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Singular Male Voices

Singular Male Voices

By Peter Harness, Owen McCafferty and Ronan O'Donnell

Three plays for one (male) actor, each giving voice to a character in extremis.

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Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven and Other Plays

Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven and Other Plays

By Young Jean Lee

A collection of plays from the experimental writer-director Young Jean Lee.

Spanish Plays

Spanish Plays

Edited by Elyse Dodgson and Mary Peate

A collection of modern Spanish and Catalan plays in translations by practising English playwrights, commissioned and first staged by the Royal Court Theatre.

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Stories from the Rains of Love and Death: Four Plays from Iran

Stories from the Rains of Love and Death: Four Plays from Iran

By Bahram Beyza'ie, Abas Na'lbandian and Mohammad Rahmanian Translated by Soheil Parsa, Peter Farbridge and Brian Quirt

Four plays from leading Iranian dramatists, translated into English for the first time: Aurash, The Death of the King, Stories from the Rains of Love and Death and Interrogation.

Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet

Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet

By Jo Carson

Fifty-four monologues and dialogues drawn from ‘found’ stories told by everyday people living everyday lives in East Tennessee and the Appalachia region of the USA.

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Strictly Dishonourable and other lost American plays

Strictly Dishonourable and other lost American plays

Edited by Richard Nelson

Four lively dramas from the twenties and thirties evoking a world of gangsters, crooked cops, intrepid newpaper hacks and slightly tarnished damsels in distress.

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The Substance of Fire and other plays

The Substance of Fire and other plays

By Jon Robin Baitz

This collection contains Jon Robin Baitz's debut play, The Film Society, alongside two more recent works: The End of the Day and the title play, The Substance of Fire.

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Testimonies: Four Plays

Testimonies: Four Plays

By Emily Mann

Four significant plays from a writer whose choice of 'uncomfortable' but well-documented subjects has gained her a reputation for controversy.

This and Other Plays

This and Other Plays

By Melissa James Gibson

The first collection from a major new voice in American theatre.

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Jack Thorne Plays: One

Jack Thorne Plays: One

By Jack Thorne

The first collection of plays by one of the UK's most exciting young writers.

Jack Thorne Plays: Two

Jack Thorne Plays: Two

By Jack Thorne

Five plays from 'Britain's hottest playwright and screenwriter' (The Times), showcasing his extraordinary ability to combine electrifying dialogue with heartfelt warmth, candour and humour. Plus two short plays and a revealing introduction by the author.

Three Hotels: Plays and Monologues

Three Hotels: Plays and Monologues

By Jon Robin Baitz

‘A work of burning anger and bruising emotional power’ about the foisting of powdered milk on Third World infants. Plus seven monologues.

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Three Short Plays

Three Short Plays

By Caryl Churchill

Three short plays by one of the most inventive dramatists working today, each written in response to political events.

Through the Leaves and other plays

Through the Leaves and other plays

By Franz Xaver Kroetz Translated by Roger Downey

Three plays from the controversial German playwright whose works have helped reshape world drama.

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Truth in Play

Truth in Play

Drama Strategies for Building Meaningful Performances

By Debbie Nyman and Jill Lloyd-Jones With David S. Craig

A collection of short dramatic scenes, with learning activities and teaching strategies to accompany each one - everything a teacher needs to help students connect with the material and give a truthful performance.

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Trying to Find Chinatown

Trying to Find Chinatown

By David Henry Hwang

David Henry Hwang is known for exploring the complex relationships which bridge Eastern and Western culture in modern America. It is a subject that has long haunted American drama: how, in a land of immigrants, does one deal with one's heritage and construct a sense of identity.

Two for the Show

Two for the Show

Scenes for student actors

Edited by Brian Kennedy

A fascinating collection of short scenes for two actors. Drawn from the work of Canada's premiere playwrights, the thirty-nine different scenes have been chosen by an experienced drama teacher, with easy directions and theatre terms explained.

Unbalancing Acts: Foundations for a Theater

Unbalancing Acts: Foundations for a Theater

By Richard Foreman

Includes essays and playscripts: The Cure, Film Is Evil: Radio Is Good, Symphony of Rats, What Did He See? and Lava, with a Foreword by Peter Sellars

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Undesirable Elements

Undesirable Elements

Real People, Real Lives, Real Theater

By Ping Chong

A collection celebrating twenty years of Undesirable Elements, the series of community-specific theatre works that examines the lives of people living cultures, either by choice or circumstance.

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The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping and other plays

The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping and other plays

By Fin Kennedy

Tender, uncompromising, haunting and lyrical, these four plays together comprise a contemporary chronicle of the lives of East London's young women.

The Vermont Plays

The Vermont Plays

By Annie Baker

The debut collection of celebrated American playwright Annie Baker, including her Obie award-winning play Circle Mirror Transformation.

Version 3.0

Version 3.0

Contemporary Asian American Plays

Edited by Chay Yew

A major anthology of contemporary Asian American drama, exploring the complexities of gender, sexuality, and family, and demonstrating the cultural and aesthetic diversity of the new generation of Asian American voices.

Enda Walsh Plays: One

Enda Walsh Plays: One

By Enda Walsh

The first eight astonishing plays by 'one of the most dazzling wordsmiths of contemporary theatre'.

Enda Walsh Plays: Two

Enda Walsh Plays: Two

By Enda Walsh

The second collection of plays from the multi-award-winning Irish playwright, including The Walworth Farce, The New Electric Ballroom, Penelope, Ballyturk and two short plays, with a Foreword by the author.