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Caligula and Three Other Plays by Albert Camus 9780241657799
RRP: £14.99£10.95In brand new translations by Ryan Bloom, four theatrical masterpieces from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Outsider and The Plague are brought together for the first time in English, alongside deleted scenes and alternate lines of... -
The Roaring Girl and Other City Comedies by Thomas Dekker 9780199540105
RRP: £10.99£7.77Thomas Dekker: The Shoemaker's Holiday George Chapman, Ben Jonson, John Marston: Eastward Ho! Ben Jonson: Every Man In His Humour Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker: The Roaring Girl Oxford English Drama offers plays from the sixteenth to the early... -
buckets by Adam Barnard
RRP: £11.99£8.60How to fill what's left of your day. How to fill the rest of your days. Sick buckets, bucket rattling, bucket lists, buckets of love. Wry, emotive, funny and heartfelt, buckets is a play with a unique perspective on a universal dilemma: how do you... -
Be My Baby by Amanda Whittington
RRP: £10.99£7.93A poignant drama about attitudes to teenage pregnancy in 1960s Britain. Mary Adams, aged 19, is unmarried and seven months pregnant. Forcibly sent to a Mother-and-Baby Home in the north of England by a mother intent on keeping up appearances, Mary -... -
Blood Wedding: MCE by Federico Garcia Lorca
RRP: £10.99£9.66Blood Wedding is set in a village community in Lorca's Andalusia, and tells the story of a couple drawn irresistibly together in the face of an arranged marriage. This tragic and poetic play is the work on which his international reputation was founded... -
Girls Like That and other plays for teenagers by Evan Placey
RRP: £18.99£13.81This collection features four urgent and explosive plays by award-winning playwright Evan Placey, each tackling issues facing young people today. They provide ideal material for teenagers to read, study and perform. Girls Like That explores the... -
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) (NHB Modern Plays) by Isobel McArthur
RRP: £10.99£7.93'Love's irrelevant - we're talking about marriage.' This unique take on Jane Austen's beloved novel is an adaptation like no other, drawing on over two hundred years of romantic pop history, and featuring five young women with a story to tell. You... -
The Children's Inquiry Matt Woodhead 9780571393916
RRP: £10.99£7.32Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Picnic at Hanging Rock (stage version) by Joan Lindsay
RRP: £11.99£8.60'I know you're there... Miranda? Miranda!' On a summer's day in 1900, three Australian schoolgirls on a picnic expedition to the remote Hanging Rock abscond from their group. They are last seen heading towards the beckoning Rock... In Tom Wright's... -
"Dealer's Choice" by Patrick Marber 9780413714909
£11.27Dealer's Choice premiered at the Royal National Theatre, London, in 1995 and subsequently transferred to the West End. It won the 1995 Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy and, the Writers' Guild for Best West End Play. 'An exceptionally accomplished... -
Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres 9781848428980
RRP: £12.99£9.26Kefalonia, 1941. Captain Corelli, an enigmatic young Italian officer, is posted to the idyllic Greek island as part of the Axis occupying forces. Shunned by the locals at first, he proves to be civilised, humorous - and a consummate musician. The... -
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare 9780141396668
RRP: £7.99£5.79'He could mingle sublimity with pathos, bitterness with joy and peace and love' Aldous HuxleyIn one of Shakespeare's most perennially popular comedies a young woman, Hermia, flees ancient Athens with her lover, only to be pursued by her would-be husband... -
The Duchess of Malfi, The White Devil, The Broken Heart and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by Revd Prof. John Webster
RRP: £12.99£9.09These four plays, written during the reigns of James I and Charles I, took revenge tragedy in dark and ambiguous new directions. In The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil, John Webster explores the role of women and issues of power, sex and corruption... -
By the Bog of Cats by Marina Carr
RRP: £10.99£7.32Set in the mysterious landscape of the bogs of rural Ireland, Carr's lyrical and timeless play tells the story of Hester Swane, an Irish traveller with a deep and unearthly connection to her land. Tormented by the memory of a mother who deserted her,... -
Cock by Mike Bartlett
£11.05The fact is that some of us like women and some like men and that's fine that's good in fact that's good, a good thing, but it seems to me that you've become confused. John is happy in himself, and with his boyfriend, until one day he meets the woman... -
Kenneth Lonergan: Three Plays by Kenneth Lonergan
RRP: £17.99£13.14Described as 'America's greatest living playwright' (Wall Street Journal), Kenneth Lonergan is internationally acclaimed for his trademark humour and his genius for capturing the real heart and soul of human interactions. This volume gathers together... -
No Sex, Please-We're British by Anthony Marriott 9780573013096
£12.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573013096Author Anthony MarriottFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd -
Persians and Other Plays by Aeschylus
RRP: £10.99£7.77Aeschylus is the first of the great Greek playwrights, and the four plays in this volume demonstrate the remarkable range of Greek tragedy. Persians is the only surviving tragedy to draw on contemporary history, the Greeks' extraordinary victory over... -
Alys, Always by Harriet Lane
RRP: £9.99£7.27A psychological thriller excavating the fault lines that separate the entitled from the rest, Alys, Always is adapted for the stage by Lucinda Coxon from Harriet Lane's gripping novel. Frances works on the books pages of a Sunday newspaper. She's quiet... -
Chariots of Fire by Mike Bartlett 9780573113949
£11.421924. The Paris Olympic Games. A devout Scottish Christian runs for the glory of God. The son of an immigrant Lithuanian Jew runs to overcome prejudice. Two young track athletes who live for the beautiful purity of running and who prevail in the face of... -
Lilia: a true story of love, courage, and survival in the shadow of war by Linda Ganzini 9781777607319
