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What Actors Do

What Actors Do

Advice to the Players in Seven Paradoxes and a Manifesto

By Mike Alfreds

Revered theatre director Mike Alfreds explores the wellspring of the actor's craft. Frank, uncompromising and full of sharply focused insights, this book will show you how to generate truthful performances by trusting your inner creativity and remaining radically open, responsive and present in every moment.

The Wexford Trilogy

The Wexford Trilogy

By Billy Roche

Set in a snooker club, a betting shop and a local church, each play introduces a mix of young cornerboys, old cowboys and chancers of any age in a lyrical, poignant and often hilarious account of lost dreams and thwarted ambitions.

Wendy & Peter Pan

Wendy & Peter Pan

By Ella Hickson Original author J.M. Barrie

A refreshingly modern version of J.M. Barrie's much-loved story that puts the character of Wendy firmly centre stage.

Wellington 24

Wellington 24

By Rachel Harper

An upbeat and empowering World War II tale about teamwork, collaboration and beating the odds. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.

The Welkin

The Welkin

By Lucy Kirkwood

Lucy Kirkwood's play about a woman sentenced to hang for murder in 18th-century rural Suffolk.

The Weir

The Weir

By Conor McPherson

The spellbinding, beautifully observed hit from the master of suspenseful realism.

The Wedding

The Wedding

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A one-act play by Chekhov in a translation by Chekhov expert Stephen Mulrine.

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
    We Happy Few

    We Happy Few

    By Imogen Stubbs

    A comedy drama about an all-female theatre company touring Britain during the darkest days of World War Two, written by the well-known actress and premiered in the West End.

    We are Three Sisters

    We are Three Sisters

    By Blake Morrison

    Against the backdrop of a windswept northern village, three remarkable young women live their lives brightly.

    We Anchor in Hope

    We Anchor in Hope

    By Anna Jordan

    A play about the end of an era as a London boozer closes its doors one final time.

    The Way Old Friends Do

    The Way Old Friends Do

    By Ian Hallard

    A tender, laugh-out-loud comedy about two friends who form the world's first ABBA tribute band in drag.

    The Way of the World

    The Way of the World

    By William Congreve

    A classic comedy of manners from the Restoration period. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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    The Way Home

    The Way Home

    By Chloë Moss

    A spiky play about the clash between suburban and itinerant ways of life in present-day Liverpool.

    Steve Waters: Shorts

    Steve Waters: Shorts

    Five Plays

    By Steve Waters

    Five short plays from acclaimed playwright Steve Waters, all of them deeply personal accounts of his attempts to make sense of twenty-first-century Britain and an ever-changing world.

    The Wardrobe

    The Wardrobe

    By Sam Holcroft

    A gripping journey through British history that shows how our country was shaped and how connected we are with our past. Part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.

    War and Peace Gaza Piece

    War and Peace Gaza Piece

    By Caryl Churchill

    A short play about war and family life.

    Published in volume Caryl Churchill Plays: Five
      War and Peace

      War and Peace (stage version)

      By Leo Tolstoy Adapted by Helen Edmundson

      A magnificent two-play epic, adapted from Tolstoy's novel and first staged by Shared Experience.

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      The Walworth Farce

      The Walworth Farce

      By Enda Walsh

      A remarkable play about what can happen when we become stuck in the stories we tell about our lives.

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