The second collection of work by Olivier award-winning British playwright Laura Wade, bursting with her trademark satiri......more
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This workbook draws together over 100 of the most frequently used and treasured exercises from playwrights across the wo......more
This workbook draws together over 100 of the most frequently used and treasured exercises from playwrights across the wo......more
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The best contemporary plays from other countries can bring a strikingly fresh point of view to our English-language stag......more
The best contemporary plays from other countries can bring a strikingly fresh point of view to our English-language stag......more
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Red Velvet uses imagined experiences based on the often-forgotten, but true, story of Ira Aldridge, an African-American ......more
The screenplay of the latest film from Wes Anderson. THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME: The story of a family and a family business.......more
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The concluding volume of the Partition Quartet Screenplays of Ritwik Ghatak, Subarnarekha is a devastating critique of t......more
Verse drama is not a dead form, but very much alive on the contemporary stage. Drawing on plays from throughout the Engl......more
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John Ford’s tragedy, first printed in 1633, is the first major English play to take as its theme a subject still rarely ......more
Before Lanford Wilson became a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, with such celebrated productions as The Hot l Baltimor......more
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For the first time available to read, the screenplays for Ben Wheatley and Amy Jump’s award-winning, groundbreaking film......more
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Global Screenplay Theory offers a comprehensive introduction and overview of screenplay theor......more
Myung-Wha Kim is an acclaimed playwright, critic, and director. In this book, the first English language play collection......more
Myung-Wha Kim is an acclaimed playwright, critic, and director. In this book, the first English language play collection......more
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Ghosts, a toy horse, an ostrich egg, and a menagerie of apocalyptic and chimerical beasts feature in these characteristi......more
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Owerri, Nigeria, 1967, on the brink of the Biafran Civil War. Sisters Lolo, Nne Chukwu and Udo are grieving the loss of ......more
How do female Chilean playwrights address historical trauma, gender critique and collective memory in post-dictatorship,......more
How do female Chilean playwrights address historical trauma, gender critique and collective memory in post-dictatorship,......more
A fascinating exploration of the early modern authors who helped to shape Shakespeare’s beloved plays. Shakespeare’s pla......more
Making Muslimness explores how British Muslims navigate the UK’s sociopolitical and religious tensions through performan......more
A NEW ’GOES WRONG’ PLAY FROM MISCHIEF The Cornley Amateur Drama Society are back with tidings of chaos and joy, ready to......more
The Fever by Wallace Shawn follows a traveller who falls ill in a poor country, and plummets into a fever of self-examin......more
Wallace Shawn’s first new play in ten years, a dark moral fable. And so yes, well, I’d simply dropped that whole idea of......more
What do a Dutch school drama and a Swedish royal tragedy have in common? TransLatin uncovers the unexpected journeys of ......more
This book provides an in-depth analysis of the writer’s four great plays: The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, a......more
"when I admire a film they say to me yes, it’s very pretty but it’s not cinema so I asked myself what it was" Phrases pr......more
"when I admire a film they say to me yes, it’s very pretty but it’s not cinema so I asked myself what it was" Phrases pr......more
"The approach of mixing the factual with the fictional works brilliantly in delivering a spectacle that pulls off the di......more
"The approach of mixing the factual with the fictional works brilliantly in delivering a spectacle that pulls off the di......more
This collection brings Rachel Crothers’ best plays back into the public eye, outside of archives, to prove their continu......more
How can we know the minds of others? How can we make our own mind known? This book explores the philosophical problem of......more
The facsimile typewritten and annotated script of the 1981 cult classic, together with the shocking never-before-publish......more
First Published in 1989, Churchill: The Playwright is an illuminating and comprehensive guide to Caryl Churchill’s stage......more
’911, what’s your emergency?’ ’My husband... they shot him... they all did.’ July 10th, 1981, Missouri. Smalltown bully,......more
Dive into the intricate tapestry of human relationships, existential musings and life’s unpredictable twists in The Pupp......more
’The best comedy the UK has ever created’ GUARDIAN ’One of the most satisfying endings in TV history’ INEWS ’Endlessly e......more
All cats are alike in the dark. For the first time ever, a novel by John le Carré is brought to life in a thrilling stag......more
