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This book offers a captivating exploration of the evolving dynamics of language, dialogue and identity in modern theatre, highlighting the pioneering contributions of European playwrights Martin Cri……続きを見る

I love my estate. I thought it was so run down when we first came here, but I'd actually hate to live on a road again. No 40-40 run outs, no water fights, no park, no astro. It's always buzzing – ca……続きを見る

“This original study will no doubt draw attention to St. JohnHankin’s work, which may in turn receive further scrutiny from scholars, students, and theatre practitioners.” Michel Pharand, Queen's Un……続きを見る

In June 2025 Claire Dowie returned to the Finborough Theatre where she started her career as a stand-up comedian, playwright and performer more than forty years ago. Her Swansong featured four plays……続きを見る

In our shops we will be Kings of England. And we will make this place our place. The Bains' corner shop in Wolverhampton has been at the centre of the family for three generations. Against the backd……続きを見る

This book tracks dramaturgical affinities between some of Bernard Shaw’s late “extravagant” plays and those of Noël Coward, in particular their recasting of one another’s style and the tradition of ……続きを見る

Jack Gelber: Consider This explores the works of American playwright Jack Gelber (1932–2003), whose groundbreaking, immersive play The Connection (produced by The Living Theatre in 1959) served as t……続きを見る

Shelagh Delaney's 1958 play, written when she was only 19, brought the lives and struggles of northern, working-class people onto the stage. Initially dividing the critics - some of whom regarded it……続きを見る

I can't help it if you were careless with your cigarette case. I was extremely careful with your heart Constance has everything. A loving family, a beautiful home, a fulfilling career, and a husband……続きを見る

Drawing on qualitative research exploring the techniques of playwriting instructors, this book outlines signature pedagogies within playwriting instruction for 'novice' writers and how they may be r……続きを見る

Del cestino lo strano caso io canto / che la messa in scena mise in forse / del dramma che agli inglesi diede vanto. / Dell'incidente che inatteso incorse, / del contadin, del Bardo, dell'incanto, /……続きを見る

Il pensait juste aller courir pendant sa pause déjeuner. Mais à peine ses baskets lacées et quelques foulées avalées, voilà notre chef d’entreprise surbooké qui se retrouve... au guichet de l’au-del……続きを見る

London June 2025. The fate of Africa rests solely on the zeal and chivalry of eleven adventurous friends. Their ancestral 'mother' gives them seven days to prove to the rest of the world that their ……続きを見る

Don't be ridiculous Dusty, this isn't one of your Shoddy Detective Plays... A laugh-out-loud slapstick whodunnit featuring four actors, a dozen characters and a whole load of chaos. When a priceless……続きを見る

A book of legendary playwright Pete Malicki's best 10-minute plays - his most performed and awarded work. There's everything from parody to passion, satire to silliness, powerful social commentary t……続きを見る

Immaginate un futuro non troppo lontano, un mondo mosso solo dal profitto, dal successo, da automatismi privi di sentimento e calore, insomma un mondo in grigio e nero. Immaginate che in una famigli……続きを見る

2025 Revised and Updated Edition One man's dream of the NHS. From campaigning at the coalfield to leading the battle to create the NHS, Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan is often referred to as the politician wit……続きを見る

In Alchemy Alive: Twelve Screen and Stage Plays, Peter Freeman transforms his acclaimed short stories from Elements: Thirteen Stories into compelling scripts for screen and stage. Organized around t……続きを見る

I'd love to say it was Mum's voice which rallied me on. But it wasn't. It wasn't even Miley Cyrus'. It was mine. Growing up, Theo and Nancy had it all at their feet – the next generation of a Derbys……続きを見る

Bring timeless fables to life with "Stage Ready Tales for Creative Youth"! This engaging collection transforms classic Aesop's Fables into lively scripts perfect for reader's theater, classroom perf……続きを見る

The challenge is to live in this world, not a new one A veteran US astronaut is about to land back on Earth after completing his very last space flight. A lonely ham radio operator in Donegal is sur……続きを見る

This book presents a new theater play, For Three Refrigerators and a Washing Machine, along with a thorough introduction that provides historical context and theoretical framing. The play with the e……続きを見る

This book offers radical new insights into the relation between realism, feminism and gender identities in contemporary theatre. It maps the theatrical forms emerging from a 'new wave' of women's pl……続きを見る

Play the man, not the cards. Sunday night. Stephen hosts a weekly poker game in the basement of his failing London restaurant. All the usual suspects are there; the chef, the waiters, the errant son……続きを見る

Marking the 50th anniversary of one of the world's leading theatre companies, this book collects six of its most impactful plays together in one volume for the first time. Druid Theatre is Ireland's……続きを見る

“That's a powerful message! They won't want to see that.” “It isn't, at all, and that's exactly why they're gonna love it.” It's the big day. The announcement is in a few hours' time, and film produ……続きを見る

It occurs to me that my early death could be Not the worst thing for my career. Outpatient follows Olive, a self-obsessed entertainment journalist who sets out to make her name interviewing dying pe……続きを見る

Winner of a Scotsman Fringe First Award 2025 You have to look at me now and tell me I'm good, that this is good . . . That the bits of you that I can't see are changed, charged, churned by the bits ……続きを見る

Acting Heightened Text: The Basics offers a foundational understanding of heightened text in drama, fused with a truthful, contemporary approach to acting. Using detailed text analysis and dynamic r……続きを見る

Shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award 2025. To liberate anyone, you must first overthrow what you fear within yourself, Nkrumah. (Beat) It was never going to happen over one week in Manchester. (Be……続きを見る