Nick Hern Books

Fantasy & Supernatural

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Sea Things

Sea Things

By Hassan Abdulrazzak

A bold and startling comic thriller about climate crisis, conspiracy, and what lurks beneath the waves. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.

The Seafarer

The Seafarer

By Conor McPherson

A breathtaking supernatural play from the author of The Weir.

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden (stage version)

By Frances Hodgson Burnett Adapted by Elizabeth Newman

A delightful stage adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's enduring tale of transformation and healing through nature.

Shining City

Shining City

By Conor McPherson

A brilliant, haunting play from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

The Skriker

The Skriker

By Caryl Churchill

An extraordinary collision of ancient fairytale and fractured urban England.

Skyscraper Lullaby

Skyscraper Lullaby

By James Fritz

A powerful drama about two parents trying to come to terms with the disappearance of their toddler, written and first performed as an audio drama for Audible Original.

Slave Ubu

Slave Ubu

By Alfred Jarry

The third and final part of The Ubu Plays, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Slave Ubu concludes the adventures of Pa Ubu.

Published in volume Ubu
    Sleeping Beauty

    Sleeping Beauty (stage version)

    By Rufus Norris

    The classic tale of Sleeping Beauty's curse – as seen through the eyes of the fairy who curses her.

    The Sleeping Beauty

    The Sleeping Beauty (stage version)

    By Stuart Paterson

    A variation on the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty, by the 'master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).

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    By Holly Robinson

    A compassionate and probing play about youth and aging, nostalgia and regret, and the dangers of refusing to get old. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.

    The Snow Queen

    The Snow Queen

    By Stuart Paterson

    A superb children's play, drawn from the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by the 'master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).

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    Some Of Us Exist In The Future

    Some Of Us Exist In The Future

    By Nkenna Akunna

    An utterly original, wryly funny play about one woman's search for a place to belong in a world that's not all it seems. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.

    Published in volume Papatango Plays
      A Song for Ella Grey

      A Song for Ella Grey (stage version)

      By David Almond Adapted by Zoe Cooper

      A magical retelling of the Orpheus myth, full of music, sound and storytelling, adapted from the novel by David Almond. Premiered by Pilot Theatre on UK tour in 2024.

      Space Girl

      Space Girl

      By Helen Stanley

      An action-packed play for young performers and audiences, bursting with songs and imagination, celebrating curiosity, resilience and exploration. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by young people.

      The Spanish Tragedy

      The Spanish Tragedy

      By Thomas Kyd

      A ghoulish and bloody 16th-century tragedy. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

      St Nicholas

      St Nicholas

      By Conor McPherson

      An eccentric, teasing yarn from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

      The Tempest

      The Tempest

      By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

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

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      Terminus

      Terminus

      By Mark O'Rowe

      A blackly comic vision of Dublin infested with demons.

      This is Living

      This is Living

      By Liam Borrett

      A poignant exploration of what it means to say goodbye.

      Tinderbox

      Tinderbox

      By Lucy Kirkwood

      A fast, wild and farcically funny play with a disturbing vision of a dystopian future.

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      Too Much World at Once

      Too Much World at Once

      By Billie Collins

      An urgent coming-of-age story for our times, a lyrical, theatrical journey that spans continents and lives.

      Tuesday

      Tuesday

      With a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth

      By Alison Carr Translated by Daf James

      A funny and playful drama written specifically for young people, about what happens when the world literally turns upside-down. Bilingual edition: includes the original English play with a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth, by playwright Daf James.

      The Turn of the Screw (stage version)

      The Turn of the Screw (stage version)

      By Henry James Adapted by Rebecca Lenkiewicz

      A chilling adaptation of Henry James's classic ghost story.

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      The Veil

      The Veil

      By Conor McPherson

      Set around a haunted house hemmed in by a restive, starving populace, The Veil weaves Ireland’s troubled colonial history into a transfixing story about the search for love, the transcendental and the circularity of time.