The Games spells eviction for the Romany Gypsies. 17 year-old Pearl Penfold is one of them. As the bulldozers close in, Pearl falls in love with Joe, a boy from the local estate. Can Joe prove himsel
A great read for students, academics, practitioners, and theater buffs. Lolly Susi's interviews with the actor and teacher George Hall is a unique insight into the mind of one of the greatest theatri
Two Nigerian families bound together by grief. One devastating secret set to tear them apart.When two families living in East London reunite after a family tragedy their union exposes a wealth of secr
The three plays in this volume illustrate Kleist's genius and versatility. Includes: Prince Friedrich von Homburg, a tautly plotted clash of love, honor, and obedience to State; The Broken Pitcher, w
When Mark Styler, a writer of glossy 'true crime' paperbacks, tries to get an interview with Easterman, a notorious serial killer, he has no idea what he's walking into. First he has to get past Dr.
Alexander Ostrovsky (1823-86), the acknowledged father of Russian drama, is represented in this second collection by four of his finest plays. In the best known, The Forest, a pair of young lovers in
It's tough being a teen. Way too many things on your mind - like GCSEs, military dictators, horoscopes, mates being deported, finding enough money for the latest magazine, not to mention some top-up
Using only Charles Dickens' extraordinary words and a chameleon ensemble of eight actors, Neil Bartlett's A Christmas Carol brings a boldly theatrical imagination to bear on a classic story. This new
This new edition has the three political plays comprising David Pinner's Stalin Trilogy.Lenin in Love is a comedy about a tragedy, which exposes the sexual troika and the sadistic proclivities of arg
On Sunday 30 January 1972, thirteen civil rights marchers were shot dead and another thirteen wounded when British soldiers opened fire during an anti-interment civil rights march in Londonderry, Nor
Frank doesn't recognise the woman at the door. She's come to remind him of a promise made twenty years before. She tells his wife, 'Frank and I were lovers...and we still are now.'
The heart of Europe, 1942. Children playing, lovers' tiffs, a deserted train station and a ramp rising towards a hangar.This is what you can see, but what should the Red Cross Representative's report
Schiller's play of 1800 pits Mary Queen of Scots against her rival Elizabeth of England. The meeting never happened but, as Goethe said, 'It will be good to see those two whores alongside each other.
Cicely Berry, voice director for the Royal Shakespeare Company, is one of the most influential voice coaches of our time. In her astonishing new book, she looks closely at the interchange between soun
This latest creation from the New York company The Civilians asks the thorny question : how do we know what we know when everyone in power seems to be lying?Also includes "Gone Missing." Stories of t
In a big city hotel room, a man and the maid are talking. But the more they talk, the more danger they face, and neither knows where it will lead. On Insomnia and Midnight is a tale to frighten chamb
Bill is sustained by his deep sense of a wider culture and an improving world. The only thing the human race needs to do is learn. When he meets a person who embodies this idea, he naturally likes th
