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A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction

A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction

By Miranda Rose Hall

An innovative one-woman show exploring what it means to be human in an era of ecological disaster.

The Playboy of the Western World

The Playboy of the Western World

By J.M. Synge

J.M. Synge's extraordinary play about a young man on the run, and his unexpected elevation to folk hero. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Player Kings

Player Kings

Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts 1 & 2

By William Shakespeare Adapted by Robert Icke

Shakespeare's great history plays, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, brought together in a visionary new version adapted by award-winning writer and director Robert Icke.

Player's Angels

Player's Angels

By Amanda Whittington

A play set in 1950s Nottingham, following a group of friends who work on the production line of the John Player tobacco factory.

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The Playhouse Apprentice

The Playhouse Apprentice

By Jessica Swale

An exhilarating and hilarious historical drama set in Elizabethan London, about theatre, bravery and how a little voice can make a big difference. Part of the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by young people.

Playing for Time

Playing for Time

By Arthur Miller

The extraordinary story of the women's orchestra in Auschwitz, originally filmed for television with Vanessa Redgrave, and adapted for the stage by Miller himself.

Playing the Game

Playing the Game

By Bola Agbaje

A short play about the election of a new President of a Students' Association.

Playing the Victim

Playing the Victim

By The Presnyakov Brothers Translated by Sasha Dugdale

A darkly absurd play from the authors of Terrorism.

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Playing With Fire

Playing With Fire

By David Edgar

An epic and provocative play about multi-racial Britain, from the UK's leading political playwright.

Plays for the Public

Plays for the Public

By Richard Foreman

A volume of plays by the founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater.

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Plays from the Arab World

Plays from the Arab World

Edited by Elyse Dodgson

A collection of five extraordinary plays exploring and reflecting contemporary life across the Near East and North Africa.

Plays From the Boom Box Galaxy

Plays From the Boom Box Galaxy

Edited by Kim Euell and Robert Alexander

An anthology of performance texts from the hip-hop generation.

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Plays from VAULT

Plays from VAULT

Five new plays from VAULT Festival

By Various

An anthology comprising five of the best plays from VAULT 2016, London's biggest and most exciting arts festival.

Plays from VAULT 2

Plays from VAULT 2

Five new plays from VAULT Festival

By Various

An anthology of five of the best plays from VAULT 2017, London's biggest and most exciting arts festival.

Plays from VAULT 3

Plays from VAULT 3

Five new plays from VAULT Festival

By Various

An anthology of five of the best plays from VAULT 2018, London’s biggest and most exciting arts festival.

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Plays from VAULT 4

Plays from VAULT 4

Seven new plays from VAULT Festival

By Various

An anthology of seven of the best plays from VAULT Festival 2019, London's biggest and most exciting arts festival.

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Plays from VAULT 5

Plays from VAULT 5

Five new plays from VAULT Festival

By Various

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.

Plays from VAULT 6

Plays from VAULT 6

Five new plays from VAULT Festival

By Various

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

PMQ

PMQ

By Ella Hickson

A short play set in a Westminster dressing room, as Prime Minister Dave prepares for his first ever bout of Prime Minister's Questions.

Published in volume Ella Hickson Plays: One
    Poison

    Poison

    By Lot Vekemans Translated by Rina Vergano

    An extraordinary play by Dutch writer Lot Vekemans that asks a simple question: is it ever possible to move on?

    Poisoned Polluted

    Poisoned Polluted

    By Kathryn O'Reilly

    A stark, bold, powerful and poetic drama looking at the effects on adult life of childhood trauma and the cycles of drug abuse.

    The Political History of Smack and Crack

    The Political History of Smack and Crack

    By Ed Edwards

    An angry and passionate play chronicling the fallout for communities crushed by the heroin epidemic at the height of Thatcherism.

    Poor Beast in the Rain

    Poor Beast in the Rain

    By Billy Roche

    A slice of small-town life, set in a betting shop in Wexford. Part of Billy Roche's acclaimed Wexford Trilogy.

    Published in volume The Wexford Trilogy
      The Poor Man's Comfort

      The Poor Man's Comfort

      By Robert Daborne

      A Jacobean tragicomedy from 1617, about a shepherd who seeks redress for a miscarriage of justice.

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