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The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright; Bloomsbury Publishing Staff
Category: Children's Graphic Novels | Series: Methuen Modern Plays Ser.
'Winner of the 1992 Evening Standard Best Comedy Award and the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Comedy, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is a cracker, 'original, hilarious and hauntingly sad' (Daily Telegraph) Like everything Cartwright writes, Little Voice is playful, magical and terrifying, a view of the ...Show more
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov; Anya Reiss (Adapted by)
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Plays Ser.
"Chekhov, speaking simply and never otherwise than as an artist and a humane man, shows us in fullness and plenitude the mystery of our lives."-Eudora Welty "What writers influenced me as a young man? Chekhov! As a dramatist? Chekhov! As a story writer? Chekhov!"-Tennessee Williams The Seagull is Anton ...Show more
The Shoe-Horn Sonata by John Misto
Category: Film & Tv | Series: PLAYS
In 1945 Sheila and Bridie were freed from a Japanese POW camp. Now after a half-century separation, the filming of a TV documentary forces them to relive the past. Woven into their fifty years of separation are a shoe-horn and the threads of loyalty and love which form their 'uncommon bond' (2 acts, 2 w ...Show more
The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz; Simon McBurney; Mark Wheatley
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Plays Ser.
"Complicite not only open our eyes to Bruno Schulz but turn his densely impressionistic stories into a piece of vividly imaginative theatre" (Michael Billington, Guardian) The Street of Crocodiles is inspired by the life and stories of Polish writer Bruno Schulz (1892-1942). Originally co-produced by Th ...Show more
The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
In this stage adaptation of the children's favorite, Andrea is condemned to shuttling between her Mum and Dad when each takes up with a new partner...
The Tale of the Turnip by Jenny Giles, X
Category: Picture Books | Series: PM Tales and Plays Orange Level
The Unfriend (West End Edition) by Steven Moffat
Category: Plays & Scripts | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
'We're dying of manners. We're under siege from personal embarrassment. This is not sane. This is not rational. That woman is a monster!' While on holiday, Peter and Debbie befriend Elsa: a lusty, Trump-loving widow from Denver, USA. She's less than woke but kind of wonderful. They agree to stay in touc ...Show more
The Weir by Conor McPherson
Category: Reference | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
The spellbinding, beautifully observed hit from the master of suspenseful realism. A bar in a remote part of Ireland. The local lads are swapping spooky stories to impress a young woman recently moved to the area from Dublin. As the drink flows and the stories become increasingly frightening, it's clear ...Show more
The Zoo Story and Other Plays by Edward Albee
Category: Education | Series: Penguin Plays Ser.
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Three Kings by Stephen Beresford
Category: Drama | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
A triumph... a small yet well-measured tale. --Los Angeles Times When Patrick is eight years old, his absent father returns unexpectedly for a brief but memorable encounter. Years later--recalling that meeting, and the revelations that followed--Patrick traces the events of his father's life, laying bar ...Show more
To Kill a Mockingbird: Play by Christopher Sergel
Category: Plays & Scripts | Series: Heinemann Plays
The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. This play discusses racial tension in the heart of the American South.
Tom Clancy\'s Powerplays: Ruthless.com by Tom Clancy
Category: Fiction | Series: Tom Clancy's Power Plays S.
Following the deregulation of computer encryption codes, an unforeseen Pandora\\\'s Box is opened. Terrorists now have a potential back door into the nation\\\'s defence computers, and someone plans to use it. One man understands the danger and has the resources to act before it\\\'s too late.