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Five plays from the sensational voice of new writing for Irish theatre.Since winning the George Devine Award for Howie the Rookie in 1999, Mark ORowe has electrified audiences with his distinctive dramatic style and dark, dangerous storytelling.The collection includes: From Both Hips The Aspidistra Code Howie the Rookie Made in China And the previously unpublished play, Crestfall.In ORowes first play, The Aspidistra Code (1995), Brendan and Sonia, head over heels in debt, are forced to hire their own protection against a volatile loan shark.From Both Hips (1997) sees Paul, a Dublin man shot in the hip during a bungled police raid, embark on a violent journey of revenge.In Howie the Rookie (which also won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature), brutal events take on mythical significance in a white-knuckle ride through a nightmare Dublin.In Made in China (2001), a dreadful accident sparks a savage tug-of-war between two criminal foot soldiers.And published for the first time - Crestfall (2003) - so dark that all but the tiniest glimmer of light has been extinguished, depicts three women trapped between nightmares and waking.

A moving story of love and loyalty, courage and fear, based on Terence Rattigans own experiences as a tail gunner in the Second World War.1942. The Falcon Hotel, on the Lincolnshire coast. RAF bomber pilot Teddy is celebrating a reunion with his actress wife Patricia. When Peter, Patricias ex-lover and Hollywood heart-throb, arrives and an urgent bombing mission over Germany is ordered, Patricia finds herself at the centre of an emotional conflict as unpredictable as the war in the skies.Terence Rattigans play Flare Path was first produced at the Apollo Theatre, London, in August 1942. It was revived as part of the Rattigan Centenary celebrations at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, in March 2011.This edition contains an authoritative introduction by Rattigan scholar Dan Rebellato.

El caballero de Olmedo, la obra maestra de Lope de Vega, en la cuidada edición de Francisco Rico. Un referente del teatro del Siglo de Oro.Este volumen presenta la que posiblemente sea la obra maestra de Lope de Vega como dramaturgo, y sin duda, la que mas ha pulsado nuestra sensibilidad contemporanea: El caballero de Olmedo. Inspirada en una cancioncilla popular, la tragicomedia presenta un enredo sentimental que adquiere desde el principio tintes fatidicos y a la postre sobrenaturales, subrayados por imagenes simbolicas generadoras de una profunda melancolia y pesar.La obra se ofrece en la mitica edicion de Francisco Rico, puesta al dia por el filologo y academico en sus ultimos años. Esta edicion quiere, asi, constituirse en el homenaje de la Biblioteca clasica de la RAE al que fuera su fundador y director cuando se cumple un año de su desaparicion.

Este volumen recoge las primeras once obras teatrales que el dramaturgo argentino Alberto Adellach (Buenos Aires, 1933-Nueva Jersey, 1996) escribió entre 1958 y 1970, incluyendo una de sus creaciones mas difundidas y apreciadas: la trilogia titulada Homo dramaticus, que ubico al escritor entre las figuras destacadas de la llamada "neovanguardia absurdista" argentina. Con la presente edicion, estructurada en tres tomos, se pretende dar continuidad y ampliacion al esfuerzo de recuperacion y difusion de la dramaturgia de Adellach que ya iniciaron en 2004 el director Rubens Correa y el Instituto Nacional del Teatro de Argentina. El volumen incluye dos trabajos preliminares. El primero, a cargo de la editora Ana Sanchez Acevedo, es la primera de las tres partes que componen el estudio introductorio a las obras teatrales de Adellach que acompaña a la presente edicion (las dos partes restantes pueden consultarse, respectivamente, al comienzo de los tomos II y III). El segundo trabajo, escrito por el investigador argentino Ezequiel Lozano, propone otro acercamiento complementario a la figura de Adellach antes y despues del exilio que marcara su periplo vital y teatral.Contiene las siguientes obras:HISTORIA DE DESCONOCIDOSHISTORIA DE UNA NOTICIAUN SILENCIO DE COLOR GRIS RABIOSOHOMO DRAMATICUS (I.Criaturas / II.Marcha / III.Palabras)SAINETEVECINOS Y AMIGOSLOS CENSORESEL MOROCHOASUNTO CON LAGARTOS¿PRIMERO, QUE?ESA CANCION ES UN PAJARO LASTIMADO

