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Six plays by some of the most exciting and distinctive female voices in British theatre, exploring the heartbreaking truth about the lives of women in the criminal justice system.
A collection of writings revealing Chekhov's instinctive curiosity about the way theatre works – and his concerns about how best to realise his own intentions as a playwright.
His four greatest tragicomedies – The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard – enshrine his status as one of the founding fathers of psychological realism and early modernism in European theatre.
This collection features Chekhov’s best-known short plays in brand new translations: three farces, two comic duologues and a monologue, all of them referred to by Chekhov as ‘vaudevilles’.
Hendrix is growing up. Or at least he's trying to. In a desperate attempt to prove his masculinity, Hendrix enters a very adult world. He meets Luminita, a young girl enslaved in an unbearable life, and their secret friendship grows in snatched moments in a room above a chicken shop.
A powerful, provocative play about international relations and the shifting balance of power between East and West.
Luke and Christie are typical sixteen-year-old lads from Manchester. But when they leave school and their lives go in different directions, will they still have things in common?
A smart and provocative thriller about spies, double agents, and the opaqueness of the human soul.
Classical Monologues for Men contains 50 monologues drawn from classical plays throughout the ages and ranging across all of Western Theatre.
Classical Monologues for Women contains 50 monologues drawn from classical plays throughout the ages and ranging across all of Western Theatre.
Rivka wants the perfect Orthodox wedding. With two weeks to go, she has the man, the dress – and the wig. But when doubt is cast on her wig, everything starts to unravel.
A landmark play about sexual politics in colonial Africa and modern-day Britain, in which all our assumptions about sex and gender are stunningly exploded.
An acerbically brilliant satire that explores the fault line between race and property.
A dark and compelling vision of a world infected by violence.
Tony and Greg have love all figured out. They’re in a committed relationship, with room for a little sex-on-the-side whenever it takes their fancy. Their only rule? Never sleep with the same man twice.
A unique collection of performance pieces and improvisation exercises in the Commedia style, a companion volume to the author's best-selling Playing Commedia.
Two plays by award-winning writer James Fritz, each asking urgent, pointed and complex questions of the times we live in. this collection includes Comment Is Free and Start Swimming.
The plays in this volume were all written while Conor McPherson was in his twenties. These plays include This Lime Tree Bower, St Nicholas, Rum and Vodka and The Good Thief.
This volume of Conor McPherson's collected plays, covering a decade of writing, celebrates a fascination with the uncanny which has led him to be described as 'quite possibly the finest playwright of his generation' (New York Times).
The second collection of plays from the multi-award winning author Conor McPherson. Plays in this volume include Dublin Carol, The Weir, Port Authority and Come on Over.
An explosive and thought-provoking play that explores what happens when buried secrets catch up with you.
Friends Ed and Tim take opposing briefs in a rape case. The key witness is a woman whose life seems a world away from theirs. At home, their own lives begin to unravel as every version of the truth is challenged.
This collection features twenty-five fantastic duologues for one man and one woman, all written since the year 2000 by some of our most exciting dramatic voices, offering a wide variety of character types and styles of writing.
This collection features twenty-five fantastic duologues for two women, almost all written since the year 2000 by some of our most exciting dramatic voices, offering a wide variety of character types and styles of writing.
In this volume of the Good Audition Guides, you'll find fifty fantastic speeches for men, all written since the year 2000, by some of our most exciting dramatic voices.