Nick Hern Books Playscript Subscriptions are the perfect way to keep up to date with the most exciting contemporary plays by today's top writers, from the UK's leading theatre publisher.

Each month we'll send you (or your chosen recipient) one newly published NHB playscript selected by our expert team. It could be a major premiere from a big-name playwright, a timely new version of a classic, or a fresh and exciting work by a talented, up-and-coming writer – all hot off the press, and straight from the UK and Ireland's most renowned stages.

Plus, a subscription is cheaper than buying the playscripts individually at publication – so you'll save money, too (over 20% if subscribing for 12 months)!

Playscript Subscriptions are available in two formats: Paperback (only available to customers located in the UK) and Ebook (available worldwide). Select your preferred subscription option below – and for more information about how it all works, please consult our FAQs page.

Get a free Olivier Award-winning play when you subscribe by 30 April!

Purchase your subscription by 30 April 2025 and you can select one of three newly Olivier Award-winning extra scripts to receive free with your first month's delivery:

  • Giant by Mark Rosenblatt (Winner: Best New Play)
  • Oedipus adapted by Robert Icke (Winner: Best Revival)
  • The Years adapted by Eline Arbo (Winner: Best Director, nominated for Best New Play)

Terms & Conditions: Please note, only purchases of a 6-Month or 12-Month Playscript Subscription for a new recipient (i.e. not to be sent to somebody currently receiving a subscription, whether that is the purchaser themselves or somebody else) are eligible to receive the free bonus play. Purchases must be made by 11.59pm BST, 30 April 2025