Playwrights Canada Press
These titles from the leading Canadian performing rights publisher are distributed outside of North America by Nick Hern Books.
The Adventures of a Young Black Girl in Search of God
Rainey Baldwin-Jackson, a country doctor, struggles to come to terms with the loss of her daughter, the disintegration of her marriage, and an eccentric elderly father on an astonishing crusade.
- Paperback£18.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays
Three solo plays exploring the lives of three queer youths and their resilience in the face of violence and intolerance. Winner of the 2014 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama.
- Paperback£24.99
Amaryllis & Little Witch
Two dark fairy tales from Canadian playwright Pascal Brullemans.
- Paperback£24.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
The Ancient Comedians
And What They Have To Say To Contemporary Playwrights
A fascinating exploration of the origins and development of dramatic comedy, by an award-winning Canadian playwright, novelist and screenwriter.
- Paperback£24.99
Andy's Gone
A contemporary Canadian retelling of the story of Antigone.
- Paperback£24.99
Beautiful Man & Other Short Plays
Three short plays from an award-winning Canadian, centring on the inner lives of women.
- Paperback£24.99
Bingo!
Just because we’re all grown up doesn’t mean we have everything figured out. As five old friends try to reclaim their high school glory days, they charge headfirst into the secrets they all tried to run so far from.
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Birds of a Kind
A sweeping drama about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in which a straitlaced family is forced to confront everything they know about their identities.
- Paperback£24.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Bluebirds
A play about three nurses treating wounded Canadian soldiers in France in 1918.
- Paperback£23.99
The Blunt Playwright
An Introduction to Playwriting
A highly regarded guide to playwriting, by an award-winning Canadian playwright, novelist and screenwriter.
- Paperback£32.99
The Breathing Hole
Stories of the Canadian Arctic intersect in this epic five-hundred-year journey led by a one-eared polar bear.
- Paperback£24.99
The Children's Republic
A powerful play about Dr Janusz Korczak and his struggle to protect the children at his orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto from the horrors of the Second World War.
- Paperback£22.99
Cold Meat Party
A play about a group of former friends reuniting in a B&B for a funeral.
- Paperback£22.99
Concord Floral
The Decameron meets I Know What You Did Last Summer in a supernatural thriller of suburban teenagers fleeing a mysterious plague, from an award-winning Canadian playwright.
- Paperback£22.99
Danny, King of the Basement
A heartwarming play about a boy who creates an imaginary world to deal with the instability and hardship of his daily life.
- Paperback£19.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
The Drawer Boy
A multi-award winning, bitter-sweet tale of the power of storytelling, friendship, and the very thin line between truth and fiction.
- Paperback£19.99
Duecentomila
A touching play about two teenagers exploring their queer identities.
- Paperback£23.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Einstein's Gift
A Canadian play based on the life and work of Nobel Laureate Dr Fritz. Haber, who risked everything for a country that never accepted him, but used his work to murder millions.
- Paperback£17.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Fundamentals of Directing
A concise and practical guide for aspiring theatre directors, from a leading practitioner in Canadian theatre.
- Paperback£24.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
The Gay Heritage Project
An important piece of contemporary queer theatre, from three of Canada's most gifted performers.
- Paperback£28.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Habitat
Janet and her mother Margaret both live on Mapleview Lanes - the perfect neighbourhood with the perfect neighbours, until Lewis Chance buys a house on their street to open a group home for troubled adolescents.
- Paperback£21.99
He Speaks: Monologues for Men
A collection of contemporary Canadian monologues for men, compiled and edited by David Ferry, offering many fresh and exciting speeches for auditions.
- Paperback£28.99
Hedda Gabler & Sirens: Elektra in Bosnia
Two Plays
Two plays from the leading Canadian playwright.
- Paperback£18.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
House of Many Tongues
Somehow, two families are going to have to live together — if they don’t kill each other first. Jonathan Garfinkel's gripping socio-political drama 'attacks the Israeli-Palestinian question through laughs and magic realism' NOW Magazine.
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