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Shakespeare’s Fascist Followers
Modern Friends
Richard Wilson, Kingston University, UK
Edited by Roger Holdsworth, University of Oxford, UK, Robert Stagg, Texas A&M University, USA & David Thacker, University of Bolton, UK
This illuminating book demonstrates how in the 20th century Shakespeare and his plays were misappropriated by the far right to serve the purposes of proto-, present and future fascism Richard Wilson’s extensive and rigorous research encompasses a wide variety of figures, from A. K. Chesterton, who was both editor of fascist newspaper Blackshirt and worked at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, to celebrated Shakespeareans such as G Wilson Knight, to writers and theatre practitioners including W B Yeats, T S Eliot, Edward Gordon Craig and Marshall McLuhan It is a vital and timely contribution to Shakespeare scholarship
UK August 2025 US August 2025 352 pages
HB 9781350433854 £90 00 / $120 00
ePub 9781350433861 • £81 00 / $110 69
ePdf 9781350433878 • £81 00 / $81 00
The Arden Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice
Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition
Edited by William Baker, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, USA & Brian Vickers, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK
The volume documents the full tradition of criticism of The Merchant of Venice, including pieces from 1775-1939 An extensive introduction charts the reactions to the play up to the beginning of the 21st century and reflects changing reactions to prejudice in this period. This revised edition features a supplementary introduction by Gary Watt analyzing trends in criticism since the volume was first published in 2005, including writing that focuses on: anti-Semitism and the character of Shylock; finance, risk, insurance and usury; trial, rhetoric, equity and justice; gender, queer themes, cross-dressing, and the AntonioBassanio relationship; and race and colonialism
UK May 2025 US May 2025 528 pages
HB 9781350398979 • £170 00 / $230 00
ePub 9781350398986 • £153 00 / $207 89
ePdf 9781350398993 • £153 00 / $153 00
Series: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition • The Arden Shakespeare
Richard Burbage and the Shakespearean Stage
A 'Delightful Proteus'
Siobhan Keenan, De Montfort University, UK
This book offers the first in-depth study of Richard Burbage’s theatrical career and his ground-breaking contribution to the development of professional theatre in Shakespearean London Burbage is best known for becoming the leading actor in Shakespeare’s acting company, the Lord Chamberlain’s players Siobhan Keenan begins by tracing Burbage’s early life and the emergent theatrical community of which he was a part, before moving on to a series of chapters which explore his growing reputation as a player and theatre manager Chapters also examine Burbage’s influence on Shakespeare and reflect on Burbage’s cultural legacy and impact on early modern acting traditions
UK August 2025 US August 2025 256 pages 5 bw illus
HB 9781350245969 £75 00 / $100 00
ePub 9781350245976 • £67 50 / $91 79
ePdf 9781350245983 • £67 50 / $67 50
The Arden Shakespeare
Multisensory Shakespeare and Specialized Communities
Sheila T. Cavanagh, Emory University, USA
How can Shakespearean performance be used with different communities to assist personal growth and development, while advancing social justice goals? Employing an integrative approach that draws from science, actor training, therapeutical practices and current research on the senses, this study reveals the work being done by drama practitioners with a range of specialized populations, such as incarcerated people, neurodiverse individuals, those with physical or emotional disabilities, veterans, people experiencing homelessness and many others With insights drawn from visits to numerous international programs, it argues that these endeavors succeed when they engage multiple human senses and incorporate kinesthetic learning
UK September 2025 US September 2025 288 pages
PB 9781350296466 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350296428
ePub 9781350296435 • £67 50 / $91 79
ePdf 9781350296442 • £67 50 / $67 50
Series: Shakespeare and Social Justice • The Arden Shakespeare
Women and Cultures of Portraiture in the British Literary Renaissance
Edited by Yasmin Arshad, Independent Scholar, USA & Chris Laoutaris, University of Birmingham, UK
This collection of interdisciplinary essays examines the representation of women at the intersections between portraiture, literature and drama in Renaissance Britain Bringing together art historians, curators, heritage specialists and scholars of early modern history, drama and literature, the volume situates women both as the subjects and devisers of ‘cultures of portraiture’ The essays in this volume examine how power was negotiated through the royal icon; how self-portraiture became a means of navigating the dangerous worlds of religious and courtly factionalism; how the commissioning, collecting and curating of paintings, relics and life-writings fashioned shared testaments of faith and enabled female networks across political and pedagogical arenas; how drama staged the anxieties surrounding a threatening female agency; and how creativity wielded through narrative prose fiction, illuminated manuscripts and poetry, allowed women to co-opt and subvert prevailing visual tropes and stereotypes
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 288 pages • 16 colour, 44 bw illus
HB 9781350320703 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350320710 £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350320727 £76 50 / $76 50
Series: Arden Studies in Early Modern Material Culture The Arden Shakespeare
Closet Drama in Early Modern England
Theatre Without a Stage
Edited by Sophie Lemercier-Goddard, École normale Supérieure, France & Aurélie Griffin, Sorbonne Nouvelle University, France
Early modern closet drama was a lively period of performance which took place through private readings and performances away from the public playhouse This volume considers the cultural and historical parameters of those performances from a textual and dramaturgical point of view Scholars highlight the radical choices made by playwrights who were actively seeking to create a new theatre Studying a wide array of plays from 1560 to 1670, the book interrogates the role of women writers in the development of closet drama, early modern racialisation, translation and the circulation of particular motifs across the Channel
UK August 2025 US August 2025 256 pages 10 bw illus
HB 9781350455030 £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350455054 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350455047 • £76 50 / $76 50
The Arden Shakespeare
Queering Early Modern Death in England
Figuration, Representation, and Matter
Edited by Lauren Shohet, Villanova University, USA & Christine Varnado, State University of New York Buffalo State University, USA
This collection interrogates the profoundly queer, strange, excessive, camp and uncanny dimensions of death in early modern English literary, theatrical and material archives The essays illuminate early modern experiences before the ascendancy of Cartesian dualism occluded alternative understandings of death Key dramatic texts from the early modern period including The Duchess of Malfi, The Winter’s Tale, The Alchemist and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore provide provoking material with which to consider the expansiveness of death in a queer mode The volume makes clear why readers interested in queerness and death should interest themselves in sixteenth and seventeenth century England
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781350458642 • £80 00 / $110 00
ePub 9781350458659 • £72 00 / $98 54
ePdf 9781350458666 • £72 00 / $72 00
The Arden Shakespeare
ARDEN PERFORMANCE EDITIONS
Distant Memories of the Near Future
David Head
David Head's Distant Memories of the Near Future is a play about love. And artificial intelligence. In a world-first, this hour-long piece featured a prerecorded AI character interacting with a human performer. This is science-fiction storytelling, with six overlapping narratives telling a cynical yet heartfelt story of a world 'solved' by algorithms Exploring our relationships with technology, creativity and ourselves, it ultimately asks, are these conundrums of life ever really solvable? The original production premiered at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2023 and was nominated for an Offie Award for New Writing in the same year.
