Books published by Nick Hern Books

In rural Devon, one man in a barn is visited by two men from London, intent on dealing with some unfinished business. Only two men will leave the barn. This is the author's third play. His debut play "Mojo" marched off with all the awards - including the Olivier Award for Best Comedy, and the George Devine Award.

Set in 1945 during the hundred days that elapsed between victory in Europe and victory in Japan, this work follows the fortunes of a group of women in a working-class suburb of Nottingham.

This is one of a series of books that provide a guide to Shakespeare's plays. The prefaces include endorsements by both actors and directors.

An affectionate and witty comedy of recollection from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers. This edition includes a full introduction, biographical sketch and chronology.

Caryl Churchill's spare and resonant version of Strindberg's enigmatic masterpiece.

The spellbinding, beautifully observed hit from the master of suspenseful realism; combining superbly chilling tales of the supernatural with the hilarious banter of a small community in the heart of rural Ireland. A bar in a remote part of Ireland. The local lads are swapping spooky stories to impress a young woman recently moved to the area from Dublin. As the drink flows and the stories become increasingly frightening, it's clear that Valerie has something on her mind. She has a tale to tell that'll stop them all dead in their tracks. Winner of: Olivier Award for Best New Play, Evening Standard Award for Best New Playwright, Critic's Circle Award for Most Promising New Playwright. 'The play of the decade... a modern masterpiece' Express 'Puts one in mind of an Irish Chekhov. I have rarely been so convinced that I have just seen a modern classic' Daily Telegraph

One of a series of plays by the Nobel Prize-winning dramatist, this was first staged in 1928. The play incorporates a "stream-of-consciousness" technique, numerous asides to express the unspoken thoughts of the characters, and draws on contemporary psychology.

Harriet Walter's wonderfully practical - and personal - introduction to acting. "e;Acting is what I do with who I am"e;, writes Harriet Walter. And in this book she takes us step by step through the processes involved in performance. Each step of the way is illuminated with brilliantly precise examples drawn from her own experience. 'My advice to a young actor: read this book' Richard Eyre 'Buy it, and be delightfully and unhectoringly informed about exactly what it is that actors get up to and why... Harriet Walter is sharp, clear, elegant, sturdily sensitive' Observer 'A fascinating insight into the working life of an actor... very enjoyable' The Times

The Pulitzer-winning musical inspired by Georges Seurat's pointillist masterpiece, celebrating the art of creation and the creation of art.

A comprehensive instruction manual on how to liberate the singing voice that is within each one of us. Full of practical exercises, the book starts with an overhaul of our attitude to our voice. Topics covered include: overcoming inhibition; sound and resonance; and using your imagination.

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. Moliere's masterpiece The Miser is one of the most famous French plays of all time. This Drama Classics edition is translated and introduced by Martin Sorrell, Professor of Literary Translation at the University of Exeter.

Yes, it's about that princess who is cursed to prick her finger and fall asleep for 100 years, but this "Sleeping Beauty" is seen through the eyes of the fairy who casts the spell in the first place - Goody, who is not such a bad lot after all as it turns out.

Listening through their walls, Amelia and Jason are drawn into the dark and compelling world of their mutal neighbour Jo in this play about voyeurism, power and guilt.

A blood-related black family. A dad, a mum, a daughter, two sisters, a brother. A family argument. A skeleton in the closet.

A moving portrait of the young Vincent van Gogh - a hit in the West End and on Broadway. Winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Play. Brixton, 1873. A brash young Dutchman rents a room in the house of an English widow. Three years later he returns to Europe on the first step of a journey which will end in breakdown, death and immortality. Vincent in Brixton premiered at the National Theatre, London, in April 2002, before transferring to the West End. 'one of the best new plays ever presented by the National Theatre' >Sunday Times 'a brilliant portrait of the artist as a young man' Guardian 'Nicholas Wright has convincingly imagined himself into the life of the 20-year-old Vincent van Gogh... superlative... An evening to savour' Evening Standard</div>

A step-by-step guide to Physical Theatre in both theory and practice - full of detailed exercises and inspiring ideas. In Through the Body, based on twelve years of teaching physical theatre, Dymphna Callery introduces the reader to the principles behind the work of certain key 20th-century theatre practitioners (Artaud, Grotowski, Meyerhold, Brook and Lecoq, among others) and offers exercises by which their theories can be turned into practice and their principles explored in action. The book takes the form of a series of workshops starting with the preparation of the body through Awareness, Articulation, Energy and Neutrality. A section on Mask-work is followed by further work on the body, investigating Presence, Complicite, Play, Audience, Rhythm, Sound and E-motion. The book - and the work - culminates in sections on Devising and on the Physical Text. There is also a thorough bibliography and a contact list of training courses in the UK and abroad.

Fifty monologues for women drawn from classical plays throughout the ages, all prefaced with a summary of the vital information you need to place the piece in context and to perform it to maximum effect in your own unique way.

Fifty monologues for men drawn from classical plays throughout the ages, all prefaced with a summary of the vital information you need to place the piece in context and to perform it to maximum effect in your own unique way.