Playwriting

Woza Albert! is one of the most popular and influential plays to have come out of the South African cultural struggle of the 1980s and a central work in the canon of South African theatre. Working with the idea of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ taking...

'Who knows yet But from this Lady may proceed a gem To lighten all this isle' You know the story: a King who turns his country upside down to try and secure a male heir. But it's never been told this way before. A Queen fights for justice. A Lady...

"Impressively navigates the tricky boundaries that separate art and life, the haunted present and the haunting historical past.." New York Times A group of actors gather to tell the little-known story of the first genocide of the twentieth century. As...

Embodied Playwriting: Improv and Acting Exercises for Writing and Devising is the first book to compile new and adapted exercises for teaching playwriting in the classroom, workshop, or studio through the lens of acting and improvisation.The book...

When the Henan Ministry of Health begins paying citizens for blood plasma which is then sold to pharmaceutical companies, impoverished farmers in the province's remote villages sell blood to buy fertilizer, mend their houses and create a better life for...

Coward Plays: 9 offers up a fascinating selection of Noel Coward's lesser-known works. Salute to the Brave/Time Remembered (1940) follows Leila Heseldyne after she has fled to America, leaving a war-torn Britain and her husband behind; Long Island...

Sarah Kane was one of the landmark playwrights of 1990s Britain, her influence being felt across UK and European theatre. This is the first book to focus exclusively on Kane's unique approach to mind and mental health. It offers an important...

You know I'm in pain, you know you can help relieve it, still you actively withhold, you withhold in case it compromises your moral compass? Two strangers meet in a hotel bar for the first time under false pretenses. Flattery, adulation and mutual...

Seriously William, you're eighteen and you're gay, for Christ's sake. You're meant to swim against the tide. A proper gap year is all about traveling. Seeing the world. Popping your cherry. This is our chance to start living. Me and you. This is the...

Apparently, back in the day us McClouds used to be the Thanes of Queensferry, before all that shit got stamped out by the English . . . We've got Royal Blood in us he says, and he says when we eventually realise we should've voted Yes not No Dad's gonna...

How are Black artists, activists, and pedagogues wielding acts of rebellion, activism, and solidarity to precipitate change? How have contemporary performances impacted Black cultural, social, and political struggles? What are the ways in which these...

This is my world, I am the king, I make the rules and everyone else can go to hell. This is off-shore. Oxfam estimate that there is $18.5 trillion siphoned out of the world economy into tax havens by wealthy individuals alone. Christian Aid has...

It's bad enough bein' stuck with a kid without 'avin' you 'anging round' me neck. The 'ole street's laughin' be'ind yer back. Described by Edward Bond as 'almost irresponsibly optimistic', Saved is a play set in London in the sixties amidst the...

This is the person I am now. It's the person I want to be, should have been for a long time. We got dark, Sophie. Things got dark, and I...I'm better now. I'm in a better place... Once our lives are touched by tragedy, can we ever truly move on?...

In this collection, the author focuses on several contemporary Romanian female playwrights with residencies in Europe and the U.S.: Alexandra Badea, Carmen-Francesca Banciu, Alexa Bacanu, Ana Sorina Corneanu, Mihaela Dragan, Dr. Catalina Florina...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787377288Author James Elroy FleckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Stage DoorPublisher Stage DoorWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

This new edition brings together all of Beckett's dramatic writings for radio, television and film, offering works which range from eloquent comic naturalism to an eviscerated and pared-down symbolism. Above all, Beckett found his unique uses for the...

He looked the same as anyone else. Any of the other ones who come in. White boys. So I didn't clock anything different, cos there wasn't anything different. How was I meant to know? Shajenthran's brother has had acid thrown in his face and Shaj is out...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937997854Author Gregory FletcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Northampton House PressPublisher Northampton House PressWeight(grams)...

A unique collection of plays that brings together stories of Jewish life from playwrights around the world. Curated and edited by international theatre collective Global Voices Theatre, these five plays showcase the dazzling multiplicity of Jewish...

This anthology of six selected plays, written between 2000 and 2020 by Bratya Basu, winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2021, is the first collection of Bengali plays that blends avant-garde, pop and traditional cultures with contemporary dramatic themes...

At Ted's instigation, the old gang gather once more at the almost legendary club The Talk House. Ten years on and presided over still by the kindly Nellie, there's the same genteel atmosphere, familiar drinks, unchanging special snacks. But the era of...

In 2014 local historian Catherine Corless made a discovery of baby bones and skeletons in the grounds of a mother and baby home in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland. Built on the grounds of an old workhouse that operated between 1921 and 1961 the discovery...

We just wait. Old light. And new light. We just wait. For each other, patiently wait. Patient Light follows a day in the life of a young person in Peterborough and how their vision of the future is blinded by carrying the weight of the world on their...

Black Nikki doesn't think her dad is a racist ... He just cares deeply about his community ... But when a Zimbabwean family move in over the road, the dog won't stop barking ... The local kids start lobbing stones ... And her dad starts laying down...

This book focuses on the influence of classical authors on Ben Jonson’s dramaturgy, with particular emphasis on the Greek and Roman playwrights and satirists. It illuminates the interdependence of the aspects of Jonson’s creative personality by...

"He said, 'The day will come when they don't cut our heads off in front of people.' And I asked him, 'Why?' And he said, 'Because we'll cut them off ourselves.'" A lecturer in Chile. A study group in the USA. A guard in the desert. A hangman in Mexico...

Spanning half a lifetime, Under Three Moons takes place on three nights across three decades of two friends' lives. From a school trip to France as teenagers, to a surf shack in their twenties, to Christmas in their thirties, Mike and Paul meet up and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911048374Author Tom WentworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Fair Acre PressPublisher Fair Acre Press

Since 1995 The 24 Hour Plays have been responding to theatre in the moment. As the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic brought an end to live theatre in the USA and Europe, the company sprang to work to keep the arts alive. Bringing together some of America's most...

Men in this town were born with mouths that can right wrongs with a few words. Why are you too timid to speak? As she is about to be executed for a murder she didn't commit, young widow Dou Yi vows that, if she is innocent, snow will fall in midsummer...

A tough inner-city school, proud of its inclusivity, suddenly explodes in a rapidly escalating culture war. Sex secrets, hip-hop and hope fight for centre stage in a vibrant, loud and proud, real talk rollercoaster. Tom Wright's hard-hitting new...

In a desperate attempt to bring some spark back to their all-too-cosy married life, professional millennials Michael and Phil switch a sherry on the couch for a night on the town. Their goal: to get in with Generation Z by trying to get off with one. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916356108Author Natasha BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Team Angelica PublishingPublisher Team Angelica Publishing

Last night I woke up and found that I was not at home. And I was not wearing my own clothes. And then I wasn't sure. Maybe they were my clothes, and I was someone else. In an unnamed American city, two strangers sell Christmas trees on the sidewalk;...

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The sensation of water flowing around my body happily floating down a river, watching the banks pass me by. I like to take the same journey as a river it's the lack of control which feels so good, it's good to leave my life alone for a while. ...

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I never want her to think she’s not good enoughThree generations under one roof. A young girl faces cochlear implant surgery as her parents wrestle with the weight of their choices. The unexpected arrival of a Deaf mother and daughter unearths buried...

It’s funny how sometimes you staunup tae speak and you’ve got nae ideawhit’s gonnae come oot yer moothCommon Tongue - a play aboot imperfect Scots. A fast-paced and quick-witted one-person show exploringthe impact of language, identity and their...