Methuen Drama

The stage of the 1700s established a star culture with the emergence of acting celebrities such as David Garrick, Susannah Cibber and Sarah Siddons. It placed Shakespeare at the heart of the...

Well here's the problem Edrina, the law in this country doesn't work with stories. It only works with facts. And to put it simply, your story - look it just isn't credible. Edrina was trafficked from...

Whatever Happened to the Jaggy Nettles? (Modern Plays)Author: Martin TraversPublisher: Methuen DramaPublication Date: Feb 10, 2020Number of Pages: 80 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

I don't understand it. I've still got muscles, tendons, sinews, whatnots ? nothing's changed skeleton wise, body wise. It's still all intact. Yet it doesn't work. It won't move itself. Leaping...

I'm doing this for her because this was my sister's dream. This isn't my natural habitat. I wouldn't normally choose this. But she would have. Two sisters. One dream. The hardest open-water swim in...

I've been trying to remember a story. Can you help me? A long time ago our ancestors told it to us. I think it has to do with where we belong. In 2015, Mohegan Theater Maker Madeline Sayet travelled...

Who Cares (Modern Plays)Author: Matt WoodheadPublisher: Methuen DramaPublication Date: Oct 22, 2021Number of Pages: 64 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1350306835ISBN-13: 9781350306837

My story is about love... No, it's about loss... No, it's about love and loss and pain and loneliness... But it's funny!Calvin is going to completely revolutionise his life. Escape his abusive...

'[Williams's] plays have brought the experience of black urban youth onto the stage' Observer Sucker Punch: 'As usual with Williams, the dialogue is crisp and bespoke: motives are mixed, nobody is a...

There's an unruly quality to Jung's idea of what theater can be, jagged and untethered, coy and dreamlike. It's thrilling to see that potential unleashed on the vagaries of love. New York Times A...

What if I said I am not what you think you see? A southpaw boxer is on the verge of their pro debut when their wife signs the adoption papers for a Korean boy. The boy's original adoptive father was...

Hate your job? Come work for us. This is a show about work. But the worker isn't here, so it's down to you. You'll clock in at the beginning. You'll get short breaks at regular intervals. You'll work...

It's not stealing if it's from a dead person.Hours before their mother's funeral, the Yeung siblings gather in the family home for the first time in years, only to discover their inheritance is...

I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you. Sam and his fiancé Noel have been together for years. They have a house, a cat and their whole lives ahead of them. But when a sudden and...

Wuthering Heights (Modern Plays)Author: Emily BrontëPublisher: Methuen DramaPublication Date: Feb 24, 2022Number of Pages: 112 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1350334545ISBN-13:...

We don't in general take to strangers here... unless they take to us first. Channelling Emily Brontë's piercing wit and fierce emotion, Inspector Sands bring their characteristic humour, passion and...

The virus has ravaged Thebes. Millions are dead and the economy has tanked. Vaccinations have been administered and the Festival of Liberty is imminent. Things are finally about to change. The...

Yes So I Said YesAuthor: David IrelandPublisher: Methuen DramaPublication Date: Jan 04, 2022Number of Pages: 96 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1350301124ISBN-13: 9781350301122

Existential Figure silently screams. Everything is wiped clean. The fabric of reality starts to fall apart. Grieving Figure finds themself on a hillside. Eyes staring back from the darkness. A dual...

Trees don't have ears. How are you so sure? As they attempt to flee the Best Nation in the World, North Korean sisters Minhee and Junhee are torn apart at the border. Each must race across time and...

Newcastle, London, America. You can go anywhere, it's still the same old shit. People just getting by, in any way they know how. But I tell you what they don't have, they don't have a £1 Thursday!...