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 Bloomsbury Handbook of Global Screenplay Theory offers a comprehensive introduction and overview of screenplay theor......more
"The first and only edited collection of plays written by Rachel Crothers, who wrote and directed over 20 popular and mo......more
"The first and only edited collection of plays written by Rachel Crothers, who wrote and directed over 20 popular and mo......more
The second collection of work by Olivier award-winning British playwright Laura Wade, bursting with her trademark satiri......more
A new Student Edition of Willy Russell’s enduring 1983 play, Blood Brothers, offering accessible and vivid insights into......more
The first comprehensive study of the two-time Pulitzer-winning playwright Lynn Nottage is one of the leading innovators ......more
The first comprehensive study of the two-time Pulitzer-winning playwright Lynn Nottage is one of the leading innovators ......more
Verse drama is not a dead form, but very much alive on the contemporary stage. Drawing on plays from throughout the Engl......more
This book is a Spanish/English edition of Lope de Vega’s La discreta enamorada. The core of the book consists of two tex......more
Richard Ayoade’s dogged quest to rescue Harauld Hughes - the great mid-century playwright, and Ayoade’s uncanny doppelga......more
A scorching one-man tour of guilt, privilege, and moral awakening. First performed by the author himself at the posh apa......more
The first book to focus exclusively on playwright Sarah Kane’s approach to mind and mental health; it brings together ar......more
This book uses the latest techniques in textual analysis to reveal the influence of a community of English playwrights o......more
"The screenplay for the cult classic film by the legendary writer-director returns to print in time for its thirtieth an......more
Flying SOULO details the innovative SOULO storytelling and creation method that can transform personal experience into a......more
Adam Szymkowicz is that rarest of things: a working playwright. At a time when the entire business model of American the......more
The Radical Act of Listening: Making Documenatry and Investigative Theatre explores best practices in the field of Docum......more
The Radical Act of Listening: Making Documenatry and Investigative Theatre explores best practices in the field of Docum......more
James Graham is one of the UK’s leading dramatists, a multi-award-winning writer who for almost 20 years has analysed an......more
This is a concise survey of new play projects that bring together the worlds of science and performance, and the benefit......more
From the award-winning author and screenplay writer, a trio of one-act plays depicting the spooky, strange, and tragic p......more
Dennis Kelly explores Kelly’s unusual career path and sheds light on his eclectic approach to the arts, characterised by......more
Dennis Kelly explores Kelly’s unusual career path and sheds light on his eclectic approach to the arts, characterised by......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 anthology examines the life and selected works of North Carolina’s most distinguished playwright of the 20th centur......more
Something exciting is happening with the contemporary history play. New writing by playwrights such as Jackie Sibblies D......more
"There’s an unruly quality to Jung’s idea of what theater can be, jagged and untethered, coy and dreamlike. It’s thrilli......more
The annotated and expanded screenplay adaptation of the landmark graphic novel Ben and Miko’s relationship is in trouble......more
Virginia Woolf and Bernard Shaw may be the odd couple of Twentieth Century modernism. Despite their difference in age (S......more
This book explores the relationship between contemporary theatre, particularly contemporary theatre directors, and the d......more
Hailed as one of the most talented playwrights to have emerged in the late 2000s, Mike Bartlett’s diverse range of plays......more
Hailed as one of the most talented playwrights to have emerged in the late 2000s, Mike Bartlett’s diverse range of plays......more
This book focuses on the influence of classical authors on Ben Jonson’s dramaturgy, with particular emphasis on the Gree......more
With an overview of half a century of women’s theatre, this book pays tribute to feminist theatre makers in the UK and I......more
Bisi Adigun and Roddy Doyle’s centenary adaption of J. M. Synge’s classic The Playboy of the Western World had a sold-ou......more
Bisi Adigun and Roddy Doyle’s centenary adaption of J. M. Synge’s classic The Playboy of the Western World had a sold-ou......more
To an unusual degree among writers, playwrights’ creations are not simply words on a page. Instead, a well-wrought play ......more
Nominated for Best New Play at the 2023 Olivier Awards I found a king in me and now I love you I found a king in you and......more
Juan Mayorga: Six Plays is the first collection of Spanish dramatist Juan Mayorga’s plays in English, offering a compell......more
Juan Mayorga: Six Plays is the first collection of Spanish dramatist Juan Mayorga’s plays in English, offering a compell......more
This comprehensive, accessible introduction to one of Britain’s leading contemporary playwrights and filmmakers outlines......more
This comprehensive, accessible introduction to one of Britain’s leading contemporary playwrights and filmmakers outlines......more
The 1931 Universal Pictures film adaptation of Frankenstein directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff as the no......more
The 1931 Universal Pictures film adaptation of Frankenstein directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff as the no......more
