Playwrights Canada Press
These titles from the leading Canadian performing rights publisher are distributed outside of North America by Nick Hern Books.
Huff & Stitch: two plays
Two gritty, powerful solo shows from award-winning Indigenous Canadian playwright Cliff Cardinal, exploring the lives of marginalized characters.
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Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land) & Antigone: 方
Two adaptations that transport mythological stories from Ancient Greece to modern-day civilizations. Led by people of colour, these darkly comedic plays from a leading Canadian playwright depict recognizable plights for justice.
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The Ladies Foursome
A funny, fast-paced, heartwarming story of friendship inspired by Norm Foster's popular play The Foursome.
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The Last Wife
A contemporary retelling of the compelling relationship between Katherine Parr and Henry VIII, the first part of Kate Hennig's Queenmaker Trilogy.
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Lion in the Streets
The spirit of a girl who was killed in tragic circumstances delves into the secret lives of her neighbours as she searches for her killer.
- Paperback£21.99
The List
The riveting story of a woman haunted by internal regret when she fails to critically prioritise her world
- Paperback£21.99
Love and Human Remains
A violent and sexually explicit study of young adults groping for meaning in a senseless world.
- Paperback£24.99
The Melville Boys
Owen and Lee Melville arrive at a lakeside cabin for a weekend of fishing, but their plans are thrown out of whack by the arrival of two sisters who become catalysts for a tenderly funny and unsentimental look at four lives in transition.
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Modern Jewish Plays
Six plays, six playwrights, six takes on Israel...
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The Monument
A powerful play exploring the ambiguities of morality and justice in a time of war when a young soldier is convicted of war crimes.
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Mortified
A humorous and dark play exploring sex, shame, and transformation and how we reckon with the traumatic experiences that have shaped us.
- Paperback£23.99
Mother's Daughter
The stunning third part of Kate Hennig's powerful Queenmaker Trilogy, retelling the stories of three Tudor queens of England, in contemporary settings.
- Paperback£22.99
Never Swim Alone & This Is A Play
Two plays
Two plays from the Toronto-based writer-director-performer.
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Other Side of the Game
A debut play by a Canadian playwright, giving voices to Black women who organise communities, support their incarcerated loved ones, and do battle with institutions. Winner of the 2019 Governor General's Literary Award.
- Paperback£22.99
Outspoken
A Canadian Collection of Lesbian Scenes and Monologues
Touching on gender, sexuality, family, pop culture, and history, the pieces in this anthology range from the hilarious to the poignant, the sexy to the sincere, the truthful to the tongue-in-cheek.
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Paradise Lost
A wickedly smart and funny feminist retelling of John Milton's epic poem about the first battle between good and evil, by a leading Canadian playwright.
- Paperback£22.99
Perfect Pie
A potent drama set over the course of a single afternoon. A reunion between two long-estranged women brings to light a buried memory and two teenagers' wild secret.
- Paperback£19.99
Possible Worlds
Two lovers experience a baffling series of relationships together, each one just slightly and tantalizingly different.
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Quiet in the Land
Set in and around an Amish Community in the Autumn of 1917.
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Refractions: Scenes
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.
- Paperback£28.99
Scorched
A haunting, poetic play from one of Canada's leading playwrights, Scorched is a powerful investigation of trauma and family ties.
- Paperback£23.99
Secret Life of a Mother
An uplifting and empowering play that reveals the raw and untold secrets of pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, and mothering.
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Selfie
A smart and intense play from an award-winning Canadian playwright, about the complexities of relationships and community, and the nature of consent.
- Paperback£22.99