Methuen Drama

A village. A dragon. A damsel in distress. Into the story walks George: wandering knight, freedom fighter, enemy of tyrants the world over. One epic battle later and a nation is born. As the village...

Salty Irina (Modern Plays)Author: Eve. LeighPublisher: Methuen DramaPublication Date: Jul 28, 2023Number of Pages: 88 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1350435384ISBN-13: 9781350435384

Shortlisted for the 2019 TaPRA Edited Collection Prize Scenography Expanded is a foundational text offering readers a thorough introduction to contemporary performance design, both in and beyond the...

Sea Wall (Modern Plays)Author: Simon StephensPublisher: Methuen DramaPublication Date: Jan 07, 2019Number of Pages: 24 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1350114642ISBN-13: 9781350114647

Ah've got a brain for business me. Nothing says business like a pair of trackies.Looking for a way out of their humdrum lives in the outskirts of Glasgow, straight-laced Sean, fresh from dropping out...

Saicrets? Aye. We hae saicrets.Leadhills, August 1803. Dorothy Wordsworth seeks shelter in a humble lodging house and discovers something no outsider was ever meant to see.Accompanying her famous...

Onassis portrays the last years of the life of the wealthy shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who, after a notorious affair with Maria Callas, married Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of US President John...

How is it delivered? That's the best bit! Royal Mail. Postman Pat brings your smack to your door with a smile and his black and white cat is none the wiser. Bruce is nineteen, unemployed and living...

How unbelievably dull my life was. I did everything I was supposed to. I was such a good girl. I lived in the house he chose and cleaned a dead woman's furniture. I bought hats, who the hell wears a...

Snow in Midsummer (Modern Plays)Author: Frances Ya-Chu CowhigPublisher: Methuen DramaPublication Date: February 01, 2018Number of Pages: 112 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

why these bleak thoughts today, the whole world in shadow, everything undercut and suspended in its own delirium Marcus Conway has come home to his kitchen in Louisburgh, Co. Mayo,. Everything seems...

?t was then that I decided to write you these letters. One crisp winter day in New York, Willem receives a phone call ? it's time to go home. Home to Amsterdam ? to an estranged family and forgotten...

Placing the score front and centre of the narrative, this is a critical historical survey of notable songs from Broadway musicals from 1891 to 2023--Author: Thomas HischakPublisher: Methuen...

Ladies, Gentlemen, and then all the legends that have realised gender is a trap - introducing the Sound of the Underground.Out to the electric night, where the base line jumps in the backstreet light...

The era known as the Thaw (1953-64) was a crucial period in the history of the Soviet Union. It was a time when the legacy of Stalin unravelled, when brief moments of liberalisation saw dramatic...

Spring Awakening (Modern Classics)Author: Frank WedekindPublisher: Methuen DramaPublication Date: August 03, 2009Number of Pages: 128 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

This study offers a historicization of the 2010s in British theatre with a focus on the representation of systemic violence, exploring productions that engage with concerns of protest, climate...

Stanislavsky in the World is an ambitious and ground-breaking work charting a fascinating story of the global dissemination and transformation of Stanislavsky's practices. Case studies written by...

My husband died and it's taken my whole life but Dr, I've never had one and I want one, before I die... My orgasm has got to be out there - somewhere! I know you all think I'm losing it, that I'm...

?o we're clear You know, right? You know I'm not that kind of person?Sometimes we can't find the right words. Sometimes the wrong word just slips out. Sometimes the right words become the wrong words...

Best mates Leanne and Kelly have lived in Southend-on-Sea their whole lives. Larger-than-life Leanne is happy staying put, but Kelly secretly dreams of escaping her dull job and seeing the world...

Right, you know the rules, watch the low blows, if it's a knock-down no messing about, go straight to your corner, and don't come out till called for, are we clear? Touch gloves, let's go. In the...

The sensation of water flowing around my body happily floating down a river, watching the banks pass me by. I like to take the same journey as a river it's the lack of control which feels so good,...

London is becoming an alien landscape to Sydney Stock; a man who has lived for over fifty years cooped with his mother Nell in her grubby East End home. Theirs is a relationship of mutually assured...

How do theatre makers in Britain produce immersive, participatory experiences for audiences? How are productions designed and rehearsed, and how can the experience of different companies inform your...

Of course ? as you've no doubt guessed ? there's a big 'But Then' moment heading this way... It's a sunny, spring day in East London. On a street corner, two teenagers kiss. One of them is Toni. This...

From scrutinizing what exactly the Alexander Technique is to offering guidance on more advanced elements, such as core postural support and psycho-physical unity, this book offers a holistic insight...

At head of title: A Paines Plough and Theatre Royal Plymouth Production.Author: James GrahamPublisher: Methuen DramaPublication Date: Mar 07, 2016Number of Pages: 128 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

I exist now. Don't tell me that I didn't exist before. How should a nation apologise for the crimes of its past? Seoul, 1991. She kept her silence for over forty years. Then Sun-Hee spoke out,...

A moment of kindness in a sea of unfamiliarity... A long, hard day at work... A lively party... A nostalgic lullaby... The story begins in Nigeria where the character of Dele plays a last game of...