Nick Hern Books

Fantasy & Supernatural

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Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp.

Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp.

By Caryl Churchill

A girl made of glass. Gods and murders. A serial killer's friends. And a secret in a bottle. Four stories by Caryl Churchill.

The God of Soho

The God of Soho

By Chris Hannan

A hectic and hilarious morality tale for the modern world.

The Grand Old Opera House Hotel

The Grand Old Opera House Hotel

By Isobel McArthur

An uplifting ensemble comedy set to some of the most popular opera songs ever written. Premiered at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, and Dundee Rep.

The Great God Brown

The Great God Brown

By Eugene O'Neill

A demonstration of O'Neill's expressionistic experimentation with masks to emphasise the distinction between characters, and the lack of understanding in human relationships.

Published in volume Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown
    Gunter

    Gunter

    By Lydia Higman, Julia Grogan and Rachel Lemon

    The hit play about deception, witchcraft and football, winner of a Fringe First at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe, then at the Royal Court Theatre, London.

    Hamlet

    Hamlet

    By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

    An edition of Shakespeare's play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

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    Hansel and Gretel

    Hansel and Gretel (stage version)

    By Stuart Paterson

    An imaginative reworking of the children's classic, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.

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    The Haunting

    The Haunting

    By Hugh Janes and Charles Dickens

    A spine-chilling play based on several original ghost stories by Charles Dickens.

    His Dark Materials

    His Dark Materials (stage version)

    By Philip Pullman Adapted by Nicholas Wright

    A two-play dramatisation of Philip Pullman's extraordinary award-winning fantasy trilogy, first seen at the National Theatre.

    HORIZON

    HORIZON

    By Kwame Owusu

    A thrilling, witty, superhuman coming-of-age story about the quest to find your place in the world. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series.

    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    The Hound of the Baskervilles (stage version - new edition)

    By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Adapted by Steven Canny and John Nicholson

    A revised, definitive version of this riotously funny take on the celebrated Sherlock Holmes story, a firm favourite with theatre companies, both professional and amateur.

    How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found

    How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found

    By Fin Kennedy

    The award-winning play that follows one man's desperate attempts to buck the system, and asks what really makes us who we are in the 21st century.

    How to Spot an Alien

    How to Spot an Alien

    By Georgia Christou

    A play for young people (age five and up) to watch, read and perform, about one confused alien, two brave kids and a busted spaceship.

    I Am Shakespeare

    I Am Shakespeare

    By Mark Rylance

    A fascinating, witty and characteristically exuberant dramatic exploration of the Shakespeare authorship debate.

    Immaculate

    Immaculate

    By Oliver Lansley

    A laugh-out-loud comic variation on the virgin birth.

    The Indian Boy

    The Indian Boy

    By Rona Munro

    A play about the discovery of a 'wild child', examining our mythic struggles with the wilderness inside ourselves.

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    Jekyll and Hyde

    Jekyll and Hyde (stage version)

    By Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted by Neil Bartlett

    An inventive, brilliantly theatrical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's darkly fascinating tale of male violence, guilt and privilege.

    John

    John

    By Annie Baker

    Annie Baker's mesmerising play about a young couple struggling to stay together.

    Kanye the First

    Kanye the First

    By Sam Steiner

    A dazzlingly funny and original drama about identity, guilt, contemporary culture and the second coming of Kanye West.

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    King Troll (The Fawn)

    King Troll (The Fawn)

    By Sonali Bhattacharyya

    A dystopian stage play exploring migrant experiences in all their complexity – and the troll that lives within all of us. Premiered by Kali Theatre at New Diorama Theatre, London, in 2024.

    King Ubu

    King Ubu

    By Alfred Jarry

    Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension, the first of his three plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu.

    Published in volume Ubu
      Lazarus: The Complete Book and Lyrics

      Lazarus: The Complete Book and Lyrics

      By David Bowie and Enda Walsh

      The extraordinary musical inspired by the book The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis and its cult film adaptation starring David Bowie, and incorporating some of Bowie's most iconic songs.

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      Lazybed

      Lazybed

      By Iain Crichton Smith

      A play about a man who cannot, or will not, get out of bed one morning for 'metaphysical reasons'.

      Leave Taking

      Leave Taking

      By Winsome Pinnock

      Two generations. Three incredible women. An epic story of what we leave behind in order to find home.