"Evidencias. Las otras dramaturgias" tiene por objetivo ser un documento que posicione la voz dramática de mujeres del siglo XX, visibilizando su creación y aportando a la escena teatral chilena y la

Two raw and revealing plays about family, Ireland, secrecy and shame, by the award-winning playwright Carys D. Coburn.Set in 1980s Ireland, BÁN is a reworking of Lorcas The House of Bernarda Alba. Five sisters, bound together under their mothers watchful eye, spend their lives longing for escape, power and the one local eligible bachelor. Dark, raucous and with a tender heart, BAN was nominated for the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 2025.In Absent The Wrong, a woman looking for her child is lied to; an artist pitches a memorial that is never built; a landlord raises rents; and thousands of children disappear. An intimate and sweeping play about seventy years of adoptees and their search for answers, it premiered at the Abbey Theatre as part of the 2022 Dublin Theatre Festival, where it was named Best New Production.

MALAPROP Theatre is an award-winning collective of Irish theatremakers, who seek to challenge, delight and speak to the world we live in (even when imagining different ones). This volume brings together four of their bold, playful and genre-spanning plays, all premiered at the Dublin Fringe Festival between 2017 and 2023.In Everything Not Saved, ex-lovers argue about when they were happiest, police officers rewrite history, and Rasputin dances like no ones watching. Oh, and also the Queen is there.Before You Say Anything questions how everyone can be safe at the same time. A time-travelling set of interweaving stories exploring injustice, freedom and bravery.Where Sat the Lovers is about codes, hallucinations, Isaac Newton, war crimes, seeing meaning where theres none and vice versa. In an age of misinformation, how do you know if you know the right things?HOTHOUSEtackles climate breakdown with big ideas, a lot of laughs, and some truly grotesque cabaret numbers. Cruise ships, horny/murderous songbirds, fecund/fatalistic rabbits, loving/bruising parents and Minnie Riperton all make an appearance in this play with songs, which asks if things can ever get better.MALAPROP Theatre are Carys D. Coburn, John Gunning, Breffni Holahan, Molly OCathain, Maeve OMahony, Claire OReilly and Carla Rogers.MALAPROP have quickly distinguished themselves as one of Irelands most exciting emerging companies Ruth McGowan, Director, Dublin Fringe Festival (2018-23)A company of real ambition. One which is using theatrical form to grapple with the complexities of a world where the ground is constantly shifting beneath our feet and where what we believe can be recalibrated not just on a daily basis but minute by minute Lyn Gardner, Stage DoorReminiscent of early Caryl Churchill... this is thinking theatre at its bestIrish Independent

A tender and funny tale about our secret selves, No Romance is a play about our search for connection in a fractured world. It received the Stewart Parker Trust Award in 2012.Laura has a secret. Joes has been revealed. Pegs been keeping hers for years.Rich with the absurdities, hypocrisies and vulnerabilities that course through our lives, Nancy Harriss No Romance playfully observes the longings, fears and desires we reveal - and dont reveal - in our closest relationships.No Romance was first staged at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 2011.

An irreverent and unsettling play that interrogates paranoia, ambiguity and innocence in our highly sexualised world.Gethin has just finished his film course and reckons hes the next Scorsese. His mum is on at him to do her friends wedding video - before the couple get divorced!But Gethin is interested in a much more daring project - one that will get him into dangerously deep water, question his idealism and turn his life and that of his family upside down.Stacey Greggs play Perve was first staged at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 2011.

