Playwrights Canada Press
These titles from the leading Canadian performing rights publisher are distributed outside of North America by Nick Hern Books.
Never Swim Alone & This Is A Play
Two plays
Two plays from the Toronto-based writer-director-performer.
- Paperback£17.99
Quiet in the Land
Set in and around an Amish Community in the Autumn of 1917.
- Paperback£17.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Cold Meat Party
A play about a group of former friends reuniting in a B&B for a funeral.
- Paperback£17.99
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£17.99
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.
- Paperback£17.99
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£17.99
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£17.99
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£17.99
The Virgin Trial
The second part of Kate Hennig's powerful Queenmaker Trilogy, retelling the stories of three Tudor queens of England, in contemporary settings.
- Paperback£17.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
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£17.99
Unholy
A play about the intersetion of faith and misogyny, asking if you can be a feminist as well as a believer.
- Paperback£17.99
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.
Love and Human Remains
A violent and sexually explicit study of young adults groping for meaning in a senseless world.
- Paperback£18.99
Scorched
A haunting, poetic play from one of Canada's leading playwrights, Scorched is a powerful investigation of trauma and family ties.
- Paperback£18.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Huff & Stitch: two plays
Two gritty, powerful solo shows from award-winning Indigenous Canadian playwright Cliff Cardinal, exploring the lives of marginalized characters.
- Paperback£18.99
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.
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£19.99
Fundamentals of Directing
A concise and practical guide for aspiring theatre directors, from a leading practitioner in Canadian theatre.
- Paperback£19.99
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