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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many plays have had their runs cut tragically short, tours and artists have had dates cancelled, and some shows weren't even able to open at all.

But: even in these uncertain times, these plays survive on the page. And here at NHB, we want to celebrate these writers and their achievements. So we're asking you to show your support for these incredible playwrights and their work by buying these scripts, and experiencing them for yourselves in the safety of your own home.

And to make supporting them a little easier, you can save 30% on the ebooks of all of these fantastic plays by entering code STILLON30 at checkout.

See the full list of NHB plays included in our Still on the Page celebration below.

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Shook

By Samuel Bailey

A tender and honest play examining the young men society shuts away. Winner of the 2019 Papatango New Writing Prize.

Dear Evan Hansen: The Complete Book and Lyrics (West End edition)

By Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

A new edition of the hugely successful musical, published alongside its West End premiere.

The Last of the Pelican Daughters

By The Wardrobe Ensemble

A comedy about four sisters trying to come to terms with their mother's death.

Let the Right One In (stage version)

By John Ajvide Lindqvist Adapted by Jack Thorne

A dark and visceral coming-of-age vampire love story, based on the acclaimed novel and film.

Escaped Alone

By Caryl Churchill

A play about three old friends and a neighbour having tea in the back yard, and contemplating catastrophe.

Lava (2018 edition)

By James Fritz

A timely play about grief, masculinity and the power of expression, exploring what happens when the capital city is hit by a small asteroid.

The Welkin

By Lucy Kirkwood

Lucy Kirkwood's play about a woman sentenced to hang for murder in 18th-century rural Suffolk.

Jeeves & Wooster in 'Perfect Nonsense'

By The Goodale Brothers Original author P.G. Wodehouse

An inventive, fast-paced comedy based featuring P.G. Wodehouse’s iconic double act.

Run Sister Run

By Chloë Moss

A witty and heartfelt play about two sisters, exploring family, class and dependence.

The Three Musketeers (stage version)

By John Nicholson and Le Navet Bete

A riotously comic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel, originally performed by physical-comedy theatre company Le Navet Bete.

The Last Quiz Night on Earth

By Alison Carr

An innovative, apocalyptic comedy-drama featuring a fully interactive pub quiz.

Sunday in the Park with George

By Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

The Pulitzer-winning musical inspired by Georges Seurat's pointillist masterpiece, celebrating the art of creation and the creation of art.

Life is a Dream (Donmar Warehouse version)

By Pedro Calderón Adapted by Helen Edmundson

A classic from the Spanish Golden Age, Calderón's richly poetic, epic masterpiece explores illusion, reality, fate and destiny against the backdrop of a mythical Polish kingdom.

One Jewish Boy

By Stephen Laughton

A bittersweet comedy addressing anti-Semitism through one young family's struggle against prejudice.

The Contingency Plan (2009 edition)

Two plays

By Steve Waters

A double bill of plays from the frontline of climate change - an epic portrait of an England of the near future, in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods. Original 2009 edition.

Plays from VAULT 5

Five new plays from VAULT Festival

This anthology, the fifth from Nick Hern Books, comprises five of the best plays from VAULT Festival 2020, London's biggest and most exciting arts festival.