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The Demon Headmaster by Gillian Cross
Category: Education | Series: Oxford Modern Playscripts
A group of friends take a stand against the actions of their Headmaster, who wants to take over the world.Strange things happen at Lloyd and Harvey Hunter's school. When their new foster sister Dinah arrives she wants to find out why...But can she escape the Demon Headmaster?This work features new, inno ...Show more
The Emperor by Colin Teevan
Category: Poetry & Plays | Series: Oberon Modern Plays Ser.
Master of transformation Kathryn Hunter brings to life an extraordinary fable of corruption, avarice and the collapse of absolute power. A world premiere based on the astonishing book by legendary journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski about the decline and fall of Haile Selassie's regime in Ethiopia, from the ...Show more
The Encounter by Complicite; Simon McBurney
Category: Reference | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
Inspired by the book Amazon Beaming by Petru Popescu, The Encounter traces McIntyre's journey into the depths of the Amazon rainforest, incorporating innovative technology into a solo performance to build a shifting world of sound.The Encounter opened at the Edinburgh International Festival in August 20 ...Show more
The Ferryman (West End Edition) by Jez Butterworth
Category: Reference | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
'Vanishing. It's a powerful word, that. A powerful word.' County Armagh, Northern Ireland, 1981. The Carney farmhouse is a hive of activity with preparations for the annual harvest. A day of hard work on the land and a traditional night of feasting and celebrations lie ahead. But this year they will be ...Show more
The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
Category: Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Series: Modern Plays Ser.
'Precisely balanced . . . a cracking comic thriller' The Times The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . . 'Well, he thought, so this is diplomacy. It's lying, only f ...Show more
The Firework-Maker's Daughter (play) by Phillip Pullman
Category: Children's | Series: Oberon Modern Plays Ser.
Adapted by Stephen Russell, The Firework-Makers Daughter, is award winning childrens writer Philip Pullmans brilliant and inspiring story about Lila, who dreams of becoming a firework-maker just like her father. Her hopes are dashed when her father tells her it is no job for a girl. Setting out in se ...Show more
The Flick by Annie Baker
Category: Performing Arts Drama Plays | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama "Funny, heartbreaking, sly and unblinking...The Flick may be the best argument anyone has yet made for the continued necessity and profound uniqueness of theater." --Jesse Green, New York "Hilarious and ineffably touching...Ms. Baker's peerless aptitude for ex ...Show more
The Human Voice by Jean Cocteau; Daniel Raggett (Translator)
Category: Film & Tv | Series: Oberon Modern Plays Ser.
'I'm whispering into your ear - and we couldn't be further apart.' A woman, a phone call, a final conversation. In this extraordinary and prophetic monologue a woman fights for the person she loves. Jean Cocteau's iconic play explores our desperate need for human relationships - and the machine that ...Show more
The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh
Category: Plays & Scripts | Series: Modern Plays
A farcical look at political violence as it's played out during The Troubles in Northern Ireland against the drab backdrop of a bare, rustic Irish cottage and unending boredom in an inhospitable environment in which a mutilated cat sets off a murderous cycle of revenge.The second play in Martin McDonagh ...Show more
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen; Pam Gems (Adapted by)
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Oberon Modern Plays Ser.
On the Little Mermaid's fifteenth birthday she visits the world above the sea for the first time and falls in love with a prince whom she rescues from a storm.... Capturing the magic and cruelty of Hans Christian Andersen's original tale, this powerful new version reveals the spectacle of the worlds bel ...Show more
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Plays
I thought everything would change, after the war. And now, no one even mentions it. It is as if we all got together in private and said whatever you do don't mention that, like it never happened. It's the late 1940s. Calm has returned to London and five people are recovering from the chaos of war. In sc ...Show more
The Oberon Book of Modern Monologues for Men: Teens to Thirties by Dee Cannon
Category: Performing Arts Drama Plays | Series: Oberon Modern Plays
Monologues are an essential part of every actor's toolkit. Actors need them for drama school entry, training, showcases and when auditioning for roles in the industry. Following on from the bestselling first volume (2008) and second volume (2013) this book showcases selected monologues from some of the ...Show more