boxers to warring kings

The haves and have-nots meet to ramp up Spitfire production in Howard Brenton’s lively new play

The Luftwaffe’s destruction of a Spitfire factory sparks vivid tensions between local people and the state in this Southampton-set play

Howard Brenton’s new adaptation of the Swedish master’s tragedy is given a classy staging that strikes the right note of intimate realism

The Swedish dramatist’s life is shown to echo his plays in a new production about his obsession with alchemy and his relationships with three women

Strindberg’s passion play remains as resonant today in Howard Brenton’s new translation as it was when first performed in the Paris of 1893

Howard Brenton’s play about the ringleader of a chaotic squat is given a timely revival by Josh Roche

Why did TE Lawrence turn his back on fame after assisting the Arab uprising? Brenton’s solidly acted play explores the mystery of a troubled figure