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AndromacheEuripides Translated by Marianne McDonald, J. Michael Walton
Some years after the fall of Troy, Andromache is living as a slave to Neoptolemus, by whom she has a child. When Neoptolemus' fiercely jealous young wife, Hermione, finds she is unable to conceive, she threatens to murder Andromache, and the struggle between the two women turns quickly into a bitter feud. $14.99
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The Knight of the Burning PestleFrancis Beaumont
Francis Beaumont's The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a five-act satire on chivalric romances, generally considered the earliest whole parody (or pastiche) play in English. $14.99
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The WeirConor McPherson
A bar in a remote part of Ireland. The local lads are swapping spooky stories to impress a young woman recently moved to the area from Dublin. As the drink flows and the stories become increasingly frightening, it's clear that Valerie has something on her mind. She has a tale to tell that'll stop them all dead in their tracks. $24.99
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The Country WifeWilliam Wycherley
The City of London in the seventeenth century. Harry Horner wants to seduce as many women as possible, but he needs to convince their husbands that he’s physically incapable of any such thing. Cannily, his faux impotence also allows him to sniff out and unmask those respectably virtuous ladies who secretly ache for him. $14.99
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Summer RainNick Enright, Terence Clarke
The dust settles as the populace nurses a Christmas hangover. When Harold Slocum of Slocum’s Travelling Tent Show becomes stranded, emotions run high and the sedentary life of the town is disturbed by the remembrance of an illicit affair. $25.99
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Up for Grabs and Corporate Vibes: Two playsDavid Williamson
In Up for Grabs, Simone Allen likes to see herself as a prophet rather than a parasite, but when given the opportunity to sell one of the better Brett Whiteley paintings, her behaviour becomes less than angelic as the pressure mounts. In Corporate Vibes, a real estate developer faces a staff mutiny. $31.99
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AftershocksPaul Brown, Workers’ Cultural Action Committee
A moving documentary play drawn from the traumatic recollections of members of the Newcastle Workers' Club, which was destroyed in the 1989 earthquake. $25.99
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ThyestesSeneca Translated by Caryl Churchill
A violent tragedy by a contemporary of Nero, in a faithful and uncut translation by one of our leading dramatists. $27.99
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48 Shades of BrownPhilip Dean, Nick Earls
In his final year at school, and with his parents overseas, Dan is forced to grow up fast when he moves in with his 22-year-old aunt Jacq and her eccentric friend Naomi. Light-hearted and funny, with a definite twist of insanity. $25.99
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LuluFrank Wedekind Adapted by Nicholas Wright
Lulu is the story of the decline and fall of a young woman possessed of a fatal combination of sexuality and innocence. She passes from German and Parisian high society to the streets of Jack the Ripper's London – destroying, and ultimately destroyed by, her lovers. $23.99
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