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Three of Federico García Lorcas most famous plays in a single volume, translated from the Spanish and introduced by one of Scotlands finest playwrights, Jo Clifford.Theres fire burning in my head.Theres an ocean drowning my heart.Lorcas passionate, lyrical tales of longing and revenge put the spotlight on the rural poor of 1930s Spain and are considered masterpieces of twentieth-century theatre. These plays exhibit Lorcas intense anger at the injustices of society, and his determination to create art that might remedy it.The collection contains Blood Wedding, Yerma and The House of Bernarda Alba, in sensitive and playable translations, and a full introduction to Lorca, his times and his work.The Nick Hern Books Drama Classic Collections series brings together the most popular plays from a single author or a particular period. They offer students, actors and theatregoers a series of uncluttered, accessible editions, accompanied by comprehensive introductions. Where the originals are in English, there is a glossary of unfamiliar words and phrases. Where the originals are in a foreign language, the translations aim to be both actable and accurate and are made by translators whose work is regularly staged in the professional theatre.

A darkly comic play that explores the unexpected, bewildering, and life-changing consequences of challenging the status quo at a global level.Last week, Andrew was that guy with his girl lunching in KFC, discussing apartments and making plans for the future. Today hes in Moscow, in an undisclosed hotel room, on the run and at risk of assassination.Last week, a nobody. This week, Americas Most Wanted: a man who humiliated his country with one touch of a button.Mike Bartletts Wild premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in June 2016, in a production directed by James Macdonald.

A beautifully simple adaptation of one of Dickenss best-loved novels, bringing it thrillingly to life for the stage.When the orphan Pip meets the convict Magwitch in a graveyard and is forced to help him escape, his life takes a series of unexpected turns. Invited to the house of the mysterious Miss Havisham, he falls in love with her adopted daughter, the beautiful but cold-hearted Estella. Then the generosity of an unknown benefactor sends him to London to become a gentleman. But the truth behind his change of fortune, once revealed, is not what Pip expects...Jo Cliffords adaptation of Great Expectations was first performed at Richmond Theatre, London, in 2012, before transferring to the West End.Eminently actable and stageable, this version is also ideal for schools and amateur theatre companies.This edition contains introductions by Simon Callow, Lucinda Dickens Hawksley (great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens) and Clifford herself.

A sparky and moving first play about female friendship, set in contemporary Dublin. Cat and Sophie are Dublin teenagers on the brink, growing up in the face of everything a city can throw at them. How can you learn to be good when your elders are no longer your betters? Somehow, the girls must cope - or find a way of escaping.Stella Feehilys play Duck was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, in July 2003, in a production by Out of Joint. This production went on national tour, including a run at the Royal Court Theatre, London, from November 2003.

A superb adaptation of Robert Louis Stevensons famous story of the unassuming Dr Jekyll and his dark alter-ego Mr Hyde.During one of his audacious experiments trying to separate good from evil in human nature, the kind and gifted Dr Jekyll inadvertently unleashes an alternative personality of pure evil the mysterious Mr Hyde.As this sinister figure starts causing terror and havoc in foggy London, Jekyll must race to find a cure for his monstrous alter-ego before it takes over for good.This version by David Edgar, first performed at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1996, is a revised and partially re-written version of the adaptation premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Theatre, London, in 1991.

In the overcrowded city, nature is getting out of control. The mice are scratching between walls, the pigeons are diseased and the foxes are beginning to rule the streets. The problem is growing. Its contagious. It has to be stopped, before its too late.Stef Smiths play Human Animals premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in May 2016, in a production directed by Hamish Pirie.

A darkly humorous play about the people behind the tabloid stories of migrant workers and sex-trafficking in todays Europe. The first play in English by an award-winning writer who is well-known in her native Croatia.London 2007: an aspiring actress from Croatia, a Serbian stand-up comedian, a Bulgarian mafioso, a Norwegian journalist, a sex-trafficking victim... Big city, big dreams, big fall.Tena tiviis play Fragile! was first performed at the Arcola Theatre, London, in September 2007.

Its the hot, humid, sticky summer of 1977. At a popular birdwatching spot jutting out into the North Sea at the mouth of the Tees, Martin, Jack, Michael and Carol are staring out into the future, their lives intertwined.A friendship, a marriage, a holiday, and a death the gatherings and departures that make us human. Robert Holmans richly resonant play is an uplifting portrait of human hope and vulnerability.German Skerries was first performed at the Bush Theatre, London, and won the George Devine Award in the year that it is set. It was revived in 2016 at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in a co-production with the award-winning Up in Arms Theatre Company, followed by a tour around the UK.

In 1969 Loren McIntyre, a National Geographic photographer, found himself lost among the people of the remote Javari Valley in Brazil. It was an encounter that was to change his life, bringing the limits of human consciousness into startling focus. Inspired by the book Amazon Beaming by Petru Popescu, The Encounter traces McIntyres journey into the depths of the Amazon rainforest, incorporating innovative technology into a solo performance to build a shifting world of sound. The Encounter opened at the Edinburgh International Festival in August 2015 performed by Simon McBurney, and received its London premiere at the Barbican in February 2016 before embarking on a world tour.

A play about love, death, identity and evolution, from the bestselling and highly acclaimed novelist.Elizabeth, forty-something, childless, recently separated, just wants to be alone. Shes moved into a converted Victorian mansion, alive with history, character, woodworm and rot. But worse than that shes besieged by invaders of the human kind. Her best friend, her sister, their mother, the builder and a photographer are all determined to make their mark. And a former inhabitant of the house, disturbed from her resting place by Elizabeths arrival, revisits her own long-forgotten past.Kate Atkinsons play Abandonment was first performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in 2000.

