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Gripping drama of teenage struggle by talented new writer

Alistair Beaton's new play, part farce, part biting satire, on modern politics, New Labour and the fine art of spin is set in the plush seaside hotel of a party conference as anti-capitalist riots rage in the streets below.

"You will come back though won't yer, Darren? Yer will come back? Say yer'll come back. Come back." Lucy is 17. She dreams of love, security and a bright future. However, first she must confront reality - and reality means deciding who to trust.

Shepard's play, "State of Shock", turns an anniversary party into a reopening of the wounds of war, sex and family betrayal. This volume includes his screenplays for the films "Far North", which explores the gap between generations and genders, and "Silent Tongue", about white settlers in America.

A play by the author of "The Furtive Nudist", "Clown Plays" and "Skungpoomery".

Musical drama of Judy Garland's "come-back" concerts

Days of Significance is the new work by Roy Williams commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company and staged at the Swan Theatre in January 2007.

Written in the 15th century by Johannes Von Saaz, "Death and the Ploughman" is a dialogue between Death and a widowed farmer. West has dramatized it here as an adversarial duel where the farmer's defence of mankind is as strong as Death's ruthless prosecution of his own cause.

Presents the tale of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, one of Britain's finest comedy double-acts. This is a comedy bringing to life the comic genius and flawed relationship of Moore and Cook.

Lauren's come back for Christmas dinner, she's pregnant at fifteen, but she's not staying. They've found her a place with a creche so she can do her exams. This publication shows a harsh slice of life from "What's in the Cat" premiered at Contact Theatre, Manchester, in November 2005.

When one man goes to war he leaves the city, his wife and brother. A year later only the wife and brother remain. This work asks what happens when people and events apparently thousands of miles away affect the heart and soul of a city.

Frayn's sparkling comedy about a university reunion, currently revived in the West End

The play revolves around the aftermath of a military coup d'etat in a "fictional" Trinidad and Tobago. The playwrights other work includes "Play Mas", "Independence" and "Meetings".

Danny returns from Basra to a foreign England and a different kind of battle. He visits an old flame, buys a gun and goes on a blistering road trip through the new home front. Written during the London bombings of 2005, this work is a response to the anti-war movement - and to the war itself.

When his fingers slip away from his father's hand, one boy's destiny changes forever. In the chaos of border crossing between India and the newly formed Pakistan, a small boy called Pali suddenly finds himself lost and alone. Taken in to a Muslim family he is given a new name, and a new faith - Islam.

Set in a mythical Chicago, Saint Joan of the Stockyards tells the story of a Salvation Army lieutenant who challenges the power of Pierpoint Mauler, the meat king. The play, which was never staged in Brecht's lifetime, is published here with a new translation and introductory notes.

"A poet of the theatre, shaping a new language out of broken words: an emotional seismograph registering the tremors which shake the substratum of human life" (The Times)

This monologue features Cathar heretics, a mysterious female French book thief and an oriental violinist who does pig impressions.

The only full-length stage play by the acclaimed novelist and critic Malcolm Bradbury

Philip Ridley's multi-award-winning play caused a sensation when it premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 1992. A provocative and edgy drama, it is now regarded as a contemporary classic. Set in a strange room in East London, party preparations are underway but the presence of a very, very sharp knife does not bode well for an entirely happy birthday.

A programme text edition of Billy Wonderful published to coincide with the world premiere at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, on 12 March 2009.

Gathered in a kosher bar in North London are a foulmouthed cabbie, who can't stop blubbing, an old woman in a wheelchair, who hears only what she chooses to, and the world's worst waitress, wearing nothing but her smalls. Joining them is a man with no name who takes them on at their own game.

A comedy of ice-cream making and family rivalries in Manchester's Italian Community. When ice-cream man Giuseppe Raffa decides to set his two sons in competition with each other. Supported and obstructed by Rocco's wife Bernie and Lino's girlfriend Lulu, the fight quickly becomes a serious business. And soon everybody's screaming for ice-cream...

A visceral play about friendship, teenage recklessness, futile ambitions and frustrated hopes.

A programme text edition of Nick Grosso's tough piercing new comedy exploring the dynamics of addiction, from The X Factor to Class A drugs.

In Evelyn Dwyer's madcap B&B, a motley collection of characters is bound together by a dark secret from the past. What has Evelyn been hiding all these years? Why has her brother returned from America? Why has Ella found religion? And what is the mysterious presence that haunts their lives?

Set in a time of political and social unrest the play focuses on one family and the destructive conflict within their home.

DC Moore's Northampton-based play Town is coupled with his hard-hitting, hilarious monologue Honest.

A History of Falling Things is a gentle love story about a young man and woman forced to confront their fears of the outside world and discover what really matters to their lives.

This volume contains the script for the play "Restoration" as well as the written music for the play's 14 song