CK - Plays & Playwrights 12

Robert Icke's thrilling and radical adaptations of some of the great texts of Western theatre have enthralled theatregoers in London, in New York and around the world. This is the first collection o……続きを見る

When you meet someone, you're meeting a whole person with an amazing story and entire history that spans beyond what meets the eye. Their humanity, their presence, their purpose is an opportunity th……続きを見る

Money doesn't buy happiness either... just ask these billionaires' wives For the ladies of the Suite Tea Society, nothing comes easy. Trina Cantrell, Danielle O'Connell, Gwen Didier, and Gabrielle D……続きを見る

Dombey and Son is a novel by the Victorian creator Charles Dickens. The story concerns Paul Dombey, the rich proprietor of the delivery organization of the book's title, whose fantasy is to have a c……続きを見る

Three friends, three losses, three new lives. At fifty-two Jo is homeless after her husband gambled it away along with her security. Her two friends: the irrepressible, irreverent Kat and sensible-s……続きを見る

Martin Patrick explores the ways in which contemporary artists across media continue to reinvent art that straddles both public and private spheres. Examining the impact of various art movements on ……続きを見る

This book presents four plays by Caridad Svich that explore the rough waters of citizenship under the pressure of globalization and the threads of human connection – often tested, but never wholly s……続きを見る

This volume brings together performance texts from nine productions by the experimental theatre company Lightwork and one playtext from Lightwork’s precursor company Academy Productions, presented b……続きを見る

In a room in the middle of nowhere, a man and a woman dream up spectacular worlds: a decaying city, a lush and crumbling garden, a train journey across a drowned landscape. Darkly humorous, absurd a……続きを見る

Live performance continues to be created every time it is performed. This book explores the dynamic relationship between creative process, presentation and spectator response to provide students and……続きを見る

A heartbreaking short play about guilt, grief and responsibility, written for and performed at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2011. 続きを見る

A smouldering play about escaping the past, seizing the present and owning the future. 2nd May 1997. An historic victory. The Tories, eighteen years in power, are defeated as New Labour sweeps into ……続きを見る

Eight compelling monologues offering a state-of-the-nation group portrait for the stage. First seen on the Edinburgh Fringe, the play was produced in the West End in 2012. Edinburgh Fringe First Awa……続きを見る

A bold new adaptation of Dickens' classic novel. An epic story of love, sacrifice and redemption amidst horrific violence and world changing events, interweaving one family's intensely personal dram……続きを見る

A mesmerising and startling play about voyeurism, power and guilt. 'You ever woken up of a morning wondering if this one was gonna be your last - you ever got that feelin in your stomach as you lay ……続きを見る

Four boys face the tricky transition to adulthood in Ella Hickson's riot of a play. Premiered at High Tide Festival 2012, then Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, and Soho Theatre, London. The Class of 2……続きを見る

One bathroom. Two people. One day. A relationship witnessed in minute, devastating detail. A story of intimacy, fragility and the darker side of love, Jack Thorne's Mydidae exposes the private and d……続きを見る

An electrifying, bittersweet love story with echoes of Romeo and Juliet, set in a society divided by racial bigotry and a world rocked by terrorism. Adapted from Malorie Blackman's best-selling nove……続きを見る

A painfully comic excavation of a family history that asks if there is an authorised version of the past - or just the one we can live with. Premiered at the Traverse Theatre in October 2012. Kate B……続きを見る

A revolutionary musical, based on the 2006 Ipswich murders, with a book by acclaimed verbatim playwright Alecky Blythe. Named Best Musical at the 2011 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards. In late 2006 th……続きを見る

A true-life play about friendship, heartbreak and business enterprise... in a seaside brothel. Tessa has set up a business: a brothel where mature women specialise in offering the 'Girlfriend Experi……続きを見る

Nick Whitby's chilling play presents a Kafkaesque world where nothing is quite as it seems, and where office politics can lead to unlawful questioning, torture and even murder… Afra has decided to m……続きを見る

One of Dickens's best-loved and most autobiographical stories, brilliantly and faithfully dramatised by Alastair Cording. All Dickens's marvellous creations are here: Mr Micawber, Uriah Heep, Mrs Pe……続きを見る

A touching and funny play about 20-somethings graduating into a world that's sold them down the river. Joey's got a first-class degree, 20k worth of debt and works in a pub. Shunned by the world, re……続きを見る

A spine-chilling play by Hugh Janes, based on several original ghost stories by Charles Dickens. In an ancient, crumbling mansion, sheltering from the howling winds that tear across the surrounding ……続きを見る

An urgent political play from the writer behind Let The Right One In and This is England '86. Hope is a funny and scathing fable attacking the squeeze on local government. How do you save twenty-two……続きを見る

Acclaimed for his screenplays for TV dramas including Skins, Shameless, The Fades, This is England '86/'88/'90 and Glue, Jack Thorne first emerged as a writer of unflinching, compassionate and often……続きを見る

A dark and lyrical tale about friendship, loss and loneliness. Twins Polo and Twitch were born with only one heart between them: where Polo is not looking to be loved, Twitch can do nothing but. 'Sh……続きを見る

His life. In her hands. A shattering play about one woman's unspeakable decision. hang premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2015, in a production directed by the author, and featuring Ma……続きを見る

Urs-Peter hat Selina im Internet kennengelernt. Nach zwanzig Stunden Flug landet er irgendwo in einem heißen Land. Am Flughafen erwarten ihn Selina, ihre Schwester und ein Priester. Offenbar will Se……続きを見る