A searing thriller about the naivety of youth and how easily it can be exploited.Tias mouthy attitude and confident swagger mask the vulnerability in a fourteen-year-old girl whose tough start in life draws her to AJ. Older, good-looking and charismatic, he shows her a kindness that shes never known. Kindness that comes with a pricePhil Davies debut play Firebird premiered at Hampstead Downstairs, London, in 2015, in a production directed by Edward Hall, before transferring to the Trafalgar Studios in the West End in 2016.

The nineteenth-century French classic about the swordsman-poet with the nose too large to be taken seriously, in an acclaimed English translation by Anthony Burgess.This translation of Edmond Rostands play Cyrano de Bergerac was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Theatre, London, in July 1983, with Derek Jacobi as Cyrano.Burgesss translation was subsequently used as the basis of the sub-titles for the 1990 film version of Cyrano de Bergerac starring Gerard Depardieu.

Off you go then and best of luckIts bound to be different this time though some of it might seem familiarThe big questions, we meanThe beginnings, middles, endings, et ceteraStill, not to worry, its all a work-in-progressYoure born a girl. You grow up. You grow old. You die. But who is in control of your life story? Can you actually choose your destiny? And how do you forge your own identity along the way?Second Person Narrative by Jemma Kennedy is part of Platform, an initiative from Tonic Theatre in partnership with Nick Hern Books aimed at addressing gender imbalance and inequality in theatre. Platform comprises big-cast plays with predominantly or all-female casts, written specifically for performance by school, college and youth-theatre groups.Drama is an important tool for building confidence and empowering young people. Platform will give girls opportunity to access these benefits as much as their male counterparts. - Moira Buffini

We cant change things here, thats the whole point, no one listens to us or cares, the only way were gonna change things is by going somewhere else, starting afresh.A group of disillusioned young women have disappeared. On a platform out at sea, they have formed The Community a new type of society and a better way of living. But how can you change the world if youve taken yourself out of it?This Changes Everything by Joel Horwood is part of Platform, an initiative from Tonic Theatre in partnership with Nick Hern Books aimed at addressing gender imbalance and inequality in theatre. Platform comprises big-cast plays with predominantly or all-female casts, written specifically for performance by school, college and youth-theatre groups.Drama is an important tool for building confidence and empowering young people. Platform will give girls opportunity to access these benefits as much as their male counterparts. - Moira Buffini

A valuable fresco is discovered in a church in war-torn Eastern Europe. As international and local art historians argue over who should claim ownership, the fate of the painting becomes a metaphor for the future of the emergent nations of Eastern Europe.David Edgars play Pentecost was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, in October 1994. The production transferred to the Young Vic, London, with performances from 31 May 1995. It went on to win the 1995 Evening Standard Award for Best Play.Pentecost is part of David Edgars trilogy of plays about post-Communist Eastern Europe, which also includes The Prisoners Dilemma and The Shape of the Table.

A fiercely funny look at the rocky relations between our press and politicians in a world of spin doctors and phone hacking.Michael is moving into 10 Downing Street and there will be no charm offensives with this Prime Minister, not with a country to run. Theres no time for lunches with the press while there are children living in poverty. And theres certainly no time to comment on a ministers illicit affair while the country needs more nurses.But when his familys private life looks set to be the next big story, Michael seeks help from a press secretary who advises, Feed the beast before it turns on you. Can Michael keep politics centre stage or will he become the big story himself?Steve Thompsons play Feed the Beast was premiered at Birmingham Repertory Theatre in April 2015.

Mr and Mrs Twit are not very nice. In fact theyre extremely nasty. Theyre nasty to each other, and theyre VILE to everyone else.They hold a family of monkeys hostage in a cage and force them to stand on their heads. ALL THE TIME. We told you they werent very nice.Can the monkeys find a way to show those vicious Twits what for?Mischievously adapted from Roald Dahls story, acclaimed playwright Enda Walsh has turned The Twits upside down.This revolting revolution was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in April 2015.

In a housing crisis, a young couple are offered a home of their own. But at what price?Mike Bartletts provocative play Game invites us to spy on a family as they embark on a dangerous new way to live.Game premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in February 2015.

Charlie Ashanti lives in a future where phones are powered by the sun, cars are banned and companies are more powerful than countries. Charlie is a perfectly normal boy, except for one thing: he can speak to cats.When his parents are kidnapped, he sets off on a rescue mission with a little help from a floating circus and its pride of performing lions.Based on Zizou Corders bestselling novels, Marcelo Dos Santoss adaptation fuses storytelling and circus in a gripping tale that provides great opportunities for amateur and school groups looking to perform a magical adventure.Lionboy was commissioned and first produced by award-winning theatre company Complicite in 2013, and was revived in 2014 for an international tour.

Arthur Ransomes famous and much-loved childrens classic is brought thrillingly to life in Helen Edmundsons wonderfully theatrical adaptation, with delightfully catchy and often witty (Telegraph) songs by Neil Hannon of The Divine ComedyWhen John, Susan, Titty and Roger are granted their wish to set sail on their beloved boat Swallow, they know it will be the summer holiday of a lifetime. But their adventure truly begins when they encounter Nancy and Peggy, the self-proclaimed Amazon Pirates, and the dastardly Captain Flint.This adaptation was first performed at the Bristol Old Vic in 2010. It had its West End premiere in 2011.