UK November 2024 • US December 2024 • 56 pages
PB 9781350547070 • £10 99 / $15 95
ePub 9781350547094 • £9 89 / $13 49
ePdf 9781350547087 • £9 89 / $9 89
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama
World English
My Life as a Cowboy
Hugo Timbrell
Conor is a gay 17 year old lifeguard, trapped in the suffocating suburbia of Croydon But the opportunity to prove himself to the world is finally here – through the local talent show, Croydon People’s Day His friends Zainab and Michael aren't convinced Will his all-singing, all-dancing Country & Western tribute act be enough to get them onside and bring it home? From Bruntwood Prize-longlisted writer Hugo Timbrell comes My Life as a Cowboy: a thrilling, joyous new comedy about friendship, glory, Shania Twain and what happens when you embrace your weird side
UK August 2024 • US October 2024 • 72 pages
PB 9781350519206 • £10 99 / $14 95
ePub 9781350519220 • £9 89 / $13 49
ePdf 9781350519213 • £9 89 / $9 89
Series: Modern Plays Methuen Drama
World English
Smoke
Alexis Gregory
When Alex receives a private Instagram message from his now deceased ex-boyfriend’s account, he finds himself trailing both old leads and new in a haphazard and dangerous attempt to uncover the truth Packed with dark humour and suspense, this rollercoaster of a piece presents a comedic thriller that homes in on how today’s modern landscape may impact our grasp on reality, uncovering a hidden world within the everyday Smoke removes the theatrics to offer audiences an intimate conversation in Alexis Gregory’s most brutally honest and raw piece yet, investigating the blur between reality and fantasy in this posttruth era
UK November 2024 US December 2024 72 pages
PB 9781350548206 • £10 99 / $15 95
ePub 9781350548220 • £9 89 / $13 49
ePdf 9781350548213 • £9 89 / $9 89
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama
World English
The Glorious French Revolution or: why sometimes it takes a guillotine to get anything done
Sam Ward
August 1792 Twenty thousand people storm the palace of King Louis XVI Six months later he is guillotined: France is a Republic July 1794 Fifteen thousand more people are guillotined, and Republican leader Robespierre gets guillotined as well The Revolution is over January 2024 Child poverty levels are the highest they’ve ever been The richest 1 per cent own half of the world’s wealth The Glorious French Revolution is an anarchic, wild, irreverent, biased and unfair retelling of one of Europe's greatest revolutions, one of its bloodiest chapters and one of its most controversial moments in history
UK November 2024 US December 2024 80 pages
PB 9781350551701 • £10 99 / $15 95
ePub 9781350551725 • £9 89 / $13 49
ePdf 9781350551718 • £9 89 / $9 89
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama
World English
The Legends of Them
Sutara Gayle
A memory: award-winning reggae pioneer Sutara
Gayle AKA Lorna Gee – hears her radio debut from Holloway Prison Another: she’s engulfed in the Brixton uprising sparked by the police shooting of her sister And now she is here, a silent retreat, seeking spiritual guidance from her brother Mooji, Nanny of the Maroons, and a moment of transcendence Powered by high-octane musical numbers, virtuoso performance and raucous comedy, The Legends of Them is a breath-taking, roof-raising chronicle of Sutara’s singular, extraordinary life – and of the legends that have guided her
UK December 2024 US January 2025 64 pages
PB 9781350551664 £10 99 / $15 95
ePub 9781350551688 • £9 89 / $13 49
ePdf 9781350551671 • £9 89 / $9 89
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama
World English
Accents
Emmet Kirwan
Accents is a transformative new show about the arrival of new life, the families we try to create, the families we may never have, and the post-crash boom generation living a life delayed Written by Emmet Kirwan, composed by Eoin French and directed by Claire O’Reilly, this play presents a powerful, poetic journey through a gentrified city.