Can you remember your first time?In this hilarious and heartbreaking true story, theatre-maker and activist Nathaniel Hall cant seem to forget his. To be fair, hes had it playing on repeat for the last fifteen years but now hes ready to lift the lid on his life-changing secret.First presented by Dibby Theatre and Waterside Arts, First Time went on to critical and audience acclaim on tour of the UK and at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It smashes through the stigma and shame of HIV, to present an uplifting and inspirational guide to staying positive in a negative world.This edition features the full script of FirstTime, alongside extensive material about HIV/AIDS and the themes and issues explored in the play, including several workshop plans which can be used with students and community groups.A truly remarkable story of triumph. I was in aweRussell T Davies

Two thousand years ago, the Roman poet Ovid gave voice to a group of inspirational women queens, sorcerers, pioneers, poets and politicians in a series of fictional letters called TheHeroines. They were the women left in the wake of those swaggering heroes of classical mythology: Theseus, Hercules, Ulysses, Jason, AchillesNow, drawing inspiration from Ovid, fifteen leading female and non-binary British playwrights dramatise the lives of these fifteen heroines in a series of new monologues for the twenty-first century.15 Heroines was commissioned by Jermyn Street Theatre, London, and first performed online and in three parts in November 2020, presented in partnership with Digital Theatre. This edition of all fifteen monologues is introduced by directors Adjoa Andoh, Tom Littler and Cat Robey and writer, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes.The War tells the untold stories of the Trojan War: Oenone, Hermione, Laodamia, Briseis and Penelope, written by Lettie Precious, Sabrina Mahfouz, Charlotte Jones, Abi Zakarian and Hannah Khalil.The Desert is about women going their own way: Deianaria, Canace, Hypermestra, Dido and Sappho, written by April De Angelis, Isley Lynn, Chinonyerem Odimba, Stella Duffy and Lorna French.The Labyrinth is about the women who encountered Jason and Theseus: Ariadne, Phaedra, Phyllis, Hypsipyle and Medea, written by Bryony Lavery, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Samantha Ellis, Natalie Haynes and Juliet Gilkes Romero.

and all the sins of his father and his forefathers came out of his body, through the pores of his skin, in the form of crows.When a son returns home after being accused of a violent crime, a mother is forced to confront the ghosts of her past when the crows visit.Inspired by true events in modern-day India, Anupama Chandrasekhars play When the Crows Visit explores the themes of Ibsens Ghosts and the cyclical nature of oppression.This dark and thrilling play premiered at Kiln Theatre, London, in October 2019, directed by Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham.

A play about joy and heartbreak, quarries and transmat beams.When Oli arrives at now-forgotten sci-fi icon Mariannes door, hes looking for an autograph and maybe a friend. Mariannes hoping for the phone to ring, for her best friend to see her differently, for her turn at something more substantial than a half-remembered role on a cult TV show.As they start to explore each others worlds, they begin to discover what every good relationship needs: time and space.Exploring the complexities of connection, especially in the LGBTQ+ community, and the contrast in lived experiences across generations, Dark Sublime is a love-letter to British sci-fi television those that make it and those that adore it.Michael Denniss debut play premiered at Trafalgar Studios in Londons West End in 2019, directed by Andrew Keates and starring Marina Sirtis, best known for appearing in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Rule number eleven: We dont talk about them. Not here. They dont exist here.Nadia and Daniel have a secret. In fact they have quite a few. Theyve just signed on the dotted line for a studio flat. Under a pseudonym, naturally Mr and Mrs White.After years of school pick-ups, TV takeaways, and the day-to-day drudgery of married life, this is their chance to wipe the slate clean. But as much as they try and redefine the rules, and themselves, the outside world is closing in.Ultra-contemporary, sexy and funny, Kenny Emsons play Rust pushes the boundaries of trust, love and lust to the limit. Rust premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, ahead of transferring to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and HighTide Festival in 2019, in a co-production between the Bush and HighTide.

The history of Manchester jumps off its axis. The history of England jumps off its axis. 2 a.m., 8th July, 1981, all the major cities of England burn.Crackling with anger, humour and authenticity, Ed Edwards play The Political History of Smack and Crack chronicles the fallout for communities crushed by the heroin epidemic at the height of Thatcherism.Shot through with home truths about the road to recovery, this is an epic love song to a lost generation inspired by the playwrights own personal experience.The Political History of Smack and Crack was shortlisted for the Theatre503 Playwriting Award. It was first performed in Paines Ploughs Roundabout at Summerhall at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018, before transferring to Soho Theatre, London, produced by Most Wanted and Offstage Theatre in association with W14 Productions, Alastair Michael and Soho (co-commissioners).A terrific honest, funny, moving firecracker of a play Roy Williams OBE

