Books in the Contemporary Dramatists series

Four plays by a writer at the forefront of 80s theatre

This collection brings together four of Graham's most successful and entertaining plays, each representing a relationship with a theatre with which he has worked and introduced by the author. One of the plays, Sons of York, has never before been published, but earned James Graham a nomination for the Empty Space Mark Marvin Award.A History of Falling Things is a gentle love story about a young man and woman forced to confront their fears of the outside world and discover what really matters to their lives. Tory Boyz is a fast-paced, political comedy about prejudice and ambition in Westminster, looking at homosexuality in the British Conservative party, both today and in the past.As Ben, self-employed, skint and emotionally vulnerable, begins to stitch together the patchwork quilt that was the Tax Year 2009/2010, he relives a year that was both hilarious and tragic, all mixed up in one shoe box of receipts. The Man is an affectionate and funny portrait of an individual's year-long experience, pieced together from receipts, shopping and commercial transactions. The Whisky Taster is a contemporary, subtle and witty exploration of feeling and perception in the modern world of advertising, and about seeing things too clearly in a city that never stands still. Sons of York Described as 'undoubtedly one of the best new plays of the year' (British Theatre Guide), Sons of York depicts three generations of the same family moving in together in Hull as the Winter of Discontent of 1978 builds up.

During the last decade, Sam Shepard's most recent plays have been produced in London by the Royal Court Theatre. This collection brings together "A Lie of the Mind", "A Love Ballad...A Little Legend About Love", "States of Shock", and Shepard's most recently staged play, "Simpatico".

Jonathan Harvey has worked with the Royal Court and National theatres, written the sitcom "Gimme Gimme Gimme" for television and collaborated with the Pet Shop Boys, writing the words to their musical "Closer to Heaven". This book contains three of his plays.

The second volume of David Storey's plays in the "World Classics" series contains three of his most enduring works: "The Restoration of Arnold Middleton", "In Celebration" and "The March on Russia".

'[Williams's] plays have brought the experience of black urban youth onto the stage' ObserverSucker Punch: 'As usual with Williams, the dialogue is crisp and bespoke: motives are mixed, nobody is a hero, nothing is just black and white.' The TimesJoe Guy: 'Williams's dialogue ricochets around the stage like gunfire . . . energetic, exciting and entertaining.' StageCategory B: 'Category B is a harrowing play, but one shot through with both dark humour and tentative flickers of hope'. Daily TelegraphBaby Girl: 'The shocking thing about Roy Williams's Baby Girl is that it argues that there is a cyclical pattern to teenage pregnancy . . . Williams paints a rivetingly plausible picture of a world in which mothers and daughters are sexual rivals, 'virgin' is the ultimate peer insult and the school gates are a fertile hunting ground for male predators.' GuardianThere's Only One Wayne Matthews: 'Williams's writing is punchy . . . Wayne's gradual understanding of the realities of the world make this a touching coming-of-age drama.' Guardian

''Ravenhill has more to say, and says it more refreshingly and wittily, than any other playwright of his generation'' Time OutShoot/Get Treasure/Repeat: ''A dramatic cycle that is, in its way, epic, but is splintered into many small shards. touches deftly on the impact of war on everyone involved'' Financial TimesOver There:''Ravenhill explores postwar Germany''s division and unification through the power battles between twin brothers. The result is fantastically clever and ingenious'' GuardianA Life in Three Acts: ''By turns charming, funny, informative and, in its final segment, lump-in-the-throat moving as Bourne charts the loss of friends and lovers to Aids, and contemplates old age'' GuardianTen Plagues: ''A remarkable song-cycle. it''s the portrait of grief beyond measure that''s so affecting and which this moving hour of solitudinous lamentation, confusion and defiance brings beautifully to the fore.'' TelegraphGhost Story: ''both a satire and a moving story about illness'' GuardianThe Experiment: ''Mark Ravenhill keeps things creepy in his monologue, The Experiment, in which he plays the satiny-voiced, slippery narrator. The story, and the narrator''s level of complicity, keeps shifting. Ravenhill asks us to consider which version, if any, might be acceptable, and how much we might be willing to avert our eyes from for the greater good.'' Independent

The latest collection from the influential playwright Edward Bond includes the final play in The Paris Pentad Innocence, four shorter works ideal for students, an introduction and selected Theatre Poems.

This volume contains Ridley's first three plays, which heralded the arrival of a unique and disturbing voice in the world of contemporary drama.

A fourth volume of plays by John Godber, all of which were produced by Hull Truck Theatre in 2007 and 2008 and featuring Our House, Crown Prince, Sold and Christmas Crackers.

Stephens Plays: 2 brings together four major plays by this award-winning playwright from the first decade of the twenty-first century and the short play Sea Wall, frist produced at the Bush Theatre in October 2008. The collection features an introduction by the author.

Five recent hit plays by one of the most talented writers to emerge from the 1990s who made his mark with the seminal Shopping and F***ing.

A third collection of work by this acclaimed playwright 'whose plays, more than anyone else's, have brought the experience of black urban youth onto the stage' Observer

A second collection of plays by Joe Penhall, featuring the award-winning Blue/Orange and Dumb Show and with an introduction and chronology.

Duncan McLean is one of Scotland's liveliest fiction and non-fiction writers - this is his first volume of plays

The second of two volumes presenting work by the French playwright, Michel Vinaver.

Living alone on a drab London council estate, Abi has long since lost sight of the good things in life, until an old friend takes her back to her glorious past in Jamaica as the greatest all-rounder of the No Boys Cricket Club. Also includes "Starstruck" and "Lift Off".

This volume contains three plays by Arnold Wesker: "Chicken Soup with Barley", "Roots" and "I'm Talking About Jerusalem".

In the METHUEN CONTEMPORARY DRAMATISTS series, this collection includes The War Plays (Red Black and Ignorant, The Tin Can People, Great Peace) and Choruses from After the Assassinations. Includes a commentary by the author.

A collection of plays by the author of the screenplay of "The Long Good Friday". "Gimme Shelter" is a set of three interlinked plays about violence. "Barbarians" is set in Lewisham and looks at the effects of unemployment on young men.

"Stewart Parker was a playwright whose sense of history and elegance of wit and feeling were unusual in the British Theatre" (Observer)

This collection of plays by Terry Johnson is part of the "Methuen Drama" series. Terry Johnson is the author of "Amabel", "Days Here So Dark", "Tuesday's Child", "Imagine Drowning", "Hysteria" and "Unfinished Business".

In the METHUEN CONTEMPORARY DRAMATISTS series this collection contains Nagy's best known plays; "Weldon Rising", "Disappeared", "The Strip", and "Butterfly Kiss".

John Guare is one of America's darkest post-war playwrights

"Cerebral and lyrical, he is the new crown prince of Ireland's majestic theatrical tradition" (Newsweek)

The first volume of collected plays from acclaimed dramatist David Lan

"The most distinctive, the most restless, the most obsessive imagination at work in the Irish theatre today" Brian Friel

This collection of Anthony Neilson's plays contains: "Normal"; "Penetrator"; "Year of the Family"; "The Night Before Christmas"; and "The Censor".

Jonathan Harvey's most popular plays collected in one volume for the first time

Includes the plays HER BREAKING HEART, NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU, THE TWO MARIAS and ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES, with an introduction by the author. Lavery was Resident Writer at the Unicorn Theatre for Children and has written many plays for children and adults and some cabarets.