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Black T-Shirt Collection
Paperback,
13/03/2012,
£9.99
From Fringe First winner Inua Ellams comes a new story about two foster brothers building a global t-shirt brand.
Hamlet: Arden Texts of 1603 and 1623
Paperback,
15/01/2007,
£12.99
Presents the "First Quarto text of 1603" and the "Folio Text of 1623". This title is useful for scholars and students of textual history, or to those studying "Hamlet". It presents the plays with annotations and the introduction contains the stage history of the "First Quarto" text.
Six Tragedies
Paperback,
14/01/2010,
£9.99
This is a lively, readable and accurate verse translation of the six best plays by one of the most influential of all classical Latin writers. The volume includes Phaedra, Oedipus, Medea, Trojan Women, Hercules Furens, and Thyestes, together with an invaluable introduction and notes.
Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.
Paperback,
04/08/2016,
£9.99
Alice Birch examines the language, behaviour and forces that shape women in the 21st century and asks what's stopping us from doing something truly radical to change them.
Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
Paperback,
03/09/2009,
£9.99
Famously described by the Irish critic Vivien Mercier as a play in which 'nothing happens, twice', "En attendant Godot" was first performed at the Theatre de Babylone in Paris in 1953. It was translated into English by Samuel Beckett, and opened at the Arts Theatre in London in 1955.
Instinctive Screenplay: Watching and Writing Screen Drama
Paperback,
23/06/2017,
£17.99
Including a variety of both well-known and less famous examples, from The Shawshank Redemption to Samira Makhmalbaf's The Apple, this book offers a fresh new approach to thinking about, discussing and writing screenplays.
View from the Bridge
Paperback,
30/03/2009,
£8.99
Eddie Carbone is a longshoreman and a straightforward man, with a strong sense of decency and of honour. For Eddie, it's a privilege to take in his wife's cousins, Marco and Rodolpho, straight off the boat from Italy.
Contemporary Monologues for Women
Paperback,
06/01/2014,
£10.99
50 monologues by some of the greatest writers working today, each with a summary of the vital information you need to place the piece in context and perform it to the best of your ability.
Saved
Paperback,
22/05/1999,
£10.99
A play set in London in the 60s reflecting a time of social change. Its subject is the cultural poverty and frustration of a generation of young people on the dole and living on council estate
Jumpers
Paperback,
11/08/1986,
£9.99
One of a series of titles first published by Faber between 1930 and 1990, and in a style and format planned with a view to the appearance of the volumes on the bookshelf. In this play, Stoppard parodies the philosophy lecturer, the detective thriller, the comedy of manners and the Whitehall farce.
Tastes of Honey: The Making of Shelagh Delaney and a Cultural Revolution
Hardback,
29/08/2019,
£18.99
'Anyone who values what is best in British theatre and film will want to join Selina Todd as she digs deep into the brilliance of Delaney's work - and her character. Delaney's strong female characters - teenager Jo and her single mother, Helen - asserted that working-class women wanted more than suburban housewifery.
Oh What a Lovely War
Paperback,
01/03/1967,
£10.99
Reissue of a classic Methuen Modern Play in a newly restored version with a new Introduction by Joan Littlewood
Tamburlaine
Paperback,
29/08/2003,
£9.99
Christopher Marlowe's story of a Scythian shepherd who through using his brutality, lust for power and also his charm becomes a mighty conqueror and the King of Persia.
Ibsen Plays: v.2: Doll's House, An Enemy of the People, Hedda Gabler (trans Meyer)
Paperback,
25/09/1980,
£12.99
Formerly part of the "World Dramatists" series of play collections by classic and modern playwrights, including foreign works in workable and accurate translations, this title and seven others are reissued in a new format under the heading, "World Classics".
NETHER
Paperback,
07/08/2014,
£9.99
Presents a virtual wonderland that provides total sensory immersion. This book explores the consequences of living out our private dreams.
Stoning Mary
Paperback,
31/03/2005,
£9.99
New play from the winner of the 2004 Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer, published alongside the premiere at the Royal Court.
Spring Awakening (trans Bond)
Paperback,
01/03/2012,
£9.99
A Student Edition of Wedekind's classic 1891 expressionist play about adolescent sexuality.
Seagull (Trans Frayn)
Paperback,
25/04/2002,
£10.99
Two years after its disastrous opening in 1896, "The Seagull" was successfully revived at the Moscow Art Theatre. Checkhov's self-mocking description of the play was: "A comedy - 3F, 6M, four acts, rural scenery (a view over a lake); much talk of literature, little action, five bushels of love".
Jew of Malta (Ed. James R Siemon) New Mermaids
Paperback,
30/05/2009,
£9.99
'A farce of terribly serious, even savage comic humour' T.S Eliot The Jew of Malta was arguably the most popular play of the Elizabethan era. This new student edition is freshly revised to incorporate the latest stage history and critical interpretations of the play.
Misanthrope, Tartuffe, And Other Plays
Paperback,
08/05/2008,
£9.99
A unique collection of Moliere's four greatest verse comedies in new translation: The Misanthrope, Tartuffe, The School for Wives and The Clever Women, plus two short plays, The School for Wives Criticized and The Impromptu at Versailles.
Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett
Paperback,
05/01/2006,
£19.99
Gathers all of Beckett's texts for theatre, from 1955 to 1984. This book includes both the major dramatic works and the short and more compressed texts for the stage, as well for radio.
Renegado
Paperback,
30/03/2010,
£15.99
This Jacobean tragic-comedy by Philip Massinger explores the cultural conflict between Christian Europe and Muslim North Africa experienced when the two began to travel and trade in the early modern period.
Double Falsehood
Paperback,
01/03/2010,
£16.99
First performed in 1727, Cardenio or Double Falsehood was based on a play originally written by William Shakespeare. This significant new edition traces the elements of his work to be found in the text we have today, opening up fascinating questions and ideas for all students of Shakespeare.
Look Back in Anger
Paperback,
06/11/1978,
£9.99
John Osborne's 'Look Back in Anger' changed the course of English theatre. It presents post-war youth as it really was and expresses the mood of its time, the mood of the 'angry young man'.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Paperback,
04/03/1991,
£9.99
Stanley Webber is visited in his boarding-house by two strangers, Goldberg and McCann. An innocent-seeming birthday party for Stanley turns into a nightmare.
Burial at Thebes
Paperback,
17/03/2005,
£10.99
Commissioned to mark the centenary of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 2004, this book represents opposing voices as they enact the ancient conflict between family and state in a time of crisis, pitching the morality of private allegiance against that of public service.
Threepenny Opera (Methuen Student Edition)
Paperback,
20/01/2005,
£10.99
Authoritative student edition of Brecht's most performed play. A vicious satire on the bourgeois capitalist society of the Weimar Republic, but set in a mock Victorian Soho.This edition features a full commentary and study aids and is the definitive edition for students.
Cherry Orchard
Paperback,
14/08/1995,
£8.99
This Student Edition of Chekhov's last and most elusive play, a study of the effect of social change on the values of individuals, includes notes on the life and career of the playwright, an introduction giving the background to the play and a guide to its interpretation.
Cascasian Chalk Circle
Paperback,
12/07/1984,
£10.99
This edition of Brecht's classic parable play contains expert notes on the author's life and work, historical and political background to the play, photographs from stage productions and a glossary of difficult words and phrases.
Island Princess
Paperback,
01/05/2010,
£16.99
A ground-breaking edition of an early modern play exploring of the clash of empire, religion and the battle for wealth and power.
Lungs
Paperback,
01/10/2011,
£9.99
Target Audience: Students, young writers, academics, teachers, theatre goers and fans of new British drama.
Servant of Two Masters (Mulrine translation)
Paperback,
24/01/2012,
£4.99
Goldoni s classic farce of a man trapped by his own greed. The original source material for One Man, Two Guvnors."
Rivals
Paperback,
20/10/2004,
£9.99
A major new edition which brings a modern approach to the Introduction and text.
Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
Paperback,
05/01/2006,
£9.99
'Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful.' This line was adopted by Jean Anouilh, to characterize the first production of "Waiting For Godot" at the Theatre de Babylone, in 1953. Anybody acquinted with Beckett's masterly black comedy would not question the recognition of this twentieth-century literature classic.
Spanish Tragedy Revised Ed
Paperback,
25/08/2009,
£9.99
Revenge plays became the most durable and commercially successful type of drama on the Elizabethan stage. The Spanish Tragedy brings to life the intrigues of the Spanish court, dramatically contrasting romantic passion with violent deaths and clandestine politics.
Our Class
Paperback,
01/09/2009,
£11.99
Written by one of Poland's leading playwrights, Tadeusz Slobodzianek. Based on a tragic, historic event that happened in the town of Jedwabne , Poland in 1941, Our Class chronicles the lives of ten classmates from their childhood in the 1920s to the beginning of the new millennium. Translated by Ryan Craig
Apologia
Paperback,
11/06/2009,
£9.99
Kristin Miller's birthday should be a time for celebration but when her son Simon decides to deliver his version of the past, everyone must confront the cost of Kristin's commitment to her passions.
4.48 Psychosis
Paperback,
13/07/2000,
£10.99
This work is the last play by Sarah Kane, the controversial contemporary British playwright, who died aged 28 in February 1999. A single voice, dragged through therapy and endless medication, reveals the true experience of clinical depression.
David Hare : Plays 2: Fanshen; A Map of the World; Saigon; The Bay at Nice; The Secret Rapture
Paperback,
17/02/1997,
£16.99
The scripts of five David Hare plays. The settings include China, Vietnam in 1974/5, and the Hermitage Museum, Leningrad in the 1950s.
Bracken Moor
Paperback,
06/06/2013,
£9.99
A boldly theatrical tale of grief and denial, set against the economic crisis of the 1930s. After years apart, two families come together to rediscover their lost friendship. Instead, they conjure up the spirit of a buried tragedy.
Hamlet
Paperback,
14/09/2016,
£9.99
This first all-black production of Hamlet in Britain, adapted with Shakespeare's text by award-winning playwright Mark Norfolk.
Galatea
Paperback,
01/01/2013,
£6.99
A brand new Revels Student Edition of John Lyly's most popular and enchanting play
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