UK January 2025 • US February 2025 • 56 pages
PB 9781350521643 • £10 99 / $14 95
ePub 9781350521650 • £9 89 / $13 49
ePdf 9781350521667 • £9 89 / $9 89
Series: Modern Plays Methuen Drama
World English
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
Being sensible can be excessively boring At least Jack thinks so While assuming the role of dutiful guardian in the country, he lets loose in town under a false identity Meanwhile, his friend Algy takes on a similar facade
A new edition of Oscar Wilde's legendary comedy, published to coincide with the revival at London's National Theatre, in November 2024
UK November 2024 US January 2025 88 pages
PB 9781350551572 £10 99 / $15 95
ePub 9781350551589 • £9 89 / $13 49
ePdf 9781350551596 • £9 89 / $9 89
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama
World English
The Other Place after Antigone
Alexander Zeldin
Two sisters reunite on the anniversary of the death of their father Their uncle has remodelled their family home, in an attempt at a fresh start But one sister’s sudden reappearance threatens to shatter this fragile idyll as she demands justice for the pain she carries Amid the debris and the new extension, guilt, grief and greed battle it out in the family’s competing dreams of their future When we are faced with the suffering of others, even those closest to us, can we look away?
UK October 2024 • US December 2024 • 72 pages
PB 9781350539242 • £10 99 / $15 95
ePub 9781350539266 • £9 89 / $13 49
ePdf 9781350539259 £9 89 / $9 89
Series: Modern Plays Methuen Drama
World English
The Purists
Dan McCabe
On their stoop in Queens, New York, Lamont, a legendary emcee and Mr Bugz, a hall-of-fame DJ, have been winding up Gerry, a musical lover, for as long as they can remember But when two young women, Nancy and Val, put their rap battling skills to the test, they are forced to confront their convictions on race, sexuality and music Struggling with secrets and their fears for the future, they realise they have more in common than they thought
UK November 2024 • US February 2025 • 112 pages
PB 9781350533882 • £10 99 / $14 95
ePub 9781350533899 £9 89 / $13 49
ePdf 9781350533905 £9 89 / $9 89
Series: Modern Plays Methuen Drama
World English
Toto Kerblammo!
Tim Crouch
See with your Ears.
Poor Effy Sent to live with her aunt and uncle in a block that won’t allow dogs What’s a girl to do?
She smuggles her furry friend in, of course Keeps him under a blanket Feeds him biscuits Ssh Toto, quiet
Tim Crouch’s immersive new play is a tender and powerful story about listening, friendship and finding hope in the darkest of places.
UK October 2024 • US February 2025 • 96 pages
PB 9781350531468 • £10 99 / $14 95
ePub 9781350531475 • £9 89 / $13 49
ePdf 9781350531482 • £9 89 / $9 89
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama
World English
Expendable
Emteaz Hussain
Between the 1990s and 2010s hundreds of young girls were sexually exploited in northern towns by gangs of predatory men Two sisters grapple with the impact on their community as the men around them are embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal
Playwright Emteaz Hussain‘s Expendable spotlights the often-overlooked voices of Pakistani women, delving into the shortcomings of law enforcement, politicians, and the media
UK November 2024 • US January 2025 • 96 pages
PB 9781350553613 • £10 99 / $15 95
ePub 9781350553620 • £9 89 / $13 49
ePdf 9781350553637 £9 89 / $9 89
Series: Modern Plays Methuen Drama
World English
Men's Business
Franz Xaver Kroetz
Translated by Simon Stephens
A love story set in the back room of a butcher’s shop with a brutal bastard of a dog howling in the yard next door Men’s Business is the world premiere of Tony and Olivier Award-winner Simon Stephens’ new version of Franz Xavier Kroetz’s rarely performed masterpiece Mannersache
UK February 2025 US March 2025 64 pages
PB 9781350560628 £10 99 / $15 95
ePub 9781350560635 £9 89 / $13 49
ePdf 9781350560642 • £9 89 / $9 89
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama
World English
Punch
James Graham
Jacob Dunne, a teenager from Nottingham, spends his Saturday nights seeking thrills with his friends One fateful evening, an impulsive punch leads to fatal consequences After serving prison time, Jacob finds himself lost and directionless. Searching for answers, Joan and David – the parents of his victim James – ask to meet, sparking a profound transformation in Jacob’s life
Based on Jacob Dunne's powerful true-life account of the justice system, Punch is a play igniting discussions everywhere, from theatres and courthouses to the House of Commons
UK March 2025 • US April 2025 • 128 pages
PB 9781350553408 • £10 99 / $15 95
ePub 9781350553415 • £9 89 / $13 49
ePdf 9781350553422 • £9 89 / $9 89
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama
World English
Santi & Naz
Guleraana Mir & afshan d'souza-lodhi Santi and Naz are bestest-best friends living in a village in pre-partition India One Sikh, one Muslim; they have little understanding of how religion will divide them As partition draws closer, the girls remain oblivious to spreading social unrest and violence Bound by their love for each other we learn how far they will go to avoid the inevitable Santi & Naz explores female friendship, coming of age, and coming out set against the backdrop of a country soon to be changed forever Recipient of the Fringe Society’s Keep It Fringe Fund and Winner of the Charlie Hartill Fund 2023
UK January 2025 • US March 2025 • 72 pages
PB 9781350562011 • £10 99 / $15 95
ePub 9781350562035 • £9 89 / $13 49
ePdf 9781350562028 • £9 89 / $9 89
Series: Modern Plays Methuen Drama
World English
Three Sisters
Anton Chekhov
Translated by Rory Mullarkey
Three Sisters. Their brother, and his fiancé. The teacher, the doctor, the old woman, and the soldiers stationed nearby A small town, in the middle of nowhere Their world is going up in flames, one minute at a time. But can they create the change they’re longing for? A masterful study of family legacy, misdirected love and the human condition in the world premiere of a new translation by award-winning playwright and Russian speaker Rory Mullarkey
UK February 2025 US March 2025 96 pages
PB 9781350563940 • £10 99 / $15 95
ePub 9781350563957 • £9 89 / $13 49
ePdf 9781350563964 • £9 89 / $9 89
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama
World English
Content
Ross Dungan I...think I mistake correspondence for contact sometimes.
