Nick Hern Books | Modern drama (post-1945)

Death and the Maiden

By Ariel Dorfman

A woman seeks revenge when the man she believes to have been her torturer happens to re-enter her life.

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Company (US edition)

By Stephen Sondheim and George Furth

Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's iconic musical comedy about life, love and marriage.

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The Baltimore Waltz and other plays

By Paula Vogel

A collection of Paula Vogel's work, surveying a remarkable decade of her writing for the stage. Her singular voice is exhilarating, comic and heartbreaking by turns.

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Smelling a Rat

By Mike Leigh

A black comedy/farce from the author of Abigail's Party, premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 1988.

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Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll

By Eric Bogosian

The full text of cult-performer Bogosian's solo show, attacking the dark underbelly of the American dream with blistering accuracy.

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Latin American Plays

New Drama from Argentina, Cuba, Mexico and Peru

Selected by Sebastian Doggart

An essential introduction to the fascinating but largely unexplored theatre of Latin America, featuring new translations of five contemporary plays written by some the region's most exciting writers.

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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (stage version)

By Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted by David Edgar

A superb adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous story of the unassuming Dr Jekyll and his dark alter-ego Mr Hyde.

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Drinks Before Dinner

By E.L. Doctorow

A theatrical tour-de-force of language and ideas about Eighties' America, by the best-selling author of Billy Bathgate and Ragtime.

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Beauty and the Beast (Young Vic version)

By Laurence Boswell

A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, with music by Mick Sands drawn from traditional French folk melodies.

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A dramatic tale of a young Japanese girl's sexual awakening, and ultimate social downfall, in Hawaii's harsh sugar-cane plantation system of the early twentieth century. In this moving elegy to his own aunt on whose life the story is based, Gotanda juxtaposes the world of traditional Japanese arts, such as pottery and the tea ceremony, with the conflicting social realities of a culture in transition.

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Etiquette and Vitriol: The Food Chain and other plays

By Nicky Silver

A collection of plays from one of the leading comic voices of his generation, full of his characteristic razor-sharp wit and black humour.

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Widows

By Ariel Dorfman and Tony Kushner

A smouldering political allegory about a political protest in a country ruled by a military junta. From the author of Death and the Maiden, written in collaboration with Tony Kushner, author of Angels in America.