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The following titles published by Nick Hern Books are on stage in the UK or Ireland this month.
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Stones in His Pockets

Stones in His Pockets

By Marie Jones

Hollywood comes to rural Ireland in this hilarious multi-award winner which ran for four years in London's West End.

Published in volume Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays
    Circle Mirror Transformation

    Circle Mirror Transformation

    By Annie Baker

    A quiet masterpiece tracing the lives of five strangers who come together in a community centre in Vermont, New England, for a series of creative drama classes for adults.

    Published in volume The Vermont Plays
      Long Day's Journey into Night

      Long Day's Journey into Night

      By Eugene O'Neill

      A true modern classic from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.

      The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary

      The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary

      By Gustave Flaubert Adapted by John Nicholson and Javier Marzan

      Peepolykus bring their exhilarating combination of verbal slapstick, visual surprise and anarchic comedy to Gustave Flaubert's seminal nineteenth-century masterpiece Madame Bovary.

      Machinal

      Machinal

      By Sophie Treadwell

      A powerful expressionist drama from the 1920s about the dependent status of women in an increasingly mechanised society, based on the true story of Ruth Snyder.

      The Deep Blue Sea

      The Deep Blue Sea

      By Terence Rattigan

      Written in the early fifties when Rattigan was at the height of his powers, The Deep Blue Sea is a powerful account of lives blighted by love - or the lack of it.

      Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays

      Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays

      By Marie Jones

      Two plays by award-winning playwright Marie Jones: the smash hit Stones in His Pockets, and an earlier monologue A Night in November.

      Coram Boy

      Coram Boy (stage version)

      By Jamila Gavin Adapted by Helen Edmundson

      A heartbreaking tale of orphans, angels, murder and music - dramatised from the Whitbread award-winning novel set in 18th-century England.

      Sweat

      Sweat

      By Lynn Nottage

      A topical reflection of the present and poignant outcome of America's economic decline. Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Best Play at the 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

      2:22 – A Ghost Story

      2:22 – A Ghost Story

      By Danny Robins

      A spine-chilling, funny and scary play from the award-winning writer and broadcaster behind the hit BBC podcast The Battersea Poltergeist.

      Lady Dealer

      Lady Dealer

      By Martha Watson Allpress

      A mile-a-minute, one-person poem play about a young female drug dealer, exploring forgiveness, the exhaustion of trying, and mistaking self-destruction for self-preservation. Premiered at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

      The Cord

      The Cord

      By Bijan Sheibani

      An honest and moving play about the challenging truths of family dynamics, focussing on a couple in the weeks after the birth of their child. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London.