A darkly comic new play that blends multimedia, movement and live illustration, Content is the story of the unseen people who are charged with scooping up the sum total of our daily online toxic waste Armed with a teaspoon
UK October 2024 • US February 2025 • 96 pages
PB 9781350543218 • £10 99 / $15 95
ePub 9781350543232 • £9 89 / $13 49
ePdf 9781350543225 • £9 89 / $9 89
Methuen Drama
World English
A Picture of Health
Sudha Bhuchar
Based on the story of the painting by Thomas Hickey showing the Three Queens of Mysore and their determination to encourage others to receive the smallpox vaccine The play is relevant to the science, history, performing arts and PSHE curriculum and explores issues surrounding colonialism, power and politics, the role of women in society and has parallels to the covid vaccine and modern day social influencers. It is particularly suitable for students at Key Stage 4 & 5
UK September 2024 • US November 2024 • 72 pages
PB 9781350539105 • £10 99 / $15 95
ePub 9781350539129 £9 89 / $13 49
ePdf 9781350539112 £9 89 / $9 89
Series: Plays for Young People • Methuen Drama
World English
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
Adapted by Ross MacKay
Local lad Robbie Stevenson prefers to hide away from the world inside the pages of his favourite book, Treasure Island But with a little bit of imagination, the book comes to life, and he is thrust aboard For some children in Scotland like Robbie, opening their bedroom door each morning requires phenomenal amounts of bravery In Ross MacKay's adaptation of the classic story Treasure Island, Robbie soon finds that you can’t stay hiding forever when he must learn to navigate his own course He begins to discover that the world is full of treasure if you’re brave enough to look
UK September 2024 • US November 2024 • 88 pages
PB 9781350525443 • £10 99 / $14 95
ePub 9781350525467 • £9 89 / $13 49
ePdf 9781350525450 • £9 89 / $9 89
Series: Plays for Young People • Methuen Drama
World English
Adapting Chekhov in the 21st Century
Seven Contemporary Plays
RashDash, Pan Pan Theatre, Bonnie Greer, Dead Centre, Anton Chekhov, Inua Ellams, Vinay Patel & Simon Stephens
Edited by Frances Babbage, University of Sheffield, UK
Rediscover Anton Chekhov's acclaimed works in radical, creative new ways with this anthology
From an ambitious one-person production, to a dance-poetryplay hybrid, to an intergalactic voyage, to even an adaption of the playwright himself, Chekhov’s work has never been so radical or his themes so realised
UK February 2025 • US May 2025 • 400 pages
PB 9781350501225 • £24 99 / $34 95 • HB 9781350501218 • £75 00 / $100 00
ePub 9781350501232 • £22 49 / $31 04
ePdf 9781350501249 • £22 49 / $22 49
Series: Methuen Drama Play Collections • Methuen Drama
World English non-exclusive
The Methuen Drama Anthology of Contemporary Italian Plays
Margherita Laera, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Italy is home to one of the most vibrant contemporary playwriting scenes in Europe, yet Italian dramatists are little known to Englishlanguage readers and audiences This engaging, highly readable volume features new plays which stage some of the biggest shared concerns of our time through fresh perspectives
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 240 pages
PB 9781350370456 • £24 99 / $34 95 • HB 9781350370470 • £75 00 / $100 00
ePub 9781350370487 • £22 49 / $31 04
ePdf 9781350370500 £22 49 / $22 49
Series: Methuen Drama Play Collections Methuen Drama
World English
Global Theatre Anthologies: Classical and Modern Plays from India
Bhasa, Kalidasa, Rabindranath Tagore, Rashid Jahan, Dharamvir Bharati, Mohan Rakesh, Datta Bhagat, K.N. Panikkar & Mahesh Dattini
Edited by Nandi Bhatia & R. N. Sandberg, Princeton University, USA
This second volume in the Global Theatre Anthology series presents the fullness of Indian theatre with plays ranging from classical Sanskrit drama through major works from the beginning to the end of the 20th Century. Among the authors are the first Asian Nobel Laureate, acclaimed political writers, and a female gynecologist who created startling drama from the women she had encountered
UK February 2025 • US May 2025 • 360 pages
PB 9781350408432 • £29 99 / $40 95 • HB 9781350408449 • £95 00 / $130 00
ePub 9781350408456 • £26 99 / $36 44
ePdf 9781350408463 • £26 99 / $26 99
Series: Global Theatre Anthologies • Methuen Drama World English
Contemporary Plays from Iraq
Volume II
Jawad al-Assadi, Muhaned Al Hadi, Abdul Razaq al-Rubai, Nahedh AlRamadhani, Ali Abdel-Nabi Al-Zaidi, Faten Altaee, Atyaf Rashid & A. AlAzraki, Iraqi playwright
Edited by Jeffery P. Casey & A. Al-Azraki, Iraqi playwright
Translated by Jeffery P. Casey & A. Al-Azraki, Iraqi playwright
Eleven plays that respond to the aftermath of the American-led invasion, providing a window into Iraq's cultural and theatrical landscape during a time of profound change
From grappling with trauma, terrorism, and alienation to portraying love, resilience, and resistance, these plays offer a vivid portrayal of post-invasion Iraq, enriched by the playwright's personal introductions
UK June 2025 US June 2025 256 pages 5 bw illus
PB 9781350465268 £22 99 / $30 95 HB 9781350465275 £70 00 / $95 00
ePub 9781350465282 • £20 69 / $28 34
ePdf 9781350465299 • £20 69 / $20 69
Series: Methuen Drama Play Collections • Methuen Drama
World English
Transmedia Theatre Plays
