This play about faith, love and the meaning of life was first broadcast on Radio Four in 1997 and is now published in this stage version.

A once-banned and controversial German play from 1891 that focuses on a group of clasmates. It explores teenage sexuality.

A Student Edition of Wedekind's classic 1891 expressionist play about adolescent sexuality.

"Stags and Hens" takes place in the gents and ladies loos of a tacky Liverpool club, where Dave and Linda, unbeknownst to each other, hold their stag and hen partie

A selection of playwrights, both new and established, speak about what it means to be a playwright now; their influences, their subjects and the reasons they write for the stage.

Simon Stephens is one of the most exciting and prominent theatre voices to have emerged out of the last ten years. His work is characterised by a combination of sensitive character depiction and tough confrontation with political choices. This collection includes Marine Parade - a musical published exclusively in this collection.

New play from the winner of the 2004 Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer, published alongside the premiere at the Royal Court.

'A Streetcar Named Desire is a play of mythological centrality, redefining American Theatre with its indelible heightened poetic naturalism, breaking down the taboo that sexual obsession and sexual violence could not be shown on stage...' Trevor Nunn

Fading southern belle Blanche Dubois depends on the kindness of strangers and is adrift in the modern world. When she arrives to stay with her sister Stella in a crowded, boisterous corner of New Orleans, her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with Stella's crude, brutish husband Stanley.

Stuff Happens premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2004 and has subsequently been performed around the world. This play is about the extraordinary process leading up to the invasion of Iraq.

A funny and passionate play from the author of The Pride and The Faith Machine. Set in 1960s Greece, Sunset at the Villa Thalia spans a decade as it explores the impact of foreign influence, planned and unintentional, on a nation and its people.

Written for the wide range of practitioners working with young children, this book gives guidance on both the theory and the practical management of drama in the Early Years. The relationship between 'pretend play' and the cognitive and affective development of young children is emphasised, having much to inform us about the children in our care.

Alan Bennett sealed his reputation as the master of observation with this series of 12 monologues, originally filmed for BBC Television. "Talking Heads" is regarded as a modern classic. This edition, which contains the collection of "Talking Heads", as well as his earlier monologue, "A Woman of No Importance", is a celebration of his work.

Characterized by the author's understatement, observation and knowing irony, these six Alan Bennett monologues were written for the second BBC1 series of "Talking Heads", the first having been transmitted 11 years earlier, in 1987.

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.

"Tamburlaine the Great" achieved, and sustained, great success on the Elizabethan stage, and it speaks to our own time too, when it has been the subject of numerous productions. Cunningham and Henderson illuminate the themes of the play to help make it accessible to today's readers. In the REVELS PLAYS STUDENT EDITIONS series.

This is the first edition for students and general readers of a pro-woman reply to Shakespeare's 'The Tamer of the Shrew' written in Shakespeare's lifetime . Co-edited by a feminist critic and a distinguished textual scholar, it makes clear why 'The Tamer Tamed' should be restored to the theatrical repertoire and the literary canon.

Reissue of the all-time best-selling Methuen Modern Play in the new Methuen Student Edition cover style