Plays & playscripts books

In this one-woman thriller, Sandra seeks to get to the bottom of the mysterious disappearance of her closest friend,...  Read More >>

This comedy portrays the cruelty of youth as a total theatre experience, blending realism with theatrical devices...  Read More >>

Great storm effects, spiffy costumes and lots of fun and mystery distinguish this work by the author of Abduction,...  Read More >>

Keen Teens is a unique and free educational theatre program run by the Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company....  Read More >>

When Sly Harrell sets out to find a cabin cruiser to entertain his new girlfriend, he finds them expensive and buying...  Read More >>

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In a world full of unforgettable voices, none have reverberated as strongly as James Earl Jones'. His voice transcended...  Read More >>

The final volume of collected scripts from multi-award-winning BBC2 anthology series, Inside No. 9 - universally...  Read More >>

A hilarious retelling of the Arthurian legends from physical theatre masters Le Navet Bete.  Read More >>

A funny, camp and unapologetically queer musical about Thatcher's Section 28 and the moral panic that gripped a...  Read More >>

Sybylla Melvyn is finding her voice. Growing up in the 90s – the 1890s, that is – life doesn't throw a lot of options...  Read More >>

""Contemporary Plays"" features 16 plays by various dramatists, selected and edited by Thomas H. Dickinson and Jack...  Read More >>

Beggars' Bush is a Jacobean-era stage play, a comedy in the canon of John Fletcher and his collaborators. The actual...  Read More >>

This anthology, edited by George Pierce Baker, brings together key works from early 20th-century American theater,...  Read More >>

These two classic comedies by Sheridan are staples of English theatre. The Rivals features witty dialogue and mistaken...  Read More >>

Andrea Chénier is a verismo opera by Umberto Giordano, set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. The story...  Read More >>

These four Russian plays explore the complexities of Russian society, class struggles, and the moral dilemmas faced...  Read More >>

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Mary and Margaret, Whence Comes Freedom follows Mary Bennet and Margaret Dashwood, the youngest sisters of Pride...  Read More >>

Inspired by the true story of Frankie Lucas, a young black boxer navigating the vibrant yet challenging world of...  Read More >>

Includes the seminal ""Early History of Negro Minstrelsy,"" by Col. T. Allston Brown, together with pen-and-ink...  Read More >>

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The characters and relationships described by Jane Austen continue to be equally valid despite the changes that...  Read More >>

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Addresses fundamental questions about the reception and aesthetic experience of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses, popularly...  Read More >>