RRP: £14.99£14.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781777607319Author Linda GanziniFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Menzini PublishingPublisher Menzini PublishingWeight(grams) 562gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Our Day Out by Willy Russell 9780435233013
£17.00Our Day Out is both funny and poignant, asking what a group of back-street kids from Liverpool can expect beyond a rare 'day out'? 24 parts: 10 adult males, 4 adult females, 10+ children. Age 13+Book InformationISBN 9780435233013Author Willy... -
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare 9781853260797
RRP: £3.99£2.87Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex. The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare's Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes... -
King Henry VI Part 3: Third Series William Shakespeare 9781903436318
RRP: £11.99£11.79In their lively and engaging edition of this sometimes neglected early play, Cox and Rasmussen make a strong claim for it as a remarkable work, revealing a confidence and sureness that very few earlier plays can rival. They show how the young... -
Mr Kolpert by David Gieselmann
RRP: £10.99£7.93A delightfully morbid black comedy with a nod to Hitchcock's Rope. Ralf and Sarah are bored. They decide to invite a couple of friends round for drinks and pizza. To spice things up Ralf pretends there's a dead body in their trunk - the dead body of... -
Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. Alice Birch (Author) 9781350266070
RRP: £11.99£11.02You are expected to behave... Use the right words Act appropriately Don't break the rules Just behave. This play is not well behaved. Alice Birch examines the language, behaviour and forces that shape women in the 21st century and asks... -
The Beacon by Nancy Harris
RRP: £9.99£7.27A mysterious accident. A dead husband. People are talking. Secrets are resurfacing from the depths. Is the past ever truly dead? Beiv, a celebrated artist, has moved from suburban Dublin to her holiday cottage on an island off the coast of West Cork... -
American Moor by Keith Hamilton Cobb
£12.76The intelligent, intuitive, indomitable, large, black, American male actor explores Shakespeare, race, and America ... not necessarily in that order. Keith Hamilton Cobb embarks on a poetic exploration that examines the experience and perspective of... -
How My Light Is Spent by Alan Harris
RRP: £9.99£7.27Every Wednesday evening, Jimmy calls Kitty. For precisely nine minutes. At GBP1.20 a minute. Jimmy is thirty-four, lives with his mum and works at Newport's only drive-through doughnut restaurant. Kitty is an adult chatline operator, living in the... -
The Revenger'S Tragedy: Thomas Middleton / Cyril Tourneur by R. A. Foakes
RRP: £10.99£9.74This play depicts a morally corrupt world where the desire for justice is contaminated by the obsession for revenge. The characters take pleasure in watching adultery, incest and murder. The play's chief moral spokesman, Vindice, is at the same time... -
The Oresteia by Ted Hughes 9780571179961
RRP: £10.99£7.32The Oresteia comprises three of the greatest plays of all time: Agamemnon, The Cheophori and The Eumenides. Concerned with the immediate aftermath of the Trojan War as it affects the accursed royal house of Atreus, it follows a singularly harrowing... -
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time GCSE Student Edition by Simon Stephens
RRP: £10.99£9.66Written specifically for GCSE students by academics in the field, the Methuen Drama GCSE Student Editions provide in-depth explanatory material alongside the play texts frequently studied at Key Stage 4. Whether for use in the classroom or... -
Krapp's Last Tape and Other Shorter Plays by Samuel Beckett
RRP: £12.99£8.56Krapp's Last Tape was first performed by Patrick Magee at the Royal Court Theatre in October 1958, and described as 'a solo, if that is the word, for one voice and two organs: one human, one mechanical. It fills few pages. It is perhaps the most original... -
Three Uses Of The Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama by David Mamet
£17.82Now published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series, this is a classic work on the power and importance of drama by renowned American playwright, screenwriter and essayist David Mamet. In this short but arresting series of essays, David Mamet explains... -
Plays Volume Two by W. Somerset Maugham
RRP: £16.99£12.28Witty, comedic and engrossing, this second collection showcases the range of W. Somerset Maugham's talent as a playwright. The delightful satires of marriage Lady Frederick and Home and Beauty are included here alongside the insightful war drama For... -
Plays Volume One by W. Somerset Maugham
RRP: £16.99£12.28In his day, W. Somerset Maugham was most celebrated as a playwright, and the breadth of his ability is manifested in this collection of his most popular plays. Included here are the noirish mystery The Sacred Flame, the hilarious satires The Circle, The... -
Two Billion Beats (NHB Modern Plays) by Sonali Bhattacharyya
RRP: £12.99£9.26'The smaller you are, the quicker your heart beats. But it doesn't matter what size your heart is, we all only get an average of about two billion beats over our lifetime. It's just a pump at the end of the day, right?' Seventeen-year-old Asha is a... -
Brian Friel: Collected Plays - Volume 2: The Freedom of the City; Volunteers; Living Quarters; Aristocrats; Faith Healer; Translations by Brian Friel
RRP: £19.99£13.45This second collection of Brian Friel's work contains:The Freedom of the City (1973) Volunteers (1975) Living Quarters (1977) Aristocrats (1979) (March) Faith Healer (1979) (April) Translations (1980)About the AuthorBrian Friel (9 January 1929 - 2... -
Mogadishu by Vivienne Franzmann
RRP: £11.99£8.60A gripping and urgent play about a well-meaning teacher who intervenes on behalf of a troublesome student, with terrifying consequences. When white secondary-school teacher Amanda is pushed to the ground by black student Jason, she's reluctant to... -
Modern and Contemporary Irish Drama by John P. Harrington
£20.39This revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition reprints the complete texts of fourteen plays by the major Irish playwrights: W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, J. M. Synge, Bernard Shaw, Sean O'Casey, Samuel Beckett, Brian Friel, Conor McPherson, and Marina...