Playwrights Canada Press
These titles from the leading Canadian performing rights publisher are distributed outside of North America by Nick Hern Books.
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.
- Paperback£23.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
WROL (Without Rule of Law)
A darkly comic coming-of-age drama from an exciting Canadian playwright.
- Paperback£23.99
Bluebirds
A play about three nurses treating wounded Canadian soldiers in France in 1918.
- Paperback£23.99
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.
Yaga
A genre-bending comedy thriller that explores the legend of the wicked witch Baba Yaga through the lens of a modern-day whodunit.
- Paperback£23.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Love and Human Remains
A violent and sexually explicit study of young adults groping for meaning in a senseless world.
- Paperback£24.99
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.
- Paperback£24.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Truth in Play
Drama Strategies for Building Meaningful Performances
A collection of short dramatic scenes, with learning activities and teaching strategies to accompany each one - everything a teacher needs to help students connect with the material and give a truthful performance.
- Paperback£24.99
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
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
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.
Beautiful Man & Other Short Plays
Three short plays from an award-winning Canadian, centring on the inner lives of women.
- Paperback£24.99
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
Andy's Gone
A contemporary Canadian retelling of the story of Antigone.
- Paperback£24.99
Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes
The archetypal student-teacher romance is cleverly turned on its head for the post-#MeToo era in this striking play by an acclaimed Canadian playwright.
- Paperback£24.99
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.
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.
- Paperback£26.99
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