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Frank McGuinness Plays 1: Factory Girls; Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme; Innocence; Carthiginians; Baglady: Volume 1: by Frank McGuinness 9780571177400
RRP: $41.98$28.25This first collection by Frank McGuinness contains plays from the 1980s, including his major work of that decade, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, a powerful and profoundly moving study of a group of Ulster Protestant volunteers in... -
The Bald Prima Donna: Play by Eugene Ionesco 9780573020131
$21.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573020131Author Eugene IonescoFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd -
Mermaid by Polly Teale
$18.06A bold reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen's tale of love, loss and desire, transported to a contemporary setting. Beneath the ocean's waves there is no death or pain or separation. Above, the modern world is beset with war, poverty and desire. ... -
Brian Friel: Collected Plays - Volume 3: Three Sisters (after Chekhov); The Communication Cord; Fathers and Sons (after Turgenev); Making History; Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel
RRP: $41.98$28.25This third collection of Brian Friel's work contains:Three Sisters (Chekhov) (1981)The Communication Cord (1982) Fathers and Sons (Turgenev) (1987) Making History (1988) Dancing at Lughnasa (1990)About the AuthorBrian Friel (9 January 1929 - 2 October... -
Human Nurture by Ryan Calais Cameron
$23.21I don't agree with everything they say, but we do have a lot in common nowadays; anyway, I can't be racist, my best friend is Black. Roger and Harry's bond is so strong they could be brothers. They share the same food, music, computer games and even... -
White Poppies Heinemann Plays by Sue Saunders
$38.05When Tom Headley enlists underage in the Great War, he and his childhood friends head straight to the front line as tunnellers. In tragic circumstances, Tom is blamed for the deaths of his comrades. His family and sweetheart back home are shunned by the... -
Girl in the Machine by Stef Smith
$18.06'Do you want to live forever? YES or NO.' Polly and Owen have nailed it. Successful in their careers and wildly in love with each other, they feel ready to take on the world. But when a mysterious new technology, promising a break from the daily... -
Educating Rita by Willy Russell 9781350200937
RRP: $23.08$20.29'One way of describing Educating Rita would be to say that it was about the meaning of education ... Another would be to say that it was about the meaning of life. A third, that it is a cross between Pygmailion and Lucky Jim. A fourth, that it is simply... -
Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht 9781350178533
RRP: $23.08$20.29This new Student Edition, featuring the classic John Willett translation of the play, includes an introduction by Katherine Hollander, which explores the following: * Contexts (Thirty Years War, 1618-1648; World War II and exile; sources; influential... -
Indian Ink by Tom Stoppard 9780571175567
RRP: $20.98$14.07Flora Crewe, a young poet travelling India in 1930, has her portrait painted by a local artist. More than fifty years later, the artist's son visits Flora's sister in London while her would-be biographer is following a cold trail in India.The... -
How to Date a Feminist by Samantha Ellis
$18.06A hilarious new spin on the Hollywood romcom featuring two proposals, two weddings, an elopement and a cast of unforgettable characters. Kate likes her men tall, dark and smouldering. She has a fatal attraction to bad men. Then she meets Steve... ... -
Farm Hall by Katherine Moar 9781839042171
$16.65'It was never about the Reich or the war. It was about physics.' Summer 1945. Hitler is dead, but the war in the Pacific rages on. When six of Germany's top nuclear scientists - including three Nobel Prize winners - are detained by Allied forces at a... -
British Dramatists by Graham Greene 9781853752285
RRP: $14.68$10.50Part of the "Writers' Britain" series, first published in the 1940s. This work offers Graham Greene's evaluation of British drama, from its roots in the Mystery and Miracle plays of the market carnival through Shakespeare and the Restoration to the 20th... -
I Am Shakespeare by Mark Rylance
$16.65A fascinating, witty and characteristically exuberant dramatic exploration of the Shakespeare authorship debate. Is it possible that the son of an illiterate tradesman, from a small market town in Warwickshire, could have written the greatest dramatic... -
Wind Resistance by Karine Polwart
RRP: $20.98$14.07An immersive musical essay. A meditation on sanctuary. A moor walker's journal. A personal memoir of maternity. An archaeology of flight science and football, medieval medicine and compassion. A wonder tale.Karine Polwart's Wind Resistance is co-produced... -
Human Animals by Stef Smith
$19.45In the overcrowded city, nature is getting out of control. The mice are scratching between walls, the pigeons are diseased and the foxes are beginning to rule the streets. The problem is growing. It's contagious. It has to be stopped, before it's too... -
When You Are Old by William Yeats
$33.60From the publication of his first poems at the age of twenty, to his Nobel Prize in 1923, W. B. Yeats grew from an aspiring poet spellbound by the mystical life, to an Irish senator crafting modernist poetry around a complex system of symbolism. When You... -
Free! Heinemann Plays by David Grant
$38.05Year 8 is left without a teacher. To relieve the boredom they launch an expedition - two students who never break the rules are sent to steal something from the headteacher's office. The unlikely criminals return as heroes and set about re-enacting the... -
Oberon Book of Modern Monologues for Women Volume Two by Catherine Weate 9781849434522
RRP: $31.40$27.68Monologues are an essential part of every actor's toolkit. Actors are required to perform monologues regularly throughout their career: preparing for drama school entry, showcasing skills for agents or auditioning for a role. Following on from the... -
Single Spies by Alan Bennett
RRP: $23.08$20.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573018916Author Alan BennettFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd -
Three Kingdoms by Simon Stephens
$25.10Three Kingdoms is a blackly entertaining and unsettling detective story cum parable about the devil in us all, international human trafficking and the changing state of Europe. As the severed human head of an Estonian woman is found in a river in... -
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie 9780571196937
RRP: $23.08$15.37Tim Supple's adaptations of Grimm Tales and More Grimm Tales have been universally acclaimed. With the help of David Tushingham, he has adapted Salman Rushdie's classic children's novel, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, for the stage. Set in an exotic... -
Angela by Mark Ravenhill
$25.10Mark Ravenhill's autobiographical radio play explores the way culture, high and low, impacted both his mother's and his family's lives. Starting an adult ballet class as the only male in the group sparks a memory of life through the eyes of... -
Kneehigh Anthology: Volume 1: Tristan & Yseult; The Bacchae; The Wooden Frock; The Red Shoes by Kneehigh Theatre Company
RRP: $46.18$43.24Kneehigh now finds itself celebrated as one of the UK's most exciting theatre companies. This collection contains the performance texts of four of their highly acclaimed shows: Tristan & Yseult, The Bacchae, The Wooden Frock and The Red Shoes. With... -
William Congreve - The Mourning Bride: "Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure." by William Congreve 9781785438981
RRP: $21.50$18.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785438981Author William CongreveFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Stage DoorPublisher Stage DoorWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 4mm -
Burning Bird by John Donnelly 9780573150036
RRP: $23.08$20.14It's the height of the summer, and Daisy's fifteenth birthday. Trouble is brewing - in North London, someone's been shot. There's a curfew in place, school is suspended and the city is changing, but Daisy has an important delivery to make across town... -
Cold War by Conor McPherson 9781839043093
$16.65Poland, 1949. Zula is bold and brilliant, a singer who ignites the stage. Wiktor is withdrawn and damaged, a composer longing to write. Irresistibly drawn to each other, they dream of escape. But in Communist-controlled Poland, the desire for freedom can... -
Habeas Corpus by Alan Bennett
$24.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573013256Author Alan BennettFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd -
Love and Other Acts of Violence (NHB Modern Plays) by Cordelia Lynn 9781839040344
$19.45'There is a war coming... A war that will last for a hundred years... I think it is already here. I think we've been fighting it a long time.' A young Jewish physicist and an activist poet meet at a party and fall in love. As society splinters around... -
One Careful Owner by H. Connolly 9780573121609
$22.76Percival arrives in a Rolls Royce at Darren's distinctly working-class house to view a Citroen which Darren is selling. Polite conversation highlights the differences in the two men's lifestyles, but it is not until Darren's wife arrives that the... -
The Word and the Bomb by Hanif Kureishi
RRP: $18.88$12.77'Excellent.' New York TimesHanif Kureishi has been writing about the tensions between Islam and the West for over twenty years. In recent times the argument has evolved from one of constructive discussion to one of a refusal to engage - where the bomb... -
Cheshire Cats by Gail Young
$25.98This plays needs M1-3 and F5-7 as well as extras and various simple settings. Grown women, aching feet and heaving bosoms! Follow the Cheshire Cats team as they speedwalk their way to fundraising success in the London Moonwalk. Hilary, Siobhan, Yvonne,... -
Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner 9781783190188
RRP: $31.40$26.38'Password Emil!' If Mrs Tischbein had known the amazing adventures her son Emil would have in Berlin, she'd never have let him go. Emil is excited to be taking the train on his own for the first time. He doesn't like the look of his fellow... -
Four Plays for Coarse Actors: Coarse Acting Show by Michael Green
$23.98Hilariously, everything which can go wrong in a production does so. II Fornicazione is a "grim" tale of operatic adultery, poison and mayhem. Streuth is the crime story Agatha Christie would never have dared to write. A Collier's Tuesday Tea... -
Samuel Takes a Break: in Male Dungeon No. 5 After a Long but Generally Successful Day of Tours by Rhianna Ilube 9781839043185
$16.65'Every one of us will be here for a different particular reason. I am here because I am passionate about history.' It is 2019, the Year of Return, marking four hundred years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in America. We are at a slave... -
Four French Plays: Cinna, The Misanthrope, Andromache, Phaedra by Jean Racine
RRP: $27.28$19.09This new Penguin volume includes the 'greatest hits' of French classical theatre, in vivid and acclaimed English translations. The plays in this volume - Cinna, The Misanthrope, Andromache and Phaedra - span only thirty-seven years, but make up the... -
Stuff (NHB Modern Plays) by Tom Wells
$15.27Vinny's organising a surprise birthday party for his mate, Anita. It's not going well: his choice of venue is a bit misguided, Anita's not keen on leaving the house, and everyone else has their own stuff going on. Maybe a surprise party wasn't the best... -
The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett 9780571167494
RRP: $23.08$15.37George III's behaviour has often been odd, but now he is deranged, with rumours circulating that he has even addressed an oak tree as the King of Prussia. Doctors are brought in, the government wavers and the Prince Regent manoeuvres himself into power... -
Equus by Peter Shaffer 9780582097124
$35.30Teenager Alan, fought over by a religious mother and an atheist father, finds release in horses, until he is driven to blind them with a spike. Why? While treating the boy, a psychiatrist discovers his own life is paradoxically in the witness box.Book... -
The Family Reunion: With an introduction and notes by Nevill Coghill by T. S. Eliot 9780571054459
RRP: $23.08$15.37Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.