Two unflinching plays from exciting new writer and performer Izzy Tennyson.Grotty is a dark and savage exploration of the London lesbian scene. A couple of little sad old basements that drip with sweat and piss, with second-hand noise pulsating from some gay-boy night upstairs. The women sit there in their uniformed black and they are looking at you. They are not nice girls. But Grotty is not a nice story.The piece was premiered by Damsel Productions at The Bunker, London, in May 2018.Solo show Brutetells the true story of a rather twisted schoolgirl. Poppys just started at an all-girls state school in a provincial English town, where there are rules with no logic, sadistic jokes that arent actually funny, and the most sinister games played out of boredom.Brute won the 2015 IdeasTap Underbelly Award, had a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and transferred to Soho Theatre with Damsel Productions in 2016.Izzy Tennyson is a writer and performer whose work includes Career Boy (London Raindance Festival 2015) and Runts (Brighton Fringe Festival 2016).

There is no shame in deriving pleasure from this little world.Siblings Fanny and Alexander are growing up amidst the gilded romance and glamour of 1900s Sweden. But their world is turned upside down when their widowed mother remarries the iron-willed local bishop. As creative freedom and rigid orthodoxy clash, a war ensues between imagination and austerity in this magical study of childhood, family and love.Legendary film-maker Ingmar Bergmans 1982 masterpiece Fanny & Alexander was adapted for the stage by Stephen Beresford. It premiered at The Old Vic, London, in 2018, in a production starring Penelope Wilton and directed by Old Vic Associate Director Max Webster.Stephen Beresford is the BAFTA award-winning screenwriter of Pride. His other plays include The Last of the Haussmans, which premiered at the National Theatre.

Autumn 1940. The Battle of Britain rages.Southampton is home to our only hope of victory: the Spitfire. But, in one of many devastating raids on the town, the Luftwaffe destroy the Woolston Supermarine Spitfire factory. The Government requisitions local businesses to use as shadow factories but meets resistance. Fred Dimmock wont give up his family laundry for anyone.As the Dimmocks, and other families, struggle to keep control of their lives and livelihoods, a story of chaos, courage and community spirit emerges.Telling the remarkable story of how a city triumphed over adversity, Howard Brentons play The Shadow Factory opened Southamptons brand-new theatre, NST City, in 2018, directed by Nuffield Southampton Theatres Director Samuel Hodges.

Listen carefullyThree women.Three conversations.As the details of what they share begin to diverge, we realise that a subtle game of survival is being played.Both psychological puzzle and quietly devastating tragedy, The Approach explores the inner lives of Anna, Cora and Denise as they desperately try to make sense of their world. It premiered at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, in 2018, in a production by Landmark Productions.Mark ORowe is one of Irelands leading playwrights. His plays include the award-winning Our Few and Evil Days, Terminus, Crestfall, Made in China and Howie the Rookie.A writing force to contend with outstandingIrish IndependentHilarious, stunning, surprisingly touching and enormously satisfyingIrish Times on Terminus

This volume presents the best new writing in monologue form, celebrating unique voices with exceptional stories to tell. These three plays, finalists in the inaugural Heretic Voices competition, were first performed at the Arcola Theatre, London, in 2018.Set in Croydon, South London, Dean McBride by Sonya Hale is a vivid and poetic story of deprivation, loss and redemption through love, which tells the story of Dean, a young man hardened by suffering, who struggles in life before finding his way back to happiness.A university professor is caught in a storm when an image of her in a changing room is shared online. Exploring how images of women are represented in art and social media, Annie Foxs Woman Caught Unaware is a searing examination of the culture of body-shaming.Depicting a teenage girls solo journey to the North Pole with her fathers ashes, A Hundred Words for Snow by Tatty Hennessy is a complex, epic and undulating story that pitches themes of death and rebirth against a shifting backdrop of climate change, exploration and the uncertain geography of the North.This collection includes a foreword from actor and playwright Lolita Chakrabarti, one of the judges of the competition, which was organised by Heretic Productions.