A Contemporary Anthology
Edited by Caridad Svich
Between 2020 and 2022, theatre had to adapt and, in doing so, challenged ideas of what was possible, and what was even 'theatre'
Gathered in this collection are pieces adapted or made for podcast theatre, livestream illusionist interactive performance, audience-uploaded hybrid performance, one-on-one online interaction, lip-synch opera-theatre, climate crisis activist manifesto film/theatre, spoken word and gaming installation art, multi-location broadcast plays, providing an accessible introduction to 'Transmedia' theatre
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 248 pages
PB 9781350496521 • £24 99 / $34 95 • HB 9781350496538 • £75 00 / $100 00
ePub 9781350496545 £22 49 / $31 04
ePdf 9781350496552 £22 49 / $22 49
Series: Methuen Drama Play Collections Methuen Drama
World English non-exclusive
Student Editions
Jenny Stevens, Open University, UK & Chris Megson, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK & Matthew Nichols, Manchester Grammar School, UK & Sara Freeman, University of Puget Sound, Washington, USA
A Taste of Honey
Shelagh Delaney
Edited by Hannah Simpson
Shelagh Delaney's 1958 play, written when she was only 19, brought the lives and struggles of northern, working-class people onto the stage and went on to become one of the most defining plays of the twentieth century This Student Edition contains a commentary by Hannah Simpson, Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, UK, which explores themes of gender, homosexuality, race, class, youth and the family in the play, as well as looking at its social and theatrical context, and key productions since its Theatre Workshop premiere right up to the present day
UK August 2025 • 144 pages
PB 9781350443662 • £10 99
ePub 9781350443686 £9 89
ePdf 9781350443679 £9 89
Series: Student Editions Methuen Drama
Commonwealth/UK/Open Market
A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry
Edited by Isaiah Matthew Wooden
A revised Student Edition of Lorraine Hansberry's iconic 1959 play - the first produced on Broadway to be written by a Black woman It contains commentary and notes by Isaiah Wooden, which consider the play's socio-historical context, major themes; structure and devices; production history; and legacy
The notes section at the back of the edition contains definitions of terminology used in the play with which students may not be familiar
Overall, this edition helps students to make sense of Hansberry's play and its politics through a contemporary lens and in line with current debates around race, gender and class
UK July 2025 152 pages
PB 9781350470590 • £10 99
Series: Student Editions • Methuen Drama Commonwealth (excluding Canada)/UK/Open Market
Iphigenia in Splott
Gary Owen
Edited by Lucy Jackson
This Student Edition of Gary Owen's critically celebrated play includes a commentary, which considers the rules of Greek drama and how they inform this play; its basis in the Greek myth of Iphigenia and the Euripidean play Iphigenia at Aulis; the context that unites a 21st-century audience with an audience in ancient Greece; modern and ancient notions of tragedy; Owen's use of poetic verse; various modern interpretations of the Iphigenia myth in theatre and literature; marginalised voices in the play and working-class lives; the notion of female sacrifice; and key productions of the play to date plus notable staging choices
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 112 pages
PB 9781350435025 £12 99 / $17 95
ePub 9781350435049 £11 69 / $16 19
ePdf 9781350435032 • £11 69 / $11 69
Series: Student Editions • Methuen Drama
World English
Beneatha’s Place
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Edited by Oladipo Agboluaje, University of East London, UK
This Student Edition, with an introduction and notes by Oladipo Agboluaje, offers a lens on the play's relationship to Hansberry's 1959 play and Clybourne Park; unpacks its engagement with the post-independence politics in Africa and pan-Africanism; considers how other plays to have dealt with these themes; and compares responses to the US and UK productions The edition includes original interviews with Kwame Kwei-Armah and actor Cherelle Skeete, who played the character of Beneatha in the UK premiere of the play
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 120 pages
PB 9781350497726 £12 99 / $17 95
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Home, I'm Darling
Laura Wade
Judy and Johnny are living the 1950s dream: linoleum flooring, starched collars, chocolate chiffon cake in the oven and the laptop charging on the kitchen table
Winner of the 2019 Olivier Award for Best New Play, Home, I'm Darling is published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, featuring a new introduction by Tamara Harvey
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 112 pages
PB 9781350516823 • £10 99 / $14 95
ePub 9781350516830 • £9 89 / $13 49
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Series: Modern Classics • Methuen Drama
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Sunset Baby
Dominique Morisseau
Brooklyn, New York City Nina’s estranged father, a former Black revolutionary and political prisoner, reappears to obtain a coveted piece of her late mother’s legacy While he dreamed of changing the world, she became everything he feared… but could she still hold the key to his redemption?
