"All is yours, everywhere is open to you - except the lock that the single key fits. You must promise, if you love me, to leave it well alone."When a 17 year old virgin marries a mature and charismatic Marquis it seems like a fairy tale. But when the Marquis is called away on their wedding night, leaving her only her only his keys and a single instruction, her curiosity leads her to uncover a dark secret.Bryony Lavery's new stage adaptation of Angela Carter's story opened as a Northern Stage production in September 2008.
From a colonial past to a precarious European present, this selection of works by contemporary writers challenges the accepted vision of the Spain to explore the national themes, historical legacies a
Following up on 2008's best-selling first volumes, this book and its companion volume showcase selected monologues from some of the very best contemporary plays. Includes work by Mojisola Adebayo, Ric
Award-winning theatre company PLAY champion a new approach to new writing, with an emphasis firmly on collaboration. They bring together some of the industries’ brightest and best actors, writers and
The latest collection of the plays of JB Priestley, famed 20th century playwright and novelist. 31st June is a satirical fable about an artist in an advertising agency who is spirited off to the kingd
“Adriano Shaplin is set to join Arthur Miller and David Mamet in the pantheon of great modern American dramatists . . . a playwright destined to leave a lasting impact on 21st century theatre.”—Scotla
This new collection of three plays by Dea Loher, one of Germany's most highly esteemed contemporary playwrights contains the plays: Olga's Room (Olgas Raum),Innocence (Unschuld)and Land Without Words
In BULLISH, ancient mythology meets modern gender negotiation. Inspired by Ovid’s Minotaur, a gender fierce ensemble of hopers and renegades try to pass, pack and blag their way out of the labyrinth.J
Visitors: On a farmhouse at the edge of Salisbury Plain, a family is falling apart. Stephen can’t afford to put his mother into care; Arthur can’t afford to stop working and look after his wife. When
This volume includes acclaimed playwright Bathsheba Doran’s three plays about family, marriage and relationships. Kin sheds light on the changing face of kinship in the modern world; Parents Evening i
