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Nick Hern Books

Play Collections

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Sight Unseen and other plays

Sight Unseen and other plays

By Donald Margulies

Five plays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

Shimmer and other texts

Shimmer and other texts

By John O'Keefe

Three hard-hitting, gritty monologues.

Sex Plays

Sex Plays

By Eric Bogosian

Two plays by one of America's premier performers and most innovative and provocative artists, author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Talk Radio.

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Seventh Generation: An Anthology of Native American Plays

Seventh Generation: An Anthology of Native American Plays

Edited by Mimi Gisolfi D'Aponte

This first major collection of contemporary Native American writing for the theatre ranges from the groundbreaking work of Body Indian to the experimental performance style of Spiderwoman Theater.

Self Torture & Strenuous Exercise

Self Torture & Strenuous Exercise

By Harry Kondoleon

These plays are not only jet-black comedies. They are fairy tales, fables, passion plays, masquerades...

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Scottish Shorts

Scottish Shorts

Edited by Philip Howard

A collection of nine very different short plays by three remarkable generations of Scottish writers, ideal performance in studio theatres and at festivals.

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Scotland Plays

Scotland Plays

New Scottish Drama

Edited by Philip Howard

A collection of seven plays by Scottish writers, selected and introduced by Philip Howard, artistic director of Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre.

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New Scottish Plays

Edited by Alasdair Cameron

A collection of seven plays from Scottish writers, reflecting the upsurge in Scottish playwriting in the late twentieth century.

Salaam. Peace: An Anthology of Middle Eastern-American Drama

Salaam. Peace: An Anthology of Middle Eastern-American Drama

Edited by Holly Hill and Dina Amin

A groundbreaking anthology containing a collection of new plays by American writers of a variety of Middle Eastern backgrounds, from artists born in Egypt and Iran, to Israeli- and Palestinian-Americans.

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The Rug Merchants of Chaos and other plays

The Rug Merchants of Chaos and other plays

By Ronald Ribman

Three astonishingly original, provocative, scathingly funny plays from the Obie award-winning American writer.

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Restoration Comedy: Three Plays

Restoration Comedy: Three Plays

By Aphra Behn, William Congreve and William Wycherley

Three of the most popular Restoration comedies in one volume, all dealing with the place of women in society.

The Resistance Trilogy

The Resistance Trilogy

By Ariel Dorfman

Three powerful political plays in one volume - with a substantial introduction by the author.

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Refractions: Scenes

Refractions: Scenes

Edited by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard and Yvette Nolan

A collection of scenes from a wide range of contemporary works by Canadian playwrights, reflecting Canada's artistic landscape through a breadth of themes, styles, cultures, regions, and creative practices.

References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot and other plays

References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot and other plays

By José Rivera

Three surreal plays by the influential Puerto Rican playwright, author of Marisol.

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Reckless and other plays

Reckless and other plays

By Craig Lucas

A 'greatest hits' volume by one of the best-known gay playwrights in the US.

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Prelude to a Kiss and other plays

Prelude to a Kiss and other plays

By Craig Lucas

A collection of work by one of America's most important and influential playwrights.

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Plays from VAULT 6

Plays from VAULT 6

Five new plays from VAULT Festival

An anthology of five of the best plays from VAULT Festival 2023, London's leading festival of live performance.

Plays from VAULT 5

Plays from VAULT 5

Five new plays from VAULT Festival

This anthology, the fifth from Nick Hern Books, comprises five of the best plays from VAULT Festival 2020, London's biggest and most exciting arts festival.

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