Methuen Drama

You think this is dignified? A bunch of students playing with someone's medical records? Why did twentieth-century Ireland lock up so many people? After all the scandals about Ireland's institutions...

You know, I honestly believe he has two hearts? A heart that fails him, of course. But another that keeps him going ? a heart that won't be beaten! A story of hope, from Afghanistan to Wales. Herat,...

Look, gang, what we need to keep sight of is, this isn't about us. It's not personal... It's about the children. When two 9-year-old boys kiss in the school playground of a small town, two sets of...

Sometimes when I can't stand on my own two feet Or the voices in my head feel cracked and incomplete I turn up the volume of my Broken Beats The Big Heavy Bass sends moves flowing to my feet Melodic...

It will be the biggest send off any teacher has ever had. No teacher is as loved. After 45 years as a dedicated teacher, Edward is looking forward to the imminent celebration to mark his retirement...

The orchard's white, all white. You haven't forgotten, have you, Lyuba? The avenue lined with trees, unfurling like a slender ribbon. And on moonlit nights, it shimmers. You remember, don't you? You...

Weird isn't it. Years of the same old thing and then suddenly, without warning, tomorrow is a stranger. An old starship. Far from Earth. Prema Ramesh, the ship's grieving commander, seeks solace in...

A civilised and complacent culture is on the brink of collapse... The tide of change is coming. Madam Ranyevskaya's liberal world of privilege and pleasure is beginning to show cracks, but she and...

Tricky things, memories. Not always the way you remember them. When Ben, a successful London lawyer, returns home for his father's funeral after thirteen years away, he is confronted with...

Benjamin Poore argues that contemporary British playwriting that invokes history can be positioned on a spectrum that ranges from recovering untold stories, which offer an additional narrative to...

January 2018, and a busy day at the offices of Hull 2017. Today is the ceremonial handover to ambassadors from the next UK City of Culture. Meanwhile, the monitoring and evaluation team have to...

This abridged edition is designed for schools and has been adapted for 10 actors playing all of the roles. With a running time of just 90 minutes it is suitable for performance in non-theatre spaces,...

Christopher, stands beside Mrs Shears's dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight, and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he...

The Darkest Part Of The Night (Modern Plays)Author: Zodwa NyoniPublisher: Methuen DramaPublication Date: Aug 25, 2022Number of Pages: 96 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

The Death Of A Black Man (Modern Plays)Author: Alfred FagonPublisher: Methuen DramaPublication Date: May 27, 2021Number of Pages: 80 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

The Dodo Experiment (Modern Plays)Author: Martin Travers|Chloe WyperPublisher: Methuen DramaPublication Date: May 16, 2022Number of Pages: 80 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

The Enemy (Modern Plays)Author: Kieran HurleyPublisher: Methuen DramaPublication Date: Oct 29, 2021Number of Pages: 80 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1350257133ISBN-13: 9781350257139

Nhamo you are a legend of African Folklore! Hollywood awaits! With just twenty-four hours to create the ultimate African fable, the superstar cast is missing a hero. Suddenly, a dashing goatherd...

The Fir TreeAuthor: Hannah KhalilPublisher: Methuen DramaPublication Date: Jan 10, 2022Number of Pages: 64 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1350327530ISBN-13: 9781350327535

I can't get out of bed without groaning or feel summin inside of me is creaking... We're too old for this shit. In a pub in South London 'The Firm' reunite for the first time in twelve years. Back in...

The Free9 (Plays For Young People)Author: In-Sook ChappellPublisher: Methuen DramaPublication Date: April 29, 2021Number of Pages: 80 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

What is it that you would want to be preserved for eternity? A man wakes in the middle of the night to discover that the world has stopped. Through the crack in his bedroom curtains he can see no...

That's actually what me and Leah came here to talk to you about. Look- there's no easy way of saying this, but... Leah and I are getting married. The dresses are chosen, the venue's been booked and...

It's 7:03pm on the front line of the NHS ambulance service.Sylvia is on her last shift. Lisa is on her first shift. The two women patrol the city streets, encountering the full spectrum of human...

?I do not organise the ticket queue, it is up to the people in the ticket queue to organise themselves. Have I made myself clear?? Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2022 One final night...

Who knows yet But from this Lady may proceed a gem To lighten all this isle' You know the story: a King who turns his country upside down to try and secure a male heir. But it's never been told this...

Susie Salmon is just like any other young American girl. She wants to be beautiful, adores her charm bracelet and has a crush on a boy from school. There's one big difference though ?Susie is dead...

Is morality just what the majority say? Is that all it is? If I don't vote, I'm not part of that discussion. Rob Drummond returns to the National with a new show about democracy. The Majority charts...

The Moors (Plays for Young People)Author: Tonderai MunyevuPublisher: Methuen DramaPublication Date: Sep 17, 2020Number of Pages: 80 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1350204609ISBN-13:...

Exactly one year ago, I stood in that crumbling pulpit in Riverside and shouted that this war would be our own violent undoing, freedom's suicide . . . Well, I'll tell you, there weren't too many...