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Based on 20 previously untranslated fragments, this is a reconstruction of Euripides lost tragic comedy, Alcmaeon in Corinth, the third part of his final trilogy, with Bacchai and Iphigeneia in Aulis. Writer Colin Teevan is a celebrated modern playwright.

A tender and powerful play from Sweden's greatest playwright, Easter is translated here by British playwright Gregory Motton.

A collection of Jewish plays from Gotthold Lessing, translated to English in this version by Noel Clark.

Ragamuffin, the ultimate bad boy with irresistible charm and gangster attitude is standing trial. Is he the scourge or the saviour of his community? Incorporating drama, African ritual, comedy, dance, music and film, Ragamuffin offers powerful insight into the Black experience in Britain today.

"Grand Guignol holiday humor...biliously funny...an ingenious and gory delight." - Daily Telegraph

A collection of autobiographical short stories that chart the author's journey from youthful enthusiasm and success to raging despair, anger and final self-destruction.

Written by French playwright Michael Azama and translated by British playwright Nigel Gearing, Crossfire is a heartstopping play about tumbling through the checkpoint of life and death warzones everywhere and at all times.

A tender family play from Philip Osment.

"Creates a near perfect encapsulation of the world of the troubled teen." -Herald

In this translation from esteemed translator Ranjit Bolt, based on the original by Moliere. The play satirizes the hypocrisies of French aristocratic society, but it also engages a more serious tone when pointing out the flaws which all humans possess.

In this new stage version of French writer Alexandre Dumas' novel La Dame aux Camelias, radical British playwright Neil Bartlett re-imagines Camille's tale.

From Broadchurch and Doctor Who writer Chris Chibnall - Kiss Me Like You Mean It - A play about love and death that was shortlisted for the Meyer-Whitworth Award.

A brand new musical, a wonderfully upbeat story of unrequited love and a great comedy.

Includes two plays by L'Avare and L'Etourdi in new versions by Ranjit Bolt.

Montgomery's beloved novel is now available in this abridged paperback chapter book that comes with a gold-tone charm. Illustrations. Consumable.

Arthur Schnitzler's work has come to define Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century. Translated for the stage by Samuel Adamson. Professor Bernhardi (1912) is one of the best known plays written by the Viennese dramatist, short story writer and novelist Arthur Schnitzler.

A thriller black-comedy of a play from brilliant author Anthony Horowitz.

Michael Wall's play looks at the subject of mental illness and the toll it can take on those around sufferers.

A play by the author of Don Quixote. The folk hero Pedro de Urdemalas, known in Spanish balladry and tradition - from mediaeval times to Lorca - as a swindling trickster with a thousand costume and identity changes up his sleeve, is here dramatised by Cervantes. It's a delightful if somewhat sprawling tale of Pedro's life's journey.

Chekhov's first full-length play anticipates the explosive revolutionary atmosphere of Russia at the turn of the century. This edition has been translated to English by David Harrower.

A verbatim play based on the letters and interviews with Guantanamo Bay prisoners, this play is deeply shocking as well as deeply moving.

A loner in foster-care asks a girl out on an ill-fated date in a stolen car. One day, on the riverbank, the friends, he never had, narrate the story of his dramatic last day. This title deals with the possibilities and pressures we face on the verge of adulthood.

Presents three rites of passage plays for the young person in all of us, adapted from the books of three best-selling authors. These plays are suitable for various ages.

A feast of finely tuned extra-marital mayhem from the master of French farce.

War, poverty, corruption, spiralling taxes, bad behaviour, inter-personal violence and over-population. Do these things worry you?Middle-aged manager Ted, hits on a utopian plan to change the way we live in this darkly funny play.

There's a war going on. A war between the spirit and the mind. Between the eternal present and the past. Between intelligence and inertia. Between faith and rationale. Between hip and square.Neil Oram's ten-play cycle, The Warp was first performed in 1979 in a 22 hour production directed by Ken Campbell. This new volume brings together the most vibrant speeches from the legendary play.

From the late playwright Pam Gems, author of Stanley and Marlene. The story of Polish playwright Stanislawa Przybyszewska.

The introduction of a human spanner in a bakery's tuned works accelerates its disintegration.

Helmet (a.k.a. Roddy) lives his life completely immersed in computer games. The little time he has away from his consoles is spent in The Zone, a low tech games shop, which has just this very day gone bankrupt. Sal, the down-trodden owner of The Zone, is left wondering where it all went wrong. The shop is Sal's prison, but it's Helmet's church. As they get to know each other, hiding from reality for a while, it becomes clear that Helmet has a secret that could make things a lot worse for both of them. Helmet is structured in levels like a computer game, in which each character has three lives. A production involving art graphics projections and effects, Helmet toured in 2002, including performances at The Traverse, Edinburgh and the Soho Theatre, London.