Books by Sam Holcroft

A theatrically playful, dark comedy.

A gripping journey through British history that shows how our country was shaped and how connected we are with our past.

Double Feature brings together - in two volumes of paired short plays - four of the most exciting new voices in UK theatre, in their first commissions for the National Theatre. The plays premiered in a specially converted space at the National Theatre in July 2011. This volume contains Edgar & Annabel by Sam Holcroft and The Swan by DC Moore.

The second in a fascinating collection of plays that look mat the position of women in politics in English History.

The valiant teacher battles on with biology revision. Outside the classroom, the world is in the middle of a long and bloody war. One by one pupils and teacher are pulled under, as their hopes and dreams float away from them. But in her biology lesson the teacher has taught her pupils that, like the cockroach, the fittest will survive.