Following an acclaimed off-Broadway run, Sunset Baby is published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, featuring a new introduction by Steve H Broadnax III, the director of the 2024 offBroadway production of Sunset Baby.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 96 pages
PB 9781350535121 • £10 99 / $14 95
ePub 9781350535138 • £9 89 / $13 49
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Series: Modern Classics • Methuen Drama
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The Moors
Jen Silverman
Backdropped by the bleak English moors, two sisters (and their dog) live a dreary existence, as they dream of forbidden love and power So, when a hapless governess and a moor-hen arrive at their manor house, the two see a chance to claim what they've always wanted no matter how destructive
A macabre, queer thriller, The Moors is published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, featuring a new introduction by Christine Scarfuto
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 112 pages
PB 9781350516861 • £10 99 / $14 95
ePub 9781350516878 • £9 89 / $13 49
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Series: Modern Classics • Methuen Drama
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Louise Lecavalier
Dance, Labour, Culture
MJ Thompson, Concordia University, Canada
The first critical study of Louise Lecavalier, principal dancer with Montreal-based company La La La Human Steps from 1981 to 1999 and single most iconic dancer of her generation This book looks broadly at the figure of the dancer and their contributions to dance aesthetics and cultural politics Importantly, it focuses on the cultural work of the dancer, rather than choreographer, prioritizing the dancer's voice and shining light on the generally unseen labour of (often women) dancers in producing the historical movements of the discipline
UK July 2025 US July 2025 224 pages 40 bw illus
HB 9781350195202 • £75 00 / $100 00
ePub 9781350195219 • £67 50 / $91 79
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Methuen Drama
Pulitzer Prize Winning Musicals Of Thee I Sing to A Strange Loop
Kristin Stultz Pressley
Pulitzer Prize Winning Musicals takes a chronological look at the ten musicals that have won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Drama since 1917 Looking at the inception and development of each show, this accessible study unpacks the creation, production and reception of each musical in order to draw parallels within the wider American dramatic canon
UK September 2025 US September 2025 224 pages
PB 9781350459106 £14 99 / $19 95 HB 9781350459113 £45 00 / $61 00
ePub 9781350459144 £13 49 / $18 89
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Series: Essential Musicals • Methuen Drama
Broadway Nation
How Immigrant, Jewish, Queer, and Black Artists invented the Broadway Musical David Armstrong
A groundbreaking exploration that reveals the powerful impact of marginalized groups on the evolution of the Broadway Musical.
Broadway Nation is a valuable resource for both students and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of this beloved American art form Readers will gain profound insights into the history and transformation of the Broadway Musical over a span of more than a century
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 480 pages • 53 bw
PB 9781350428317 • £28 99 / $34 95 • HB 9781350428324 • £90 00 / $100 00
ePub 9781350428331 • £26 09 / $36 44
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Methuen Drama
Jukebox Musicals
Crazy for You to MJ the Musical Kristin Stultz Pressley
Through a chronological look at 10 case studies this book asks questions related to rising production costs through to audience appeal behind bringing well-known catalogs of music to the stage It ponders the question: is there a shortage of original music being written for the musical genre or is there something else at play? Examining the origins, development and reception for each of these shows it offers an academic discussion of the most divisive sub-genres of the musical form
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 224 pages
PB 9781350459489 • £14 99 / $19 95 • HB 9781350459496 • £45 00 / $61 00
ePub 9781350459502 • £13 49 / $18 89
ePdf 9781350459519 £13 49 / $13 49
Series: Essential Musicals Methuen Drama
Michael John LaChiusa
A Critical Companion
Joshua Robinson, University of Southern Indiana, USA
Ideal for students of musical theatre looking for accessible contemporary analysis, this critical companion offers close readings and textual analysis of LaChiusa's work and original productions whilst effectively arguing for his contribution to “The New Musical Drama” that served as a foundation for some of the most successful musicals of recent years
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 320 pages
PB 9781350508774 • £21 99 / $29 95 • HB 9781350508767 • £65 00 / $90 00
ePub 9781350508781 • £19 79 / $26 99
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Methuen Drama
The Theatre of Kander and Ebb
Robert Gordon, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Discover John Kander and Fred Ebb, the most artistically and commercially successful musical theatre writing team since Rodgers and Hammerstein, in a brand new way.
Through their biggest hits, Cabaret (1966) and Chicago (1975), Kander and Ebb have been performed on the stage more times both within and outside of the USA than any other American musical theatre writers. This is the first volume to explicitly analyse the recurrent theatrical tropes and dramaturgical forms in their musicals, offering an in-depth introduction to their oeuvre
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 256 pages • 20 bw
PB 9781350107090 • £21 99 / $29 95 • HB 9781350107083 • £65 00 / $90 00
ePub 9781350107106 • £19 79 / $26 99
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Methuen Drama
Topics in Musical Theatre
Robert Gordon, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK & Emilio Méndez
Musical Dramaturgy in Musical Theatre
Nils Grosch, Paris-Lodron University Salzburg (PLUS), Austria
Musical Dramaturgy in Musical Theatre discusses the form from the perspective of its most common element: the song Using a historical approach it surveys how the role of music within a musical theatre structure changed over time, which in turn pushed the function of the score to new dramaturgical levels
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 144 pages
PB 9781350427921 • £10 99 / $14 95
ePub 9781350427938 £9 89 / $13 49
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Series: Topics in Musical Theatre • Methuen Drama
Orchestration in Musical Theatre
Paul R. Laird, University of Kansas, USA & Elizabeth Sallinger, University of Connecticut, USA
