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  • by Ben Travers
    £21.49

    A collection of four classic farces from Ben Travers (1886-1980), who was known as the master of the "Aldwych Farce."

  • - The Thin Soldier; Bachelors and Bachelorettes; Everyone Wants to Live; The Constant Mourner; The Lamenters
    by Hanoch Levin
    £17.49

    'Hanoch Levin is the modern world on the stage... we badly need to hear what he has to say.' David LanHanoch Levin was one of Israel's leading dramatists. Born in Tel Aviv in 1943, his work includes comedies, tragedies, and satirical cabarets, most of which he directed himself. He received numerous theatre awards both in Israel and abroad and his plays have been staged around the world. Levin was awarded the Bialik Prize in 1994. Published in brand-new English translations, these selected volumes of Hanoch Levin, one of Israel's leading dramatists, aim to bring one of the most important playwrights of the Middle East to English speaking audiences.Plays Three contains the plays The Thin Soldier, Bachelors and Bachelorettes (2002), Everyone Wants to Live, The Constant Mourner (2019) and The Lamenters (2000).

  • by Mojisola (Author Adebayo
    £20.49

    First collection from leading black writer.

  • - Krum; Schitz; The Torments of Job; A Winter Funeral; The Child Dreams
    by Hanoch Levin
    £21.49

    Plays One is the first volume of brand-new English translations of selected volumes of Hanoch Levin, one of Israel's leading dramatists, aiming to bring one of the most important playwrights of the Middle East to English speaking audiences.

  • - Strange Fruit; Where There is Darkness; The Shelter
    by Caryl Phillips
    £19.49

    Three plays by playwright and novelist Caryl Phillips, written in the 1980s and collected here for the first time: Strange Fruit, Where There is Darkness, and The Shelter.

  • - My World Has Exploded A Little Bit; Rejoicing At Her Wondrous Vulva The Young Woman Applauded Herself
    by Bella Heesom
    £10.49

    Presenting Bella Heesom's first two plays - My World Has Exploded A Little Bit and Rejoicing At Her Wondrous Vulva The Young Woman Applauded Herself - grappling with feminism, grief and female desire.

  • by Marius (Author) von Mayenburg
    £22.49

    The first collection in English of plays by Marius von Mayenburg, one of Europe's most influential and widely produced playwrights

  • by Barney (Author) Norris
    £13.99

    Three short plays from the multi-award-winning writer of Visitors

  • by Sol River
    £22.49

    Presenting four plays, this work includes "Toast" where seven men come together to bake enough bread to feed the population of Hull. It also features "Honeymoon Suite" that deals with love, and middle manager Stephen England ("Mr England").

  • by Oladipo (Author Agboluaje
    £20.49

    The collected plays of one of contemporary Britain's most engaging dramatic voices, Agboluaje Plays One marks the emergence of a major talent.

  • by J. B. Priestley
    £21.49

    Two comic plays by one of Britain's seminal playwrights, that show another side to the writer of Dangerous Corner and An Inspector Calls.

  • - Three Early Jamaican Plays
    by Louis Marriott, Sylvia Wynter & Cecily Waite
    £20.49

    As much an act of celebration and defiance as an important historical document, Mixed Company collects the earliest known Jamaican plays, preserving three unique voices that capture the spirit of a country fighting to gain its independence from colonial rule. Contains the plays The Creatures, Bedward and Maskarade.

  • - The Flashing Stream; The River Line; The Burning Glass
    by Charles Morgan
    £20.49

    Three bitingly intelligent post-war plays from one of Britain's most underrated dramatists, collected together for the first time, with an introduction by academic Carole Bourne-Taylor. These insightful, modernist dramas fiercely question British high society, religion, war and sexuality, in masterful prose.

  • by Oliver (Author) Lansley
    £19.49

    Target Audience: Fans of fringe theatre, Edinburgh festival, music hall, vaudeville theatre, and dark comedy.

  • by Howard (Author) Barker
    £22.49

    Includes the plays The Castle, Gertrude - The Cry, Animals in Paradise and 13 Objects.

  • - Tiny Dynamite; Splendour; Tender; Lovesong; 27
    by Abi (Author) Morgan
    £25.49

    The first collection from multi-award-winning playwright and screenwriter Abi Morgan. Contains the plays Tiny Dynamite, Splendour, Tender, Lovesong and 27.

  • - A Trilogy
    by George (Author) Whyte
    £17.49

    Great for fans of Jewish and historical dramas. Includes an epilogue by the author, "My Burning Protest" after Emile Zola. The Dreyfus affair was a political scandal that divided France from its inception in 1894 until its resolution in 1906. It was a series of events that brought into the spotlight a host of political, social and moral issues.

  • by Richard (Author) Bean
    £20.49

    The new collection from Richard Bean, one of Britain's leading playwrights and the author of One Man, Two Guvnors.

  • - An Anthology
    by Boguslaw (Author) Schaeffer
    £20.49

    A collection of avant garde instrumental performance pieces by Poland's greatest polymath. Formally innovative, these plays defy categorisation, conventions and the expected, and instead challenge and perplex the reader. Contains Scenario for a Non-Existing, but Possible Instrumental Actor, Quartet for Four Actors, and Scenario for Three Actors.

  • - Four One-Act Plays
    by David (Author) Pinner
    £15.49

    A collection of one-act plays by one of British Theatre's most distinctive voices, these short plays parade David Pinner's enthrallment with the political, the farcical, the sexual and, above all, the miserable. Contains the plays Cartoon, An Evening with the G.L.C., Shakebag, and Succubus.

  • - Two Horror Plays
    by Bryony (Author) Lavery
    £14.99

    Two of Britain's most enduring and remarkable horror stories, adapted for the stage by multi-award-winning playwrights Lisa Evans and Bryony Lavery.

  • by Dea Loher
    £21.49

    A new collection of three plays by Dea Loher, one of Germany's most highly esteemed contemporary playwrights.

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