Books published by Nick Hern Books

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' exhilarating play, drawing on Dion Boucicault's 1859 melodrama The Octoroon, won the 2014 Obie Award for Best New American Play. It had its UK premiere at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond in 2017, transferring to the National Theatre, London in 2018.

In this unapologetic play, three twenty-something women figure out how they really feel about sex, their bodies and each other.

From the writer of Forever House. Natives is a rallying cry to a generation of unlikely heroes and celebrates coming of age online in a chaotic world.

County Armagh, Northern Ireland, 1981. The Carney farmhouse is a hive of activity with preparations for the annual harvest. A day of hard work on the land and a traditional night of feasting and celebrations lie ahead. But this year they will be interrupted by a visitor.

Three couples. What might be. What once was. What could have been. debbie tucker green's new play premieres at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in February 2017.

All the Little Lights was joint winner of the 2016 George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright.

The NHB Drama Classics series presents the world's greatest plays in affordable, highly readable editions for students, actors and theatregoers. The hallmarks of the series are accessible introductions (focussing on the play's theatrical and historical background, together with an author biography, key dates and suggestions for further reading) and the complete text, uncluttered with footnotes. The translations, by leading experts in the field, are accurate and above all actable. The editions of English-language plays include a glossary of unusual words and phrases to aid understanding.Three of Federico Garca Lorca's most famous plays in a single volume, translated from the Spanish and introduced by one of Scotland's finest playwrights, Jo Clifford.Lorca's passionate, lyrical tales of longing and revenge put the spotlight on the rural poor of 1930's Spain and are considered to be masterpieces of twentieth-century theatre. These plays exhibit Lorca's intense anger at the injustices of society, and his determination to create art that might remedy it. The collection contains Blood Wedding, Yerma and The House of Bernarda Alba, in sensitive, accurate and playable translations, and a full introduction to Lorca, his times and his work.

From the writer of Love, Lies and Taxidermy, How My Light Is Spent is a funny, hopeful play about loneliness, longing and being left behind.

Alice is a scientist. Jenny is her sister. She lives in Luton. She spends a lot of time Googling. When tragedy throws them together, the collision threatens everyone with chaos. A new play from the award-winning writer of Chimerica.

Anna Jordan's Bruntwood Prize-winning play, Yen explores a childhood lived without boundaries and the consequences of being forced to grow up on your own.

An epic dramatic trilogy set during the American Civil War, by one of America's leading playwrights.

A play about three old friends and a neighbour having tea in the back yard, and contemplating catastrophe.

A delightfully unfestive comedy about a group of recent graduates doing seasonal work selling Christmas trees.

An uplifting portrait of human hope and vulnerability, weaving resonant drama out of a friendship, a marriage, a holiday, and a death.

A romantic drama with music inspired by the days of music hall and beyond, from the author of the modern classic Kindertransport. First performed at the Watford Palace Theatre in February 2016.

In the overcrowded city, nature is getting out of control. Stef Smith's play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2016.

A disturbing but compassionate vision of our potential digital future, and what it might mean for 'life' as we know it.

A hilarious new spin on the Hollywood romcom featuring two proposals, two weddings, an elopement and a cast of unforgettable characters.

A moving examination of a terrifying moral dilemma, and a powerful story that shows what it takes for humanity and decency to be restored in a world that has abandoned them.

The debut play by Liam Williams, double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee - about gender and the ethical dimensions of modern love.

In his new book, the world-famous theatre director Peter Brook illuminates his discussion of language - ranging from Shakespearean to Franglais - with insightful perceptions and haunting parables for our time, delivered in his customarily sagacious style.

A new book on acting, from the bestselling author of Why Is That So Funny? A wonderfully accessible introduction to a fresh and innovative acting technique for actors, theatre-makers and teachers to use in training and rehearsal.

Queers celebrates a century of evolving social attitudes and political milestones in British gay history, as seen through the eyes of eight individuals.

A moving, truthful and darkly comic play about one woman's experience of a women's refuge.

A comedy about getting away from it all - the debut play from the BAFTA Award-winning co-writer and co-creator of Peep Show, Fresh Meat and Four Lions.

Funny, fresh and packed with razor-sharp wit, Kevin Elyot's landmark drama questions the nature of fidelity and the limits of love.

Sondheim's landmark musical about a reunion of showgirls, with a book by James Goldman.

An exciting and invaluable collection of audition speeches, all chosen from plays produced by the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, spanning more than sixty years as one of the world's leading companies for young performers.

A darkly funny political thriller, winner of the 2017 Tony Award for Best Play.