Secondhand Drama Books

Tom Williams was born in Mississippi in 1911. The son of a womanizing, hard-drinking father and an obsessively domineering mother, he sought refuge at an early age in a world...

Henry Hills grows up in 1950s, in a Brooklyn neighbourhood where Italian-American gangsters walk tall in the streets, commanding the respect of their peers. Young Henry dreams that one day...

In 1997, Richard Eyre was invited by the BBC to write and present a series of programmes about the history of British theatre in the 20th century. Eyre decided to...

"Meyer's translations of Ibsen are a major fact in one's general sense of post-war drama. Their vital pace, their unforced insistence on the poetic centre of Ibsen's genius, have beaten...

Dennis Kelly is one of the UK's finest contemporary dramatists. This second volume of his work collects together: Our Teacher's a Troll, Orphans, Taking Care of Baby, DNA and The...

Unlike Marlowe's earlier dramas, "Edward II" is a play without a starring role. Instead of the splendid rhetoric of "Tamburlaine" and "The Jew of Malta" comes realistic dialogue and a...

As the Second World War rages on in Europe, in Donegal there is another war closer to home. In Dolly West's kitchen, her family has its own conflicts to face...

It was so simple, just a few little bits in his diary, files that he kept in longhand with all his thoughts and wishes and dreams.Bobby thinks he's simply lending...

"The finest American playwright of his generation" (Sunday Times) Speed-the-Plow sees two old-time movie collaborators manipulate the aspirations of a young woman who will do anything to attain her dream...

A farcical look at political violence as it's played out during the Troubles in Northern Ireland against the drab backdrop of a bare, rustic Irish cottage and unending boredom in...

Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little PriceA classic comedy of manners from the Restoration period.Mirabell loves the heiress Millamant and must concoct a clever plan which...

'We've got nothing to learn from anyone. We are who we are. We do what we do. No-one else can touch us' - except, that is, the horrific past of...

The extraordinary debut play from the Royal Court by two brothers from Siberia.A series of seemingly unrelated scenes portray the ordinary frustrations of everyday life: office workers bickering, a couple...

A darkly absurd play from the authors of Terrorism.A young man drops out of university and goes to the police. He's done nothing wrong, he just wants a job. A...

I...think I mistake correspondence for contact sometimes.During the course of a routine shift on the content moderation floor of an unnamed social media company, Alan and Alannah, two moderators, will...

Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little PriceBored with her sheltered existence, Miss Julie attempts to seduce the footman, but gets far more than she bargained for...August...

A new edition of the hugely successful musical by Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, published alongside its West End premiere and featuring exclusive content.A letter that was never...

The dramatic works of Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) present the actions of ordinary people. He avoids any explicit political treatment, but the depth and subtlety of his art has generated a...

'The man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul' John DrydenAntonio, a Venetian merchant, wishes to help his friend get money to...