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Top Titles
Below is a selection of our bestselling plays and theatre books.

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The Complete Stanislavsky Toolkit

The Complete Stanislavsky Toolkit

By Bella Merlin

A revised and updated edition of Bella Merlin's essential guide to Stanislavsky's terms and ideas.

Contemporary Monologues for Men

Contemporary Monologues for Men

Edited by Trilby James

Fifty fantastic speeches for men, all written since the year 2000, by some of our most exciting dramatic voices. Each speech is prefaced with a thorough introduction including the vital information you need to perform the scene to its maximum effect. The result is the most comprehensive and useful contemporary monologue book now available.

Contemporary Monologues for Women

Contemporary Monologues for Women

Edited by Trilby James

Fifty fantastic speeches for women, all written since the year 2000, by some of our most exciting dramatic voices. In the Nick Hern Books Good Audition Guides series.

Death and the Maiden

Death and the Maiden

By Ariel Dorfman

A woman seeks revenge when the man she believes to have been her torturer happens to re-enter her life.

The Deep Blue Sea

The Deep Blue Sea

By Terence Rattigan

Written in the early fifties when Rattigan was at the height of his powers, The Deep Blue Sea is a powerful account of lives blighted by love - or the lack of it.

Different Every Night

Different Every Night

Freeing the Actor

By Mike Alfreds

A top-ranking director sets out his rehearsal techniques in this invaluable handbook for actors and directors.

A Doll's House

A Doll's House

By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

Ibsen's revolutionary tale of a woman's awakening to her need for a life of her own.

Drama Games for Classrooms and Workshops

Drama Games for Classrooms and Workshops

By Jessica Swale

101 great drama games for use in any classroom or workshop setting. Part of the Nick Hern Books Drama Games series.

Drama Games for Devising

Drama Games for Devising

By Jessica Swale

As part of the ever-growing, increasingly popular Drama Games series, Jessica Swale returns with another dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book, packed with dozens of drama games that can be used in the process of devising theatre.

Drama Games for Those Who Like to Say No

Drama Games for Those Who Like to Say No

By Chris Johnston

A dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book for teachers and workshop leaders working with difficult or reluctant students, youth groups, young offenders, and all those who seem intent on saying 'no' to whatever is offered them.

Drama Menu

Drama Menu

Theatre Games in Three Courses

By Glyn Trefor-Jones

Packed full of tried-and-tested theatre games, exercises and improvisation ideas, Drama Menu is a unique new resource for drama teachers and workshop leaders.

East is East

East is East

By Ayub Khan Din

A wonderful comedy about growing up in multiracial Salford.

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