Provides a concise modern history of orchestration in musical theatre, including in-depth case studies which underscore how the process has evolved with the trends Featuring case studies from shows such as Hair, The Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King, Wicked, and Hamilton, this accessible and engaging volume in the Topics in Musical Theatre series gives students the tools to identify and discuss how orchestration contributes to the drama, characterization and dramaturgy of the modern musical
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 128 pages
PB 9781350451247 • £10 99 / $14 95
ePub 9781350451254 • £9 89 / $13 49
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Series: Topics in Musical Theatre • Methuen Drama
A Beginner’s Guide to Directing Theatre
Robert Marsden, Staffordshire University, UK
Moving from how to choose a play to the opening night, this book takes the reader, via a stepby-step approach, through various techniques, practitioners and methodologies that could be applied to text-based theatre By not providing one single methodology, but introducing readers to various methods, the author garners an understanding of how different plays, genres, styles and movements require their own directing approaches From here, readers will be able to know which practitioners and directing methodologies they may wish to employ and will understand where to head next. An accessible guide for first-time or relatively inexperienced directors UK
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Monologues, Duologues, and Scenes for Young Performers 30+ Original Pieces
Emma-Louise Tinniswood, Drama Teacher and Practitioner
Do you struggle to find the perfect monologue for your audition or LAMDA exam? Or are you searching for road-tested scenes for your students to study and explore in class? Look no further
Discover over 30 monologues, duologues and scenes, each accompanied by notes on character, background and setting as well as a range of drama activities and questions to ask, allowing young performers to interrogate the script and deliver their best performance
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 208 pages
PB 9781350530287 • £14 99 / $19 95 • HB 9781350530270 • £45 00 / $61 00
ePub 9781350530294 • £13 49 / $18 89
ePdf 9781350530300 • £13 49 / $13 49
Series: Audition Speeches • Methuen Drama
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Practice, Research, and Cognition in Devised Performance
Maiya Murphy, National University of Singapore, Singapore
This interdisciplinary study of devised theatre explores devising as research practice through the intersection of cognitive sciences and the arts It interrogates relationships between epistemology and cognition, action and aesthetics, and first-person experience and third-person investigation Pairing practice research methodologies from theatre and performance with cognitive and neuroscientific approaches – both theoretical and empirical – it reveals new insights into the practices of collective creation in theatre Works created and performed by Murphy’s international movement-based devising collective, Autopoetics, are contextualized through international devising companies including Complicité, Tectonic Theater Project, SITI Company, Frantic Assembly, and Gecko Theatre
UK August 2025 US August 2025 224 pages 10 bw illus
HB 9781350279452 £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350281257 £76 50 / $103 94
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Series: Performance and Science: Interdisciplinary Dialogues • Methuen Drama
Rhythm in Postdramatic Performance Process
Voyages into the work of Mime Omnibus, Dairakudakan and SITI Company
Sebastian Samur
Combining theory and historiography, this book presents a new means for considering rhythm in postdramatic performance by examining the creative processes of three major international companies: Mime Omnibus (Montreal, Canada), Dairakudakan (Tokyo, Japan) and SITI Company (New York, US) By focusing on recent work from these companies, we get a glimpse into each company's latest devising processes, enriched by scholarly and archival research, while personal interviews give voice to performers often absent in performance analysis and criticism The reader gains not only a greater understanding of rhythm in contemporary performance, but also insights into the working methods of each company
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 240 pages
HB 9781350406421 • £90 00 / $120 00
ePub 9781350406445 • £81 00 / $110 69
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Series: Reflections on Contemporary Performance Process Methuen Drama
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Theatre and the Threshold of Death
Lectures on the Dying Arts
Kathleen M. Gough
Imagining five artist-mystics as a hierophantic faculty in a mystery school, Gough creates a series of lectures that move in that liminal space between skepticism and knowledge to ask questions about subjectivity, personhood and the necessity of staying in relationship with the unknown world. These figures are: Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), the first-known musical composer; Eleanora Duse (1858-1924), the first modern actor in the Western world; Simone Weil (1909-1943), philosopher, activist and mystic; Marina Abramovic (b 1946), “the grandmother of performance art”; and Hilma af Klint (1862-1944), the first-known abstract painter.
UK July 2025 US July 2025 208 pages 15 bw illus
PB 9781350385566 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350385511
ePub 9781350385535 • £76 50 / $103 94
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Series: Thinking Through Theatre • Methuen Drama
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Extended Reality Performance
Scenographic Practice in Virtual and Augmented Reality Technologies
Edited by Néill O’Dwyer, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, Joanne Scott, Independent artistresearcher, Portugal & Gareth W. Young, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
This collection illuminates the immersive world of Extended Reality Performance (XRP), where avant-garde digital performance-makers push the boundaries of creativity using cuttingedge extended reality (XR) technologies Encompassing augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies, it offers a broad selection of practice-based perspectives by artists, companies and movements working in a variety of countries across the globe, including North America, Europe and the UK Sharing invaluable insights from industry pioneers, this book delves into the birth of this revolutionary genre while also offering a fresh perspective, unravelling the creative processes that define XRP.
