Plays by Nation - British Plays

Appomattox

Christopher Hampton

Faber & Faber

4th March, 1865 On the night of his second inauguration, a few weeks before his assassination, Abraham Lincoln meets the veteran black abolitionist Frederick Douglass in the White House to discuss the prosp...

$12.99

The Judas Kiss - FABER EDITION

David Hare

Faber & Faber

6 Male 1 Female

"If equal affection cannot be Let the more loving one be me" Auden's famous couplet expresses the dilemma at the heart of David Hare's fascinating exploration of Oscar Wilde's relationship with Lord Alfred...

$12.99

Quiz Show & Bullet Catch

Rob Drummond

Methuen

3 Male 2 Female

Two unique pieces of theatre from one of Scotland's most exciting theatre-makers ... Quiz Show M3,F2 Welcome to False!, the quiz show where there are no questions, only statements, where every statement i...

$15.99

Bracken Moor

Alexi Kaye Campbell

Nick Hern Books

5 Male 3 Female

Bracken Moor tells a boldly theatrical tale of grief and denial, set against the economic crisis of the 1930s After years apart, two families come together to rediscover their lost friendship But instead,...

$14.99

Chimerica

Lucy Kirkwood

Nick Hern Books

OLIVIER AWARDS 2014 - Best Play 2014 Critics Circle Theatre Awards - Best New Play "If we see a better play this year we'll be extremely lucky" ~ Michael Billington, Guardian A powerful, provocative mult...

$14.99

Shush

Elaine Murphy

Nick Hern Books

0 Male 5 Female

A funny and insightful glimpse into the power of female friendship Five women with five different stories on a girls' night in to remember It's Breda's birthday, but life's not been going according to plan ...

$14.99

Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle

Ross Dungan

Methuen

4 Male 4 Female

Eric Argyle is having a bad Sunday It's late He's still in his pyjamas A room full of people are staring at him And he died at 11.42 am, two days ago ... "A gem of a play" British Theatre Guide "A rich m...

$15.99

Constellations - FABER EDITION

Nick Payne

Faber & Faber

1 Male 1 Female

One relationship. Infinite possibilities ... 'Let's go for a drink. I don't know what I'm doing here anyway. One drink. And if you never want to see me again you never have to see me again' A play about fr...

$12.99

After The Tempest

Richard Beck

Cyberpress

9 Male 4 Female

This play raises issues of concern to us today ... How do people of different backgrounds - racial, spiritual, historic, geographic - deal with each other? Is our moral philosophy based on myth/magic or ...

$7.99

Duet for One - USA Edition

Tom Kempinski

Samuel French Inc

1 Male 1 Female

Eminent violinist, Stephanie is struck down with multiple sclerosis and goes to Dr Feldman to help her adjust to her new life His probing questions strip away at the layers of protective pretence revealing ...

$10.99

Lesser Mortals

Geoff Saunders

Samuel French Ltd

0 Male 4 Female

Four women - all widows - sit in the communal silence of a Quaker Meeting We hear their thoughts and join with their joys and troubles ... Victoria, the most recently widowed, is resigned to never getting...

$12.99

Playing with Grown Ups

Hannah Patterson

Methuen

2 Male 2 Female

"That's the problem isn't it? Now we can have it all, we're expected to bloody do it all" A frank and funny exploration of relationships and what it means to be a woman in contemporary society ... Late th...

$15.99

Brief Encounter - STAGE ADAPTATION

Emma Rice from Noel Coward

Methuen

4 Male 3 Female

Emma Rice, Artistic Director of Kneehigh Theatre Company, has adapted this timeless film classic for the stage ... I'm a happily married woman. Or rather I was until a few weeks ago. This is my whole world ...

$15.99

I Know How I Feel About Eve

Colette Kane

Methuen

1 Male 2 Female

"We make it clear in our literature that we are looking for extraordinary couples - progressive people who are open to radical ways of doing things" Jo and Alex are the perfect professional couple - the ide...

$15.99

Di and Viv and Rose

Amelia Bullmore

Methuen

0 Male 3 Female

Aged 18, three women join forces ... Life is fun Living is intense Together they feel unassailable Crackling with wisdom and wit, Di and Viv and Rose is a humorous and thoughtful exploration of friendsh...

$15.99

Umlaut, Prince of Düsseldorf

Michael Green

Samuel French Ltd

12 Male 3 Female

More madness from Michael Green's hilarious Coarse Acting series ... Umlaut, Prince of Düsseldorf imagines a hapless and incompetent theatre company attempting a condensed version of Hamlet Cue bungled line...

$12.99

School Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Daisy Campbell with Ken Campbell

Samuel French Ltd

7 Male 7 Female

Class 4S are taking a coach trip to an adventure Theme Park Or are they? Tricia seems to think otherwise, and convinces her classmates that they're really journeying to the centre of the Earth as part of ...

$12.99

Hotel Mystere

Bettine Manktelow

Samuel French Ltd

4 Male 3 Female

A hotel bar ... It's a bad day for David Richmond and his team at the hotel - Tony the barman, porter Sean, barmaid Tanya and ditzy waitress Lucy First there's a fussy, demanding customer to contend with, ...

$12.99

Rat's Tales

Carol Ann Duffy & Melly Still

Faber & Faber

3 Male 5 Female

Rats' Tales is a Collection of entertaining, dark and magical folk tales sourced from around the world The volume contains two texts for each story - a prose version and a dramatised version First, Poet La...

$12.99

Just the Ticket

Peter Quilter

Samuel French Ltd

0 Male 1 Female

Susan, an eccentric sixty-year-old, decides to celebrate her birthday by repeating a journey to Australia she made with a group of friends when she was 20This time, she's travelling alone - carrying the same...

$12.99