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One of a series of drama texts published to coincide with theatrical premieres of new plays and translations.

Commander Vimes is sent to wild and wintry Uberwald to establish trade links with the King of Dwarfs but he ends up trying to stop an inter-species war. He may have arrived as Ankh-Morpork's ambassador but soon finds it's not all chocolate balls when he's being chased by fascist werewolves.

A senile bedridden old woman rehearses over and over again an epic tale of a village laughing match. Meanwhile her two granddaughters struggle to release themselves from the prison of remembered unhappiness.

An RSC commission to commemorate the first celebration of Shakespeare's life and works. A mischievous satire on the foundation of the Shakespeare industry. This irreverent comedy dissects the cult of the theatrical personality, with guest appearances from the Bard himself and Sir Peter Hall.

Set around Limehouse Cut and the Lee River in East London, "Herons" is the story of 14-year-old Billy, whose life has been made a misery by his father's actions. As the teenagers that surrond him on his estate step up their campaign of bullying, the play escalates to a violent climax.

Foley is the last of his family, among the last Protestants in the Republic of Ireland. He is attempting to recall his life, but memory is a fickle thing.

A new edition of Doug Lucie's most celebrated plays - "Fashion", "Progress", "Hard Feelings" and "Doing the Business".

D'you ever look in the mirror and you don't recognise the person looking back at you?

The term "Boston Marriage" is 19th century slang for the implied relationship between women who lived together, independent of men. This play examines the shifting and ambiguous relationship between two such women, Claire and Anna.

Strictly Dandia, Tamasha Theatre Company's new play, takes us into the competitive world of the Navratri Festival where regional and caste rivalries abound in a bid to outdo each other with smart moves and step variations.

Life for Faz and his twitty assistant, Twoo, has become listless and lacking in sparkle. That is, until Faz invents skungpoomery, or "thinking up a word and then doing it". And so saying, Faz and Twoo bunkjam jarmer into the world outside. Ken Campbell has also written "Furtive Nudist".

One of a series of drama texts published to coincide with theatrical premieres of new plays and translations.

Mark Ravenhill's play "Mother Clap's Molly House" explores the gay subculture of 18th-century London.

In financial and emotional despair, Suzanne returns to live with her mother. Instead of finding peace of mind however, her already complicated life becomes even more chaotic. A rocky relationship with her foster son Luka, a one-night stand and having to handle her mother's boyfriend doesn't help.

With "The Sanctuary Lamp" the author takes a hallowed institution and populates it with social misfits who desecrate every convention in both thought and action.

A major new play, with its world premiere at London's Almeida Theatre

"Thrilling...unforgettable, maybe even life-changing...it has the inevitablity and much of the monumentality of a Greek tragedy" (USA today)

A new play by an exciting young American writer, presented at London's Royal Court Theatre

Written in 1926 and originally entitled Ritz Bar, Semi-Monde was considered too daring for its time. A visually daring comedy that provides a metaphor for Coward's own sexuality.

Set amongst the ruins of post-war Berlin, this play follows a young soldier, sent for a weekend to guard a deserted British army office. In the corrosive atmosphere of Cold War power struggles, he finds his conscience is on trial.

Saturday night, small town Wales, one pub, one party and three lads stuck with their school reputations - the gimp, the geek and the bully. Their dream - to get the hell out. A Paines Plough production directed by Vicky Featherstone.

Displaying his characteristic disdain for bourgeois hypocrisy, in "The Good Hope" Heijermans takes up the cause of exploited fisherman. Set in Whitby, this fresh adaptation by Lee Hall aims to breathe new life into a European classic.

It's the 1960s and we're in the back of a porn cinema in Gateshead. Abel Stein takes a dislike to a cockney punter, knocks him out and stuffs him in a cupboard. Then they find out that the infamous Kray twins are in town. What do you do when you've inadvertently kidnapped England's scariest man?

Angel Cruz, a poor Puerto Rican, isn't sure why he's in jail after shooting Reverend Kim, the born-again Christian who brainwashed his best friend. But when the Reverend dies in hospital, Angel lands in solitary confinement next to Lucius, a card-carrying Christian serial-killer.

A new executive breed is emerging on the outskirts of Dublin - where once there was a sense of history and socialism, the corporate moguls have enslaved the idealists and turned them into entrepreneurs. But Marion and Kevin find their emotional prosperity threatened by an economic squall.

A stunning new play by the award-winning writer of The Glee Club ("Dramatic Dynamite" - Evening Standard)

Set against the inexorable march of progress in contemporary London, Kwame Kwei-Armah's second play for the National explores race and roots with verve and wit.

A darkly humorous look at the flip side of home-sweet-home