UK September 2025 US September 2025 256 pages 33 colour plates & 14 bw illus
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ePub 9781350507449 • £76 50 / $103 94
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Series: Performance and Design • Methuen Drama
Methuen Drama Engage
Mark Taylor-Batty, University of Leeds, UK & Enoch Brater, University of Michigan, USA
Drag Vistas and Visions
Drag in a Changing Scene Volume 3
Edited by Mark Edward, Edge Hill University, UK & Stephen Farrier, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK
The third and final in a set, this book explores what languages and critical frameworks are available to speak about and theorise contemporary and historical drag performance The previous two volumes paved the way in developing academic work around drag, while Volume 3 further establishes it as a field of study by looking to its frameworks and foundations In particular, it articulates ways of studying, framing and theorising drag performance in non-reductive, non-extractive ways
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 272 pages • 13 b&w
HB 9781350373525 • £90 00 / $120 00
ePub 9781350373556 • £81 00 / $110 69
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Series: Methuen Drama Engage • Methuen Drama
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Traces of Dialogue
Language, Identity and Form in European Postdramatic Theatre
Mads Thygesen
This book offers a captivating exploration of the evolving dynamics of language, dialogue and identity in modern theatre, highlighting the pioneering contributions of European playwrights
Martin Crimp, Jon Fosse, Sarah Kane, Elfriede Jelinek and Roland Schimmelpfennig The study reveals the complex interplay between written text and theatrical performance, upending traditional perceptions of language and personal identity It demonstrates how the work of these writers serves as a catalyst for actors, directors and designers, and encourages a deep-dive into their creative processes by interrogating their boundary-pushing works
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781350518179 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350518186 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350518193 £76 50 / $76 50
Series: Methuen Drama Engage Methuen Drama
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Spectatorship and the Real in French Contemporary Theatre
Amélie Mons
This book explores how avant-garde directors in French theatre play on their audiences’ frustration to generate an encounter with the real Focusing on directors such as Gisèle Vienne, Jan Lauwers, Rodrigo Garcia, Jan Fabre and Romeo Castellucci, it looks at how they manipulate their audiences to experience a raw perception of materiality on stage set within narratives of mystery and the uncanny It examines how directors implement strategies on stage to trigger such experiences, while evaluating how problematic they can be It develops critical and philosophical tools to help spectators better engage with these contemporary practices
UK August 2025 US August 2025 256 pages
PB 9781350300873 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350300835
ePub 9781350300842 • £76 50 / $103 94
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Series: Methuen Drama Engage • Methuen Drama
Science Fiction and Contemporary British Theatre
Ian Farnell
This book examines how the themes and images of science fiction are enabling practitioners to intervene on the most urgent social and political issues of the present moment, including military conflict, social injustice, economic inequality, migration, nationhood, anti-democratic populism, and climate collapse The author draws upon a wide range of dramatic forms, from critically acclaimed plays by writers such as Alistair McDowall, Caryl Churchill, Dawn King, Anne Washburn and Ella Road, to devised work, site-specific performance, Shakespearean drama and physical theatre
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 240 pages • 10 b&w
HB 9781350394339 • £90 00 / $120 00
ePub 9781350394360 • £81 00 / $110 69
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Series: Methuen Drama Engage • Methuen Drama
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The Art Gallery on Stage
New Vistas on Contemporary British Playwriting
Mariacristina Cavecchi
In the first book to consider the representation of the art gallery on the contemporary British stage, we come to see how the art gallery has interacted with the contemporary British stage in the last four decades, whether as inspiration, location, focus or theme in an evermore intense game of cross-fertilization We come to understand how modern drama can offer a set of interpretative tools to enhance our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the social construction of art and, furthermore, the potential of theatre and the gallery space to question our fundamental cultural assumptions and values
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 290 pages • 25 bw illus
PB 9781350330733 • £28 99 / $39 95
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ePub 9781350330726 • £76 50 / $103 94
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Series: Methuen Drama Engage Methuen Drama
Applied Theatre: Participation
Edited by Taiwo Afolabi, University of Regina, Canada
This book explores and critiques the concept of participation in applied theatre both theoretically and practically, through case studies drawn from a diverse range of places including Kenya, Brazil and Canada One of the concepts central to applied theatre practice is participation, but whilst it’s mostly considered when engaging with communities in applied theatre, the term itself is under-theorized in applied theatre discourses This book examines and unpacks participation as a tool to foster community engagement and decolonize research and knowledge production in applied theatre practice, especially regarding representation, equity and access
Staging Beckett in London
Matthew McFrederick, University of Reading, UK
The first dedicated performance history of Samuel Beckett’s drama in London theatre culture By tracing these histories through original findings in international archives, interviews with key practitioners and framing the performances in their historical and cultural contexts, this open access historiography offers new readings and insights into productions of Beckett’s plays in London Matthew McFrederick re-evaluates Beckett’s role in London theatre and the importance of their influence on Beckett’s career and legacy
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the University of Reading Library.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 288 pages • 20 bw illus
HB 9781350365971 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350365995 £00 00 / $00 00
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Methuen Drama
Holocaust Memory and Youth Performance
Erika Hughes, University of Portsmouth, UK
The first critical examination of youth-focused plays and performances about the Holocaust, this volume considers works by young authors as well as pieces taken from the diaries and memoirs of children and adolescents who experienced the Holocaust While youth-focused plays about the Holocaust have been in the repertories of top professional companies throughout the world for decades and are often performed in theatres, schools, and community centers, they are frequently neglected in studies of Holocaust theatre Hughes fills this gap by examining plays, musicals, performances, scripts, performative museum installations, and pedagogically-focused works of applied theatre for young audiences
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 256 pages • 6 bw illus
PB 9781350266131 • £28 99 / $39 95
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ePub 9781350263345 £76 50 / $103 94
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Methuen Drama
Theatre with a Purpose
Amateur Drama in Britain 1919-1949
Don Watson, Independent scholar
This is the first book to offer a sustained focus on the amateur theatre movement in Britain from the end of WWI to the end of WWII, a movement that flourished and led to more people in Britain involved in drama than at any time before or since It reveals how it was promoted as a tool for social action and improvement and evaluates its success and legacy By surveying the contribution of key individuals, organisations and the role of festivals and competitions, this book provides a comprehensive account of this transformative movement and period
UK August 2025 US August 2025 224 pages 6 bw illus
PB 9781350232082 • £28 99 / $39 95
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ePub 9781350232051 • £76 50 / $103 94
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Series: Cultural Histories of Theatre and Performance • Methuen Drama
The (Incomplete) Lit in Colour Play List 2024
Can you recommend a further 60 plays by writers of colour that my students can explore in the classroom? Yes, we can
This question posed to us by a secondary school teacher remains at the heart of all we do in the Lit in Colour campaign.
This second (Incomplete) Play List is filled with more powerful stories, fascinating characters and varieties of lived experiences so students can discover the creativity, rewards and relevance they offer.
The Play List recommends plays for Key Stages 3, 4 and 5 with every play exploring a range of themes and concerns, all of which are representative of topics and issues that affect students today. With content warnings, themes and signposts to additional teaching resources, this List helps teachers to introduce any of these plays into secondary school classrooms.
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10 authors reflect on 10 years of Object Lessons
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