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World Scenography 1990-2005

World Scenography 1990-2005

Edited by Eric Fielding and Peter McKinnon

World Scenography 1990-2005 is the second volume in a series of large-format, lavishly illustrated books documenting for posterity a collection of significant and influential theatrical set, costume, and lighting designs.

Wormwood

Wormwood

By Catherine Czerkawska

A poetic and heart-rending play written in response to the tenth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.

Woyzeck

Woyzeck

By Georg Büchner Translated by Gregory Motton

One of the most performed and influential plays in German theatre, a modern classic that remains frighteningly relevant today. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Woyzeck

Woyzeck

By Georg Büchner Adapted by Jack Thorne

The multi-award-winning Jack Thorne breathes new life into Georg Büchner's existential masterpiece, Woyzeck, one of the most extraordinary plays ever written.

Wretch

Wretch

By Rebecca Walker

An ex-teacher and an ex-junkie meet on a night bus during long, dark nights of homelessness.

Nicholas Wright: Five Plays

Nicholas Wright: Five Plays

By Nicholas Wright

A rich selection of work by leading playwright Nicholas Wright, introduced by the playwright.

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The Writer

The Writer

By Ella Hickson

A young writer challenges the status quo but discovers that creative gain comes at a personal cost.

Writer's Cramp

Writer's Cramp

By John Byrne

The debut play from the author of The Slab Boys and Tutti Frutti, taking satirical swipes at Anglo-Scottish cultural pretensions.

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    The Writer's Toolkit

    The Writer's Toolkit

    Exercises, Techniques and Ideas for Playwrights and Screenwriters

    By Paul Kalburgi

    Almost two hundred practical exercises, techniques and ideas for every part of your process, designed to equip you with everything required to kickstart your creativity, develop your craft, and make your writing the very best that it can be.

    Writing Music for the Stage

    Writing Music for the Stage

    A Practical Guide for Theatremakers

    By Michael Bruce Foreword by Josie Rourke

    The definitive guide to writing music for the stage, by the Composer-in-Residence at the Donmar Warehouse.

    Written on the Heart

    Written on the Heart

    By David Edgar

    An enthralling historical drama about the creation of the King James Bible, commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company to mark its four-hundredth anniversary.

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    WROL (Without Rule of Law)

    WROL (Without Rule of Law)

    By Michaela Jeffery

    A darkly comic coming-of-age drama from an exciting Canadian playwright.

    Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights (stage version)

    By Emily Brontë Adapted by Lucy Gough

    An eminently actable, and readable, version of the well-loved story about a passionate but doomed love affair, one of the most famous and enduring love stories in the English language.

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    Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights (stage version)

    By Emily Brontë Adapted by Andrew Sheridan

    A ferocious, wild and utterly exhilarating adaptation of Emily Brontë's indelible masterpiece.

    Yaga

    Yaga

    By Kat Sandler

    A genre-bending comedy thriller that explores the legend of the wicked witch Baba Yaga through the lens of a modern-day whodunit.

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    Year of the Fat Knight

    Year of the Fat Knight (hardback edition)

    The Falstaff Diaries

    By Antony Sher

    Antony Sher’s fascinating, enlightening account – richly supplemented by his own paintings and sketches – of researching, rehearsing and performing one of Shakespeare’s best-known and most popular characters.

    Year of the Fat Knight

    Year of the Fat Knight

    The Falstaff Diaries

    By Antony Sher

    Antony Sher’s fascinating, enlightening account – richly supplemented by his own paintings and sketches – of researching, rehearsing and performing one of Shakespeare’s best-known and most popular characters.

    Year of the King

    Year of the King

    By Antony Sher

    A classic of theatre writing, a unique insight into the creation of a landmark Shakespearian performance.

    Year of the Mad King: The Lear Diaries

    Year of the Mad King: The Lear Diaries

    By Antony Sher

    Antony Sher's account of researching, rehearsing and performing one of Shakespeare's greatest roles, Lear, in the 2016 Royal Shakespeare Company production. Winner of the 2019 Theatre Book Prize.

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    The Years

    The Years

    By Annie Ernaux Adapted by Eline Arbo

    The official West End edition of the powerful stage adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux's critically acclaimed 'masterpiece' (Guardian), published alongside the West End production in 2025.

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    Yellow Face

    Yellow Face

    By David Henry Hwang

    A mock documentary that puts Hwang himself centre-stage as he uses the controversy over colour-blind casting for Miss Saigon and the racially motivated federal investigation of his own father to explore Asian identity and the ever-changing definition of what it is to be an American.

    Yellowfin

    Yellowfin

    By Marek Horn

    Politics and the planet collide in a fiercely original play about the limits of science, the power of myths, and the things we can't control.

    Yen

    Yen

    By Anna Jordan

    Anna Jordan's Bruntwood Prize-winning play, Yen explores a childhood lived without boundaries and the consequences of being forced to grow up on your own.

    Yerma

    Yerma

    By Federico García Lorca Translated by Jo Clifford

    Lorca's tale of an impassioned, childless woman who is driven by madness to commit a heinous crime. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.