Filter By
- Book
- Qty in Cart
- Quantity
- Price
- Subtotal
-
Iron by Rona Munro
RRP: £12.99£9.26An intense psychological drama set in a women's prison, in which a mother and daughter try to break through the barriers of time, memory and punishment which separate them. Josie is seeing her mother Fay for the first time in a while - she's never... -
Tis Pity She's a Whore: John Ford by Derek Roper
RRP: £10.99£6.70John Ford's tragedy, first printed in 1633, is the first major English play to take as its theme a subject still rarely handled: fulfilled incest between brother and sister. It is one of the most studied and performed of all plays of the period, and has... -
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell 9781350455498
RRP: £10.99£9.66'She's like no one I've ever met... She's like fire and water all at once.' Warwickshire, 1582. Agnes Hathaway, a natural healer, meets the Latin tutor, William Shakespeare. Drawn together by powerful but hidden impulses, they create a life together... -
Passing Places by Stephen Greenhorn
RRP: £11.99£8.60A road movie for the stage, following two young lads from Motherwell on their trip from dislocation to location. Alex and Brian are a pair of Scottish smalltown boys going nowhere, who get out the only way they know how - doing a runner with a prized... -
The Pride by Alexi Kaye Campbell
RRP: £11.99£8.60The powerful debut play from Alexi Kaye Campbell, winner of an Olivier Award, the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright, and the John Whiting Award for Best New Play. Alternating between 1958 and 2008, The Pride examines changing... -
"King Henry VI": Pt. 1 by William Shakespeare
RRP: £11.99£11.38A fresh look at a play usually regarded as the first component of a three-part historical epic, this edition argues that Henry VI Part 1 is a 'prequel', a freestanding piece that returns for ironic and dramatic effect to a story already familiar to its... -
It Could be Any One of Us by Alan Ayckbourn 9780573017971
£12.37> Comedy Alan Ayckbourn Characters: 3 male, 3 female Interior A thunderstorm. In a windswept country house a family of failures wrangles over a will: a detective who has never solved a case; a writer, an artist and a composer whose works have never been... -
Spring Awakening: A Musical (new edition) by Steven Sater 9781839040443
RRP: £10.99£7.93A time to learn. A time to rebel. A time to love. A time to burn. A group of teenagers - silenced and controlled by a censorious society - discovers a new world of feeling and freedom, with beautiful and devastating consequences. Inspired by German... -
Albion by Mike Bartlett
RRP: £13.99£9.93In the ruins of a garden in rural England, in a house which was once a home, one woman searches for seeds of hope. Albion premiered in October 2017 at the Almeida Theatre in London to critical acclaim. The Independent called it "A work of deeply... -
Of Mice and Men: Playscript by John Steinbeck 9780856761539
RRP: £10.99£8.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003.Book InformationISBN 9780856761539Author John SteinbeckFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Josef Weinberger PlaysPublisher Josef... -
A Number by Caryl Churchill
RRP: £10.99£7.93A fascinating meditation on human cloning, personal identity and the conflicting claims of nature and nurture. Bernard thought he was an only child. One day he learns the shocking truth: he is just one of a number of clones. Together, he and his... -
King Lear: Arden Performance Editions by William Shakespeare
RRP: £8.99£7.99King Lear has ruled for many years. As age overtakes him, he divides his kingdom amongst his children. Misjudging their loyalty, he soon finds himself stripped of all the trappings of state, wealth and power that had defined him. Arden Performance... -
The Doctor by Robert Icke
RRP: £10.99£9.66First, do no harm. How do we defend the "truth" when no one agrees what it is and many have reason to undermine it? Very freely adapting Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler, Robert Icke's gripping moral thriller uses the lens of medical... -
Springboard Shakespeare: King Lear by Ben Crystal
RRP: £11.99£10.95King Lear is a towering drama of personal and national tragedy. This accessible introduction offers a springboard into the play, taking a hands-on, performance-based approach, exploring the challenges and the rewards it presents to actors, audiences and... -
The Winter's Tale: The Oxford Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
RRP: £7.99£5.79The Winter's Tale is Shakespeare's most perfectly realized tragi- comedy, as notable for its tragic intensity as for its comic grace and, throughout, for the richness and complexity of its poetry. It concludes, moreover, with the most daring and moving... -
Macbeth: Arden Performance Editions by William Shakespeare
RRP: £8.99£7.99'I wish I had copies like this at Drama School. Essential notes on the language for those who will get up and speak it, not purely for those who will sit and study it. An incredibly useful tool with room on every page to make notes. Next time I'm in... -
The Comedy About a Bank Robbery by Henry Lewis
RRP: £11.99£11.95I'm really looking forward to robbing this bank! Mischief's smash-and-grab hit The Comedy About A Bank Robbery is a fast, fabulous comedy caper and the funniest show in the West End! Summer 1958. Minneapolis City Bank has been entrusted with a... -
"The Cheviot": WITH "The Stag AND "The Black, Black Oil" by John McGrath 9780413488800
RRP: £11.99£11.95Strathoykel, Sutherland. "When the Sheriff and his men arrived, the women were on the road and the men behind the walls. The women shouted 'Better to die here than America or the Cape of Good Hope'. The first blow was struck by a woman with a stick. The... -
The 47th (NHB Modern Plays) by Mike Bartlett 9781839040740
RRP: £11.99£8.60'It's not a game for gentlemen we're playing, Political and civilized. This is Historic' 2024. As America goes to the polls, democracy itself is on the brink. Who takes the White House - and at what cost? Mike Bartlett's viciously funny and... -
Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage
RRP: £10.99£7.93New York City, 1930. Following a decade of explosive creativity, the Harlem Renaissance is starting to feel the bite of the Great Depression. In the face of hardship and dwindling opportunity, Angel and her friends battle to keep their artistic dreams... -
Bacchae and Other Plays by Euripides
RRP: £9.99£7.43Iphigenia among the Taurians Bacchae Iphigenia at Aulis Rhesus The four plays newly translated in this volume are among Euripides' most exciting works. Iphigenia among the Taurians is a story of escape and contrasting Greek and barbarian... -
Performance Lighting Design by Nick Moran
RRP: £31.99£28.97A practical guide to the art and technique of lighting for the stage, this book explains the complex mixture of craft, collaboration and creativity behind successful lighting design. The designer paints with light - revealing form and composing a living... -
The Two Gentlemen of Verona: The Oxford Shakespeare by William Shakespeare 9780192831422
RRP: £7.99£5.79The Oxford Shakespeare General Editor: Stanley Wells The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers. - A new, modern-spelling text, collated and... -
The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff 9781474601573
RRP: £9.99£5.96Now a major motion picture starring Eddie Redmayne and Oscar-winning Alicia Vikander'An enthralling read' THE TIMES'Heartbreaking and unforgettable, it is a complete triumph' BOSTON GLOBE'Beautifully written. It is absolutely engrossing' SUNDAY... -
The Shakespeare Conspiracy by Andrew Shepherd 9780573132858
£12.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573132858Author Andrew ShepherdFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd -
Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
RRP: £13.99£9.93'So I thought, since we can't do Europe this summer, why don't the kids and I just do a little Southern History road trip? We're going to drive back home through Mississippi, Louisiana - all those places - experience some of Daddy's heritage.' The... -
Parlour Song by Jez Butterworth
RRP: £10.99£7.93A blackly hilarious exploration of deceit, paranoia and murderous desire, as the spirit of the Blues lands in leafy suburbia. Demolition expert Ned lives in a nice new house on a nice new estate on the edge of the English countryside. He loves his job... -
The Kitchen Sink by Tom Wells
RRP: £11.99£8.60An irresistibly funny and tender play about big dreams and small changes. Amid the dreaming, the dramas and the dirty dishes, something has to give. But will it be Kath or the kitchen sink? Things aren't going to plan for one family in Withernsea,... -
I'm a Minger by Alex Jones 9781840028737
£12.37A turbulent and triumphant tale of a totally troubled teen.A turbulent and triumphant tale of a totally troubled teen.About the AuthorAlex Jones writes for theatre, radio and film. Credits include the internationally acclaimed play Noise for Soho Theatre... -
Iphigenia, Phaedra, Athaliah by Jean Racine
RRP: £12.99£9.09Strongly influenced by Classical drama, Jean Racine (1639-99) broke away from the grandiose theatricality of baroque drama to create works of intense psychological realism, with characters manipulated by cruel and vengeful gods. Iphigenia depicts a... -
Sucker Punch by Roy Williams
RRP: £10.99£8.38Right, you know the rules, watch the low blows, if it's a knock-down no messing about, go straight to your corner, and don't come out till called for, are we clear? Touch gloves, let's go. In the red corner: Leon Davidson - Black British champ or... -
Steaming by Nell Dunn 9780906399309
£11.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 1982 and Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy 1981.Book InformationISBN 9780906399309Author Nell DunnFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (stage version by Joan Aitken
RRP: £10.99£7.93A thrilling, funny and spectacular adaptation of Joan Aiken's classic children's novel, perfectly suited to performance by theatre companies and drama groups of any size. A thrilling adventure set in an alternative history of England, The Wolves of... -
Smalltown by Russell Barr
£12.37Something has been put in the water. Things are about to get a whole lot crazy. And you decide how it ends... Smalltown is the new dynamic comedy written by leading Scots writers Douglas Maxwell, D.C. Jackson and Johnny McKnight. It tells the... -
Connections 500: Blackout; Eclipse; What Are They Like?; Bassett; I'm Spilling My Heart Out Here; Gargantua; Children of Killers; Take Away; It Snows; The Musicians; Citizenship; Bedbug by Snoo Wilson
£24.91Drawing together the work of 12 leading playwrights, this National Theatre Connections anthology celebrates highlights from 21 years of the Connections festival with a retrospective selection of plays. Featuring work by some of the most prolific... -
Superhoe by Nicole Lecky
RRP: £9.99£7.27The hit stage play behind major BBC TV drama series Mood. Sasha Clayton is twenty-four and living with her mum, stepdad, and irritating little sister, in Plaistow, East London. She's gone from being the most popular girl at school, to spending most of... -
Four Old Broads on the High Seas by Leslie Kimbell 9780573710186
£11.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573710186Author Leslie KimbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Samuel French, Inc.Publisher Samuel French, Inc.Weight(grams) 104g -
Low Level Panic by Clare McIntyre
RRP: £11.99£8.60'When am I going to wake up and be different?' Three flatmates. A single bathroom. And a whole world of men. In this funny, unapologetic play, three twenty-something women figure out how they really feel about sex, their bodies and each other. With... -
A Month of Sundays by Bob Larbey 9780573019562
£11.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573019562Author Bob LarbeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd -
Mayfly by Joe White
RRP: £11.99£8.60The mayfly hatches in the morning, mates in the afternoon, dies at night: a lot can happen in a day. A family searches for new beginnings: Ben thinks they might be better off without him, but his wife Cat has read her stars: `Today a very special ...