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"Frayn's translation, which strikes me as splendidly lucid and alive...will be acted again and again" (New Statesman) In Chekhov's tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces deeply rooted in history and the...

Konstantin Stanislavsky (1863-1938) was one of the most innovative and influential directors of modern theatre and his system and related practices continue to be studied and used by actors, directors and students. Maria Shevtsova sheds new light on the...

A morality masterpiece, The Caucasian Chalk Circle powerfully demonstrates Brecht's pioneering theatrical techniques. This version by Frank McGuinness was published to coincide with the National Theatre's production which toured the UK in 2007. A servant...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573064906Author Norman RobbinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd

Mr. Kane and Kathleen meet eating lunch on a park bench, and they end up sharing more than just their sandwiches. They form a strong friendship which is tested by rumour and speculation, but together they learn to accept the blessings and face the...

Sarah and Phil had recently separated when their son, Joe, was killed while playing football alone in a playground. Now Phil visits the same playground every day and sits on a bench, waiting for Joe to appear so he can talk to him.1 woman, 1 man, 1...

In your hearts you know the truth: I was here among you three hundred years ago . . . Had you chosen differently then - before slavery and greed breathed their venom so deeply into our souls - we would be living in another world now. It is not too late...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573120848Author Alan AyckbournFormat PaperbackPage Count 14Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd

"It's chaos out there. Not that I'm complaining. Lotta profit in chaos." High above New York City, the super-rich wine and dine in sky-line restaurants dreaming of bigger and better cities. In a military bunker deep in the heart of an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573702341Author Agatha ChristieFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573010521Author Sir John MortimerFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd

Dracula and Frankenstein: Two Horror Plays brings together two classic horror tales updated for the 21st century and adapted for the stage by two of Britain's leading playwrights. Bram Stoker's Dracula adapted by Bryony Lavery: This is the modern...

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In the seemingly quiet town of Bere Knighton there is never a dull moment for Dr Richard Forth. Not only does he have a hectic work schedule and an awkward friendship with his ex-girlfriend, but his wife, Barbara, is constantly ill and nobody knows what...

The structure of this play is a loosely connected sequence of sketches, some deliberately written for great comic effect, and others pitched in a much lower key. It is about a boy growing up in the period from the end of World War Two to the late 1960s...

This book explores the formative period of British television drama, concentrating on the years 193655. It examines the continuities and changes of early television drama, and the impact this had upon the subsequent 'golden age'. In particular, it...

Why do actors get stage fright? What is so embarrassing about joining in? Why not work with animals and children, and why is it so hard not to collapse into helpless laughter when things go wrong? In trying to answer these questions - usually ignored by...

You used to swing me on our garden gate. In and out, in and out - out and in, me, on top of the gate, safe because I was in your arms, my father's big strong arms.Recalling events that may or may not have happened, people he may or may not have known, an...

This 2002 Companion is designed for readers interested in past and present productions of Shakespeare's plays, both in and beyond Britain. The first six chapters describe aspects of the British performing tradition in chronological sequence, from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787373051Author George FarquharFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Stage DoorPublisher Stage DoorWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 6mm

A timely play based on the true story of a Nobel Laureate. On 3 April 2011, as he was boarding a flight to Taipei, the Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Airport. Advised merely that his travel "could damage state security", he was...

Based on the lost Sophoclean play Tereus, The Three Birds explores the extremes of love as two Athenian sisters are separated by a man who marries one but desires the other. The epic images of Sophocles act as a metaphorfor the exceptional passions which...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785438707Author John DrydenFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Stage DoorPublisher Stage DoorWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 6mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573706844Author Emma WhipdayFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd

This second volume of Wesker's Collected Plays contains his One-Woman Plays: "Wesker is that rarity, a playwright who writes good, gritty parts for women" (Time Out) Yardsdale and Whatever Happened to Betty Lemon?: 'From his earliest plays,...

'Fucking Frogs! My grandfather didn't die in the English Civil War so's half the population of France could come over here and live off the soup!' A riotous journey through four waves of immigration from the 17th century to today. As the French...

For Count Carlo Gozzi (1720-1806), theater was a fabulous world apart, in which human beings, statues, and animals change places by magical transformations. Gozzi's stage becomes a multiscenic home for adventures, loves, enmities, and dazzling visual...

Produced as a programme text for the world premiere of the work at the Royal Court Theatre's Theatre Upstairs, Alaska explores the life and lies of Frank. Frank is an ordinary bloke who likes smoking, history and playing House of the Dead 3. He can put...

Dylan isn't your typical snooker player. He's a vegetarian, for starters. This is the biggest week of his life and everybody wants a piece of him - his ex-con Dad, local gangster Waxy Chuff and the snooker corruption squad. The Nap is a laugh out loud...

To escape from the restraints of a suffocating relationship, Anna moves into a flat with a friend, Prue. In the old attic room which she adopts as her study, Anna is presented with a ghostly series of women through the ages - women who, like Anna, have...

Produced to acclaim in London, Edinburgh, and South Africa, this is the tender, simple story of the relationship between a sister (the author) and her younger brother, described in realistic and down to earth language. Episodic flashes of dialogue...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787805033Author Robert GreeneFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Stage DoorPublisher Stage DoorWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573011740Author Noel CowardFormat PaperbackImprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd

'Maybe it's in the air. Maybe it's the weather. Maybe it's the pace of life. Maybe it's breathing in that black soot everyday on the tube. Maybe it's commuting. Maybe it's the cultural consciousness. Maybe it's being a millennial. Maybe it's the climate...

Times are tough for the family in the wood They'd eat like kings if only they could But hunger gnaws - famine stalks the land Something quite wicked has the upper hand! Poor mother and father must do "what is best"... And Hansel and Gretel...

In 1974, Alan Bennett encountered Miss Mary Shepherd, an elderly eccentric who was living in a van in the street near his home in Camden Town. He eventually allowed her to park her van in his garden, the idea being that she would stay three months - but...

Auditioners often complain of seeing the same speeches over and over again. This book brings together 50 speeches for women from Shakespeare plays frequently ignored such as Coriolanus", "Pericles" and "Love's Labours Lost". It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780856762963Author Chris EnglandFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Josef Weinberger PlaysPublisher Josef Weinberger Plays

You know sometimes when you're drinking, you feel a bit ill and you dread every swig, but you do it anyway because you want to get drunk? He's been let down, belittled and ignored but tonight none of that matters - it's Friday and Joe is getting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573017766Author Stephen BriggsFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd