Inventing a New Colour
A war-time Exeter family takes in an evacuee from London.
The Waiting List
A blackly comic monologue about a man under siege in the community where he grew up.
Seven Jewish Children
A short play written in response to the situation in Gaza at the time of writing in January 2009.
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Treetops
A play about the early resistance to policies of apartheid or racial segregation in Cape Town, South Africa, in the 1950s.
King Ubu
Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension, the first of his three plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu.
Cuckold Ubu
A sequel to King Ubu, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Cuckold Ubu continues the adventures of Pa Ubu.
Slave Ubu
The third and final part of The Ubu Plays, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Slave Ubu concludes the adventures of Pa Ubu.
The Mirror and the Light (stage version)
The final part of Hilary Mantel's hugely acclaimed Wolf Hall trilogy, adapted by the author with the actor Ben Miles and staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Belongings
From the deserts of a modern war to the battleground of a family kitchen, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's explosive play delves into one woman's quest for identity and a place she can call home.
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Phoenix
A powerful story of fire and destruction, self-deceit and the corrosion of trust.
Take the Rubbish Out, Sasha
A powerful play about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by one of Ukraine's leading playwrights.
Pussycat in Memory of Darkness
A powerful play about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by one of Ukraine's leading playwrights.
Lynndie's Gotta Gun
A short play published for the first time, written during the author's time working with European theatremakers.
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What is the Custom of Your Grief?
A short play by Timberlake Wertenbaker about an English schoolgirl who is befriended online by an Afghan girl after her brother is killed while on active duty in Afghanistan.
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Lysistrata
The ancient Greek comedy in which the women of Greece go on a sex strike to force their husbands to end the Peloponnesian Wars. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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Electra
Euripides' version of the Ancient Greek myth of revenge on a murdering parent. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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Hecuba
An English translation of Euripides' classic tragedy, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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