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Shakespeare Monologues for Women

Shakespeare Monologues for Women

By Luke Dixon

Fifty monologues for women drawn from across the Shakespeare canon, all prefaced with a summary of the vital information you need to place the piece in context and to perform it to maximum effect in your own unique way.

Shakespeare Monologues for Young Men

Shakespeare Monologues for Young Men

By Luke Dixon

Forty monologues for young men drawn from across the whole of Shakespeare's canon, complete with summaries, ideas for consideration and a glossary. Part of the Nick Hern Books Good Audition Guides series.

Shakespeare Monologues for Young Women

Shakespeare Monologues for Young Women

By Luke Dixon

Forty monologues for young women, drawn from across the whole of Shakespeare's canon, complete with summaries, ideas for consideration and a glossary. Part of the Nick Hern Books Good Audition Guides series.

Shakespeare On Stage

Shakespeare On Stage

Thirteen Leading Actors on Thirteen Key Roles

By Julian Curry

Thirteen leading actors take us behind the scenes, each recreating in detail a memorable performance in one of Shakespeare's major roles.

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Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2

Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2

Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles

By Julian Curry Foreword by Nicholas Hytner

Twelve leading actors take us behind the scenes of landmark Shakespearean productions, each recreating in detail their memorable performance in a major role.

Shakespeare on the Factory Floor

Shakespeare on the Factory Floor

A Handbook for Actors, Directors and Designers

By Andrew Hilton

A passionate, illuminating exploration of Shakespeare's greatest plays and characters, from the director of the acclaimed theatre company Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory.

Shakespeare on Theatre

Shakespeare on Theatre

By William Shakespeare Compiled by Nick de Somogyi

A unique collection of Shakespeare's every reflection on the theatre, offering fascinating insights into the man, his work, and the world of the Jacobean stage.

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The Shakespeare Revue

The Shakespeare Revue

By Christopher Luscombe and Malcolm McKee

An enchanting collection of witty music and skits about the Bard, devised for and first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Shakespeare's Lost Play

Shakespeare's Lost Play

In Search of Cardenio

By Gregory Doran

A thrilling act of literary detection as Gregory Doran attempts to rediscover Shakespeare's lost play.

Shanghai Dolls

Shanghai Dolls

By Amy Ng

A stage play telling the untold true story of two of the most influential women in Chinese history – Madame Mao and Sun Weishi. Premiered at Kiln Theatre, London, in 2025.

Shangri-La

Shangri-La

By Amy Ng

A debut play laying bare the contradictions and private pain of cultural tourism.

The Shape of the Table

The Shape of the Table

By David Edgar

An urgent political play about the collapse of an Eastern Bloc government at the end of 1989. Part of David Edgar's post-Cold War trilogy of plays.

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She Stoops to Conquer

She Stoops to Conquer

By Oliver Goldsmith

The best-loved English comedy of the 18th century, a lighthearted farce full of entanglements and misunderstandings, all set over the course of single, eventful night. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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The Shed

The Shed

By Matilda Ibini

A short monologue play exploring the power that a carer can exert over a wheelchair user's life, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues
    Shed: Exploded View

    Shed: Exploded View

    By Phoebe Eclair-Powell

    A devastating play about violence, love and loss. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

    Shibboleth

    Shibboleth

    By Stacey Gregg

    An exhilarating and unsentimental exploration of working-class life in Belfast.

    Shifters

    Shifters

    By Benedict Lombe

    A fierce, funny and intoxicating play about the enduring power – and fragility – of memory and love. Published alongside the 2024 West End transfer.

    Shimmer

    Shimmer

    By Linda McLean

    Surrounded by rain, rivers, lochs and floods, three generations of memory and experience ebb and flow through this lyrical play.

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    Shining City

    Shining City

    By Conor McPherson

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

    Shining Souls

    Shining Souls

    By Chris Hannan

    A riotously funny comedy with a gallery of unforgettable characters, published here in a revised version alongside its revival at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, in 2003.

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    A Shoemaker, A Gentleman

    A Shoemaker, A Gentleman

    By William Rowley

    In this entertainingly far-fetched play, Rowley combines mythical tales of the origin of St Alban's with folklore about the craft of shoemaking to produce a comic history which draws together the foundations of British nationhood.

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    The Shoemakers' Holiday

    The Shoemakers' Holiday

    By Thomas Dekker

    A rumbustious Elizabethan comedy featuring identity fraud, love triangles and a marriage proposal disguised as a shoe fitting. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

    Shook

    Shook

    By Samuel Bailey

    A tender and honest play examining the young men society shuts away. Winner of the 2019 Papatango New Writing Prize.

    Shoot the Crow

    Shoot the Crow

    By Owen McCafferty

    An endearing yet hard-hitting comic portrait of how the need to work gets in the way of living.

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