DESCRIPTION Inspired! A Drama With Music is a theatrical event that tells the true stories behind the famous hymns we ha......more
DESCRIPTION Rebound & the Bathtub is a full-length romantic comedy about Sarah, our protagonist, who desperately tries t......more
From Gallipoli to the Western Front - Australia’s trained nurses were there. Follow Sister Florence Whiting on her four-......more
’Even more thrilling than the plot is the atmosphere of shuddering suspense . . . No one brews it better than Agatha Chr......more
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Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: "I’m making this up as I go" Lawrence Kasdan and Raiders of the Lost Ark Chapter 1......more
Talanoa: Four Pacific Plays is a timely collection from five playwrights who interweave Pacific languages with English. Mas......more
’In-Between’ is a story that unveils the inherent truth within every human being across different eras, a truth suppress......more
DESCRIPTION Matthew has invented a writing apparatus he hopes will help him write as fast as Jesus speaks. The pen will ......more
This bilingual anthology brings together a collection of Spanish entremeses, the comic interludes that were performed be......more
When someone tells you not to look, OPEN THE BLOODY DOOR! Blue Beard the Magician makes hearts flutter and pupils dilate......more
Dr. Biscotti and the Human Condition takes place in the office of a psychologist as he relives the story of a recent, tr......more
In the aftermath of a devastating fire that claimed her mother and sister, 17-year-old Harker Peters finds solace and be......more
This story will be told, the way it has always been told. What else use is it otherwise? The hags on the heath. The woma......more
This book is a critical frame for a body of devised work that toured extensively nationally and internationally, The Rav......more
Ophelia’s story in a way you’ve never heard it before, and seven more ways as well. Ophelia is trapped, stuck inside the......more
The play Bewildered God, comprising fourteen scenes, unleashes a different taste to the readers and audience of Odia lit......more
The playwright Narayan Sahoo brilliantly knocks on society’s door to glance over the agonies and suffering the dominated......more
Sold as a multi-volume set - the individual volumes are also available for purchase. This two-volume edited collection i......more
Sold as a multi-volume set - the individual volumes are also available for purchase. This two-volume edited collection i......more
Sold as a multi-volume set - the individual volumes are also available for purchase. This two-volume edited collection i......more
This is a unique book which is multidisciplinary in the sense that it discusses a variety of genres which cut across fil......more
"The secret of life may be found in the questions you ask, and the same goes for the secrets of playwriting. In Do It Yo......more
"The secret of life may be found in the questions you ask, and the same goes for the secrets of playwriting. In Do It Yo......more
This book examines the transformations Egyptian theatre has undergone since 1967....more
Putting a vision on the page for creative and commercial video is harder than it seems, but author Carey Martin explains......more
Putting a vision on the page for creative and commercial video is harder than it seems, but author Carey Martin explains......more
In an oak-panelled room in a rural Oxford gastropub, ten young undergraduates with cut-glass vowels and deep pockets are......more
"The Mountaintop is published here as a Methuen Drama Student Edition, featuring notes and commentary by Martine Kei Gre......more
"IN THE UPPER ROOM" is a biblical one-act drama that theatricalizes the events surrounding the Passover meal Jesus share......more
A great theater critic brings twentieth-century playwright Arthur Miller’s dramatic story to life with bold and revealin......more
In Othello, Shakespeare creates a powerful drama of a marriage that begins with fascination (between the exotic Moor Oth......more
Gracchus is a grand opera that tells of an unforgettable human drama set to soaring music. The whole unfolds according t......more
The revolutionary world leader’s extraordinary life, published for the centenary of Lenin’s death Commissioned by Oliver......more
One of the renowned playwrights of Odisha, Shankar Prasad Tripathy’s Nabakalebara is a historical play. It’s so vast tha......more
Sunset Painting & The Sun are the first two published plays by actor/writer/producer Greg Klein. In Sunset Painting, a w......more
Complete Theatre: Oscar Mandel "A voice like no other" "To see a good play is lovely; to read it is wonderful!" The Comp......more
This book maps contemporary playwriting and theatre translation practices and ecologies in the European continent....more
This book covers playwright Martin Crimp’s recent work showing how it captures the nuances in our interpersonal contempo......more
Through a close re-examination of Eugene O’Neill’s oeuvre, from minor plays to his Pulitzer-winning works, this study pr......more
From the award-winning writer-director of The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, a riveting drama about the complexities of liv......more
The Soul of Kansa is of two Acts. Act I highlights the Indian myth, as prescribed in the Mahabharat, of the conflict of ......more
Poisoned cigars, seductive apparitions, minds and empires in the last of their decline and the most notorious kiss in dr......more
"A selection of some of the most intriguing and challenging examples of decadent drama from the late 19th century [and e......more
Would you mind if I asked you a troubling question? An Oscar-winning American actor, an English director and a Northern ......more