Plays & playscripts
The Cure at Troy
Seamus Heaney
Format: Paperback
The Cure at Troy, by Seamus Heaney, is a verse adaptation of Sophocles' play Philoctetes.
Network
Lee Hall, Paddy Chayefsky
Format: Paperback
Adapted for the stage by Lee Hall from the Paddy Chayefsky film, Network premiered at the National Theatre, London, in November 2017.
The Suppliant Women
Aeschylus, adapted by David Greig
Format: Paperback
Written 2,500 years ago, one of the world’s oldest plays speaks to us through the ages with startling resonance for our troubled times.
The Lie
Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton
Format: Paperback
From the young French playwright, author of The Father (STC 2017), a companion piece to his earlier play The Truth.
On Blueberry Hill
Sebastian Barry
Format: Paperback
Sebastian Barry's new play explores our capacity to commit the deadliest of crimes but also our capacity for survival, reconciliation and love.
Pocket Playhouse
Michael Frayn
Format: Hard Cover
Thirty-six comic sketches from the cherished playwright Michael Frayn, author of Noises Off and Skios.
The History Boys
Alan Bennett, introduced by Andrew Bruff
Format: Paperback
Designed to meet the requirements for students at GCSE and A level, this accessible and stimulating new educational edition: - includes detailed analyses of character, theme and structure; - looks at the context of the play and its author; - offers key quotations and activities both for the student working alone and in the classroom.
Ghosts
David Watson
Format: Paperback
David Watson's adaptation of Ibsen's Ghosts opened at the Home Theatre, Manchester, in November 2016.
Hamlet, Globe to Globe
Dominic Dromgoole
Format: Hard Cover
From Mexico to Geelong, from Sudan to Auckland, the Globe's artistic director took Hamlet to the world - across all seven continents on a fascinating journey into the world of Shakespeare and the stage.
Travesties
Tom Stoppard
Format: Paperback
‘Tom Stoppard’s Travesties is witty, playful and wise. Forty years on, it is starting to look timeless as well.’ - Sunday Times
