Women Authors

Towards the end of her life, the French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil (1909-43) was working on a tragedy, Venice Saved. Appearing here in English for the first time, this play explores the realisation of Weil's own thoughts on tragedy. A figure of...

I don't think I'll ever meet someone who loves me as much as Ryan loves me and hates me as much as Ryan hates me A loving relationship can be anything but. In this one-woman thriller, Ruckus explores coercive control, an issue not widely...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760620974Author Leah PurcellFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Currency Press Pty LtdPublisher Currency Press Pty LtdDimensions(mm) 210mm * 137mm * 6mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679601722Author Lorraine HansberryFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm)...

There was a cliff on the horizon. I didn't know, but then again, maybe I did, and I just didn't want to look. She meets him at an old friend's barbecue, ketchup dribbling down her chin, face ruddy from too much beer. He stands away from everyone else,...

A young Shona girl escapes an arranged marriage by converting to Christianity, becoming a servant and student to an African Evangelical. As anti-European sentiments spread throughout the native population, she is forced to choose between her family's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559365321Author Lynn NottageFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573710698Author Amy HerzogFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733722612Author Gitmor' GraphixsFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint R. R. BowkerPublisher R. R. BowkerWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

From the gothic story by Daphne du Maurier.From the gothic story by Daphne du Maurier.About the AuthorLisa Evans writes for theatre, radio and television. Her original stage plays include Stamping, Shouting and Singing Home, Under Exposure, Crime of the...

This is the first ever collection of plays by Palestinian-Irish playwright Hannah Khalil; the first woman of Arab heritage to have a main-stage play at the RSC. It encompasses a decade's worth of plays exploring her Arab heritage, drawing on family...

"No one looking at you would spot a thing out of place. You're complacent. You and the worm coexist. Even though it's eating you from the inside, you've got no idea." A domestic abuse survivor examines the jagged pieces of her past to understand why...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559365352Author The KilroysFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573707179Author Amy HerzogFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Samuel French, Inc.Publisher Samuel French, Inc.Weight(grams) 127g

'A confident, original new voice in Irish writing' JANE CASEY'Claustrophobic and gripping, this will keep you on tenterhooks!' HEAT'A clever premise, compelling characters and brilliantly plotted' T. ORR MUNRO'Dark and masterly woven thriller...kept me...

In this acclaimed one-woman play, the true story of Mary Seacole is brought vibrantly to life, revealing how this fearless medical practitioner used traditional remedies to treat the sick and wounded, challenged racism in high places and won the hearts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559365529Author Julia ChoFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990617907Author Jan SikesFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint Rijan PublishingPublisher Rijan PublishingWeight(grams) 472gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578803784Author Hope KelleyFormat HardbackPage Count 258Imprint Hope Kelley Book PublishingPublisher Hope Kelley Book PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559369763Author Martyna MajokFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.

By combining literary and dramatic narrative with eye-witness accounts of Sasquatch encounters culled from the internet, The Securely Conferred, Vouchsafed Keepsakes of Maery S. reinvents as many versions of the Frankenstein author Mary Shelley as...

A dynamic kaleidoscope of story that honors the work of women.Kin is a story and a celebration of Black womanhood, of resistance, and of perseverance-while simultaneously an indictment of American history. Kin is a tree-alive in places, broken in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985147785Author Jan Henson DowFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Phosphene Publishing CompanyPublisher Phosphene Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578782607Author Hope KelleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Hope Kelley Book PublishingPublisher Hope Kelley Book PublishingWeight(grams)...

Short Plays with Great Roles for Women is an antidote to the traditional underrepresentation of women on stage, by offering twenty-two short plays that put women right at the centre of the action.The push for more women's roles has gathered force over...

The influence of the women's movement has long been a scholarly priority in the study of British women's drama of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but previous scholarship has largely clustered around two events: the New Woman in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780369103383Author Andrea ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Playwrights Canada PressPublisher Playwrights Canada PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772012903Author Carmen AguirreFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Talon Books,CanadaPublisher Talon Books,CanadaWeight(grams) 223gDimensions(mm) 215mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Carol Bolt Award for Best New Play 2017.Book InformationISBN 9781770917705Author Kate HennigFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Playwrights Canada...

When repressed British schoolfriends Nina and Noa start writing a parody American coming-of-age romance, the colourful, familiar characters come to life and show them that they might just have a story of their own to tell. Cowboys and Lesbians is a...

Characters: 3m, 4f / Interior In the Next Room or the vibrator play is a comedy about marriage, intimacy, and electricity. Set in the 1880s at the dawn of the age of electricity and based on the bizarre historical fact that doctors used vibrators to...

Short Plays with Great Roles for Women is an antidote to the traditional underrepresentation of women on stage, by offering twenty-two short plays that put women right at the centre of the action.The push for more women's roles has gathered force over...

Over 20 years, A Play, A Pie and A Pint has famously commissioned and produced more than 600 plays, providing countless opportunities for writers, actors and directors to develop their craft and try out new ideas. Productions are simple, rehearsal times...

Finalist for Best Performance Piece at the Offies Awards 2024There's this unspoken thing right? I guess this resistance to admitting that someone else's trauma can be traumatising.Ria is working with her band to complete a new album - songs charting the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739969004Author Paulette IngramFormat PaperbackPage Count 410Imprint NielsenPublisher NielsenWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 21mm

Come join Figs in Wigs for their live art feminist adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel Little Women. Blurring the boundaries of live art, music, theatre, comedy and dance Little Wimmin will examine how we think about the past, what's wrong...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787373945Author Mrs Hannah CowleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Stage DoorPublisher Stage DoorWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573111822Author Jaki McCarrickFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559365475Author Paula VogelFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.