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Nick Hern Books

Plays

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Irish Shorts

Irish Shorts

Two-handers from the Abbey Theatre, Ireland

Selected by Aideen Howard

A collection of short plays by exciting new Irish writers, selected and introduced by the literary manager of the Abbey Theatre.

Girls Like That and other plays for teenagers

Girls Like That and other plays for teenagers

By Evan Placey

Four urgent and explosive plays by award-winning playwright Evan Placey, each tackling issues facing young people today.

Barbecue / Bootycandy: two plays

Barbecue / Bootycandy: two plays

By Robert O'Hara

Two plays by a leading African-American playwright and director, Barbecue and Bootycandy.

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Maydays & Trying It On: two plays

Maydays & Trying It On: two plays

By David Edgar

Two plays by David Edgar, written thirty-five years apart, both exploring the theme of youth and revolution.

Plays from VAULT 4

Plays from VAULT 4

Seven new plays from VAULT Festival

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

Caryl Churchill Plays: Five

Caryl Churchill Plays: Five

By Caryl Churchill

The fifth volume of the collected plays of one of our finest playwrights.

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.

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.

Deirdre Kinahan: Shorts

Deirdre Kinahan: Shorts

Five Plays

By Deirdre Kinahan

Five short plays by the award-winning Irish playwright, full of warmth, humour and irrepressible characters.

Possible Worlds

Possible Worlds

By John Mighton

Two lovers experience a baffling series of relationships together, each one just slightly and tantalizingly different.

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Fantasio and other plays

Fantasio and other plays

By Alfred de Musset

Four plays by the great French Romantic poet Alfred de Musset (1810-57) in accomplished modern translations by American theatre practitioners.

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Culture Clash: Life, Death and Revolutionary Comedy

Culture Clash: Life, Death and Revolutionary Comedy

By Culture Clash

Three plays from the award-winning Latino comedy trio.

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Five Lesbian Brothers: Four Plays

Five Lesbian Brothers: Four Plays

By Five Lesbian Brothers

New York-based Theatre troupe Five Lesbian Brothers explore themes of homophobia and sexism with devastating humour and the occasional song. They have been committed to creating provocative lesbian theatre with positively no whining since their inception in 1989.

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Decade

Decade

Two towers. Ten years. Twenty plays.

By various

Ten years after 9/11, twenty international writers respond to the defining event of our times.

Faust: Parts I & II

Faust: Parts I & II

By Johann Wolfgang Goethe Adapted by Howard Brenton

A two-part version of Goethe's great work, retaining the mighty scope, linguistic daring and philosophical intricacy of the original.

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The Crack in the Emerald

The Crack in the Emerald

New Irish Plays

Edited by David Grant

Four Irish plays from the late 1980s, selected and introduced by David Grant of the Dublin Theatre Festival.

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The Wexford Trilogy

The Wexford Trilogy

By Billy Roche

Set in a snooker club, a betting shop and a local church, each play introduces a mix of young cornerboys, old cowboys and chancers of any age in a lyrical, poignant and often hilarious account of lost dreams and thwarted ambitions.

The Color of Desire & Hurricane: two plays

The Color of Desire & Hurricane: two plays

By Nilo Cruz

Two plays by the acclaimed Cuban-American writer.

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