Between 1568 and 1648, the Dutch waged war against the occupying Spanish Empire. Simultaneously, Dutch theatre-goers eag......more
This collection brings Rachel Crothers’ best plays back into the public eye, outside of archives, to prove their continu......more
You’ve changed me. You’ve fundamentally altered the fabric of my existence. Two women collide and soon become so entangl......more
At the edge of the earth, you could be anyone. Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when, on a normal day, a you......more
Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn prize 2026. Because everyone has a story to tell. Dublin Gothic is a loser’s hist......more
Challenging received scholarship on the practice of Shakespeare’s theatre, this book displaces a contemporary cultural b......more
Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: "I’m making this up as I go" Lawrence Kasdan and Raiders of the Lost Ark Chapter 1......more
Max stop for a second - now listen - I know this might come as a shock to you - but we’re gonna be here for quite a whil......more
This book demonstrates Eugene O’Neill’s use of philosophy in the early period of his work and provides analyses of selec......more
This book explores the relationship between contemporary theatre, particularly contemporary theatre directors, and the d......more
Every love story has a final chapter Alfie and Julie’s love story has been one of music, laughter, and heartache. On one......more
Being a kid is full of things that don’t make sense, Elise. We’re born into something that started ages ago and we’re pl......more
Reimagining theatre as a living, breathing collaboration between professional artists and the communities they serve. Jo......more
You’re a f*cking dinner lady who now thinks she’s Jose Mourinho. Why would speaking to you help? In a forgotten town sti......more
A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY THAT CELEBRATES THE FAMILIES WHO MADE US - AND THE FAMILIES WE MAKE Bart’s fabulous life is set adr......more
You don’t have to believe it. I always took the Matthew Passion with a pinch of salt. Ramsden, Yorkshire, 1916. The ambi......more
This book offers readers worldwide the first edition of Juan Isidro Fajardo’s Índice de todas las comedias impresas hast......more
A comprehensive guide for anyone interested in creating solo performances The art of solo performance has exploded in th......more
Documentary and Verbatim Theatre surveys the emergence and rise of work based on real life in contemporary theatre, expl......more
Documentary and Verbatim Theatre surveys the emergence and rise of work based on real life in contemporary theatre, expl......more
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Farming is a unique business isn’t it, because it’s also your history, your identity, your family, your purpose, your ho......more
A Student Edition of Euripides’ play, which accessibly unpacks Greek tragedy in its social context, issues of translatio......more
Five female playwrights explore the lives of Afghan girls and women in the uncertain years before the Taliban retook Kab......more
Five female playwrights explore the lives of Afghan girls and women in the uncertain years before the Taliban retook Kab......more
Something exciting is happening with the contemporary history play. New writing by playwrights such as Jackie Sibblies D......more
You’ve got to throw every punch with ’bad intentions.’ If you don’t, you’re better off becoming an educated gentleman an......more
Go deeper into the groundbreaking Emmy-winning series with the complete, authorized scripts of Stranger Things: Season T......more
Go deeper into the groundbreaking Emmy-winning series with the complete, authorized scripts of Stranger Things: Season F......more
I can’t explain it. I can’t explain any of it to you. The line of beauty which led me to him... to here. London. Summer,......more
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Finally, I’m being brave. London, 1948. The war is over, India is newly independent, and Hedda Gabler has retired: early......more
Award-winning British playwright Leo Butler looks back over 25 of writing for the stage and his extensive experience tea......more
Award-winning British playwright Leo Butler looks back over 25 of writing for the stage and his extensive experience tea......more
Six new plays from Latin America’s most exciting and incisive playwrights, newly translated for an English-language audi......more
Six new plays from Latin America’s most exciting and incisive playwrights, newly translated for an English-language audi......more
If you’re not ready there’s still hope for you. The change we aren’t ready for transforms us. I’m ripping it down. Somew......more
No master to serve, no leash to bear. I walk as I please, and I speak as I dare. Poet, soldier and philosopher. Cyrano d......more
The fourth in a series of books exploring the careers of 28 contemporary American playwrights, this book covers the work......more
I guess it starts with wanting to become a different person. Invasive Species is a dark comedy and true story about Maia......more
A treasure trove of prompts, provocations, and practical exercises to help you spark new ideas, hone your craft, and unl......more
Making Mary Poppins reveals the extraordinary true story behind the creation of one of the most beloved films of all tim......more