Mrs Barbour's Daughters (**** The Herald, **** The Scotsman) by award-winning playwright AJ Taudevin (Some Other Mother, Chalk Farm) charts a family history of sisterhood and betrayal interwoven in a
Commissioned by the Finborough Theatre, Horniman's Choice brings together four plays by the leading figures of the "Manchester School" of playwrights Harold Brighouse, Stanley Houghton and A
In 2006 Katie Mitchell and her collaborators devised an original work for the National Theatre which seamlessly transposed the pointillist vision of Virginia Woolf's experimental novel The Waves into
Since its first presentation of Twelfth Night in 1932, London's most famous al fresco theatre has entertained millions of playgoers with its dazzling productions and pastoral charm. Originally inspir
“There is an instinctive revulsion against taking a human life. And that revulsion can be conquered.”A controversial new gaming experience is inspiring a generation. In Killology, players are rewarded
Selected and edited by the award-winning American playwright Reginald Edmund, who produced Black Lives, Black Words across the US, which premiered in Chicago, July 2015. This ongoing international pro
Relationships build up and break down in ever shorter time-scales; they become a resource in an increasingly intense competition. Binding, separating. Buying, selling. A picture is presented of human
This collection contains:Herman, Franz and Gregor by Julia TupikinaDIPROSOPUS: A Story in Two Faces by Lyudmila ZaytsevaONYX by Maxim DoskoSame Thing BY OLGA PRUSAKThe Time Wardrobe or The New Adventu
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
Euripides’ story of a father moved to murder his daughter is one that has been reinvented and retold anew throughout history.The Iphigenia Quartet includes four responses to this classical tragedy --
In this reworking of Aeschylus' Oresteia, Klytemnestra and Elektra face one another in a dramatic confrontation. Attempts to come to terms with their violent past echo testimonies delivered in Aparth
The Oberon Book of Modern Monologues for Women is an essential resource for actors participating in acting classes, contests, auditions, and rehearsals. This book collects over fifty speeches from som
Diana, Countess of Belfor, a beautiful and headstrong young woman is beset by aristocratic suitors urging marriage but refuses them all. One night she discovers her handsome young secretary seducing
The widely performed and prolific Priestley experimented with many forms in his long career as a playwright, moving adeptly from expressionism to farce to political drama. This volume includes: : When
A new dark family drama from award-winning American playwright and screenwriter Mary Laws.Every family has a dark underbelly, especially the perfect ones.On a regular Sunday morning, Walt sits in his
The Claim gently invites you into the most British of interviews, then morphs into a dizzying onslaught of bureaucracy and prejudice.A bold, imaginative response to the stories of those seeking refuge
A loophole in the Postal Services Act says you can open other people’s mail under certain circumstances. This is that certain circumstance... Songs, politics, dodgy landlords and detective work: the h
A world premiere based on the astonishing book Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat by legendary journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski about the decline and fall of Haile Selassie's regime in Ethiopia. A mesmeri
Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquis of Anglesey (1875 - 1905) was born to inherit the Empire. Instead, he burned brightly, briefly and transvestitely through his family’s vast wealth; putting on fabulous p
Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquis of Anglesey (1875 - 1905) was born to inherit the Empire. Instead, he burned brightly, briefly and transvestitely through his family’s vast wealth; putting on fabulous p
Jamaican-American Richard and White-American Sheryl are starting a family together. When they agree to a series of "bedroom interviews," they believe that their interracial relationship is the focus o
This collection brings together three pieces (A Conversation with My Father, Songs for Breaking Britain, Equations for a Moving Body) made in collaboration with a series of other artists and musicians
Hassan, a second generation Turk, leads a blissful, if somewhat eccentric bachelor life in London's suburbs. His tastefully decorated house is kept spick and span by his even more tastefully decorate
Howard Barker is one of the most controversial British dramatists of his time. His plays unsettle, challenge, and expose. The contradictions of the humanist personality are explored in the following f
In this witty, cutting version of Le Misanthrope, Moliere's angry hero Alceste becomes Alan - journalist, intellectual and free spirit - who finds himself adrift in a social whirl of false flattery a
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
This unique collection of fictional dramatic monologues was written specifically for D/deaf and disabled performers (the ‘d’ of the title), informed by lived experience. But the ‘d’ could just as easi
A story about a male photographer and a female celebrity. A question about how far we'll go, how much we think we're in control. Playfully manipulating narrative expectations to reveal the seductive
During the Russian Revolution, Maria Chekhov, Anton’s sister, placed many of her late brother’s manuscripts in a safety deposit box in Moscow. In 1921, Soviet scholars opened the box, and discovered a
The tide was turning - though local governments disagreed, it would soon be illegal to segregate black Americans from white Americans on public buses, in waiting rooms or in restaurants. And yet - in
Comic poet and dazzling swordsman, Cyrano is hopelessly in love with Roxane. But Roxane loves the dashing Christian. Cyrano, in a selfless act of love, woos Roxane on Christian's behalf, writing his
“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 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
A collection of three plays for the Young Vic's participation programme Taking Part, written by award-winning playwright Luke Barnes. 'This is a collection of plays written with and for people who wou
Hajja Souad, an 80-year old Palestinian woman living on the besieged Gaza Strip, knows about business. She has survived decades of wars and oppression through making shrouds for the dead. A compelling
The Berlin Wall has fallen. Reparations are being made to Jewish families. Germany has reunited. And in Belsize Park, Otto Huberman is listening to recordings of himself playing Brahms, when he is int
Two queens. One in power. One in prison. It's all in the execution.Schiller's political tragedy takes us behind the scenes of some of British history's most crucial days. Playing both Elizabeth I and
Pretending to do Hajj, Zamurrud and Hussain elope, but Zamurrud is kidnapped by The Assassins ? an extreme sect whose members will leap to death for the reward of paradise.Zamurrud visits Hussain in w
This series of linked essays by the man who ran the Royal College of Art for years explores the crafts in education, history, literature, the contemporary arts landscape, language, and the digital age
A collection that includes a great range of work, in terms of themes, style, younger/more established and male/female writers.Foreword by Dr Clare Finburgh of the University of Kent. Includes the play
