Social issues

Showing 109-120 of 437 items.

truth and reconciliation

A play about the aftermath of violence, in conflicts around the world from Rwanda to Northern Ireland, and from Zimbabwe to Bosnia.

Paperback~~£11.99~~ £9.59
Add to basket

Invisible

By Tena Štivičić

A funny, moving and topical portrayal of the world in flux, Invisible explores the many sides of migration.

Paperback~~£12.99~~ £10.39
Add to basket

13

By Mike Bartlett

Coincidences, omens and vision collide with political reality in this epic new play by the award-winning Mike Bartlett.

Paperback£11.99
Add to basket

An Enemy of the People

By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine

Ibsen's play about an idealistic doctor whose moral resolve is put to the test when he discovers that the waters from which his native spa town draws its wealth are dangerously contaminated.

Paperback~~£4.50~~ £3.60
There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Ebook~~£4.99~~ £3.99
Add to basket

The Tree of Knowledge

By Jo Clifford

A wildly imaginative, hilariously provocative and deeply moving play from one of Scotland's most important playwrights.

Paperback~~£9.99~~ £7.99
Add to basket

The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd

By D H Lawrence Introduction by Colin Counsell

An intense and powerful drama set in a Nottinghamshire mining town. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Paperback~~£4.50~~ £3.60
Add to basket
Ebook~~£4.99~~ £3.99
Add to basket

The House of Bernarda Alba

By Federico García Lorca Translated by Jo Clifford

Lorca's extraordinarily powerful drama, the last he wrote before his assassination, explores the darkness at the heart of repression.

Paperback~~£4.99~~ £3.99
Add to basket
Ebook~~£4.99~~ £3.99
Add to basket

Mogadishu

By Vivienne Franzmann

A gripping and urgent play about a well-meaning teacher who intervenes on behalf of a troublesome student, with terrifying consequences.

Paperback~~£11.99~~ £9.59
Add to basket
Ebook~~£11.99~~ £9.59
Add to basket

The Gatekeeper

By Chloë Moss

A darkly comic play about the disintegration of a family get-together.

Paperback~~£11.99~~ £9.59
There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.

A Bed of Roses

By Mike Bradwell

An acerbic and funny play about middle-class hypocrisy and universal apathy.

Published in volume Inventing the Truth: Devising and Directing for the Theatre

Chalet Lines

By Lee Mattinson

A shockingly funny journey through five decades of birthdays, weddings and hen dos, that asks if we can ever cut the apron strings that tie us to our parents.

Paperback~~£9.99~~ £7.99
There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.

Mad About the Boy

By Gbolahan Obisesan

A timely, urgent, razor-sharp drama about a teenage boy fighting to save his reputation, torn between the influence of his family, his friends and his school.