What Actors Do
Advice to the Players in Seven Paradoxes and a Manifesto
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.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39The Wexford Trilogy
By Billy RocheSet 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.
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Wendy & Peter Pan
By Ella Hickson Original author J.M. BarrieA refreshingly modern version of J.M. Barrie's much-loved story that puts the character of Wendy firmly centre stage.
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£10.99£8.79There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.A4 Spiral-bound£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Wellington 24
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.
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The Welkin
Lucy Kirkwood's play about a woman sentenced to hang for murder in 18th-century rural Suffolk.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Weir
The spellbinding, beautifully observed hit from the master of suspenseful realism.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Wedding
By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen MulrineA one-act play by Chekhov in a translation by Chekhov expert Stephen Mulrine.
Published in volume Chekhov: ShortsWe Happy Few
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.
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£13.99£11.19Add to basketEbook£13.99£11.19We are Three Sisters
Against the backdrop of a windswept northern village, three remarkable young women live their lives brightly.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99We Anchor in Hope
By Anna JordanA play about the end of an era as a London boozer closes its doors one final time.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99The Way Old Friends Do
By Ian HallardA tender, laugh-out-loud comedy about two friends who form the world's first ABBA tribute band in drag.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59The Way of the World
A classic comedy of manners from the Restoration period. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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The Way Home
By Chloë MossA spiky play about the clash between suburban and itinerant ways of life in present-day Liverpool.
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Steve Waters: Shorts
Five Plays
By Steve WatersFive 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.
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The Wardrobe
By Sam HolcroftA 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.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79War and Peace Gaza Piece
A short play about war and family life.
Published in volume Caryl Churchill Plays: FiveWar and Peace (stage version)
By Leo Tolstoy Adapted by Helen EdmundsonA magnificent two-play epic, adapted from Tolstoy's novel and first staged by Shared Experience.
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