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"Mad cow disease, Bovine Spongiform Encephalophy. I mean who thinks these names up? I prefer Mad Cow, at least you can still say it when you're pissed. Me daughter says you can get it from...

The Little Prince (Oberon Modern Plays)Author: Inua EllamsPublisher: Oberon BooksPublication Date: March 17, 2020Number of Pages: 56 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Drawing together all kinds of writing about and around Live Art, The Live Art Almanac is both a useful resource and a great read for artists, writers, students and others interested in the field of...

Alfred Hitchcock, at the height of his powers, is possessed by a dreamlike vision of a woman. From his director's chair the sixty year old Hitchcock begins to unravel some of the defining films of...

Set amongst the whores, alcoholics, cynics and doss house dreamers of a Russia on the brink of revolution, The Lower Depths is a harrowing, violent and uncompromising portrayal of the human spirit...

When Jon Fosse had his playwright d?but with And We Shall Never Part at the National Theatre in Bergen in 1994, he was already an established author of several novels, collections of poetry and...

At the turn of the sixteenth century the two most powerful people on the planet, Queen Isabella of Castile and King Ferdinand of Aragon are making plans to expand their empire. They are plundering...

The Mammoth is the greatest sailing ship ever built. It is to carry Princess Alysoun from Norway to Scotland, where she is to marry King Andrew the Bold. But she falls in love with Sir Patrick Spens,...

New writing based on the fables Kalila wa Dimna, one of the masterpieces of Eastern culture. Intended originally as a book of Council for Kings, literally, a 'mirror' for princes, these subtle and...

L'Avare (1666) is Moli?re's great satire on materialism, a funny yet sophisticated story of cunning, guile and double-dealing, not only by the Miser himself, but also by the Miser's family and...

Four short plays by brand new writers each of whom has been mentored by an experienced playwright and supported by the Mono Box team. Including Cold Feet and Bacon Sandwiches by Kiran Benawra,...

The Monstrous Heart (Oberon Modern Plays)Author: Oliver EmanuelPublisher: Oberon BooksPublication Date: December 03, 2019Number of Pages: 96 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

"You put it in the freezer, so when you transfer it to the boiling water it doesn't feel a thing. I suppose that this is how I've felt recently. I've been in some deep freeze and suddenly I can feel...

Acclaimed as one of the classics of 20th century children's literature, The Mouse and His Child is a moving story about two clockwork mice thrown on a scrap heap who then have to begin a dangerous...

Dylan isn't your typical snooker player. He's a vegetarian, for starters. This is the biggest week of his life and everybody wants a piece of him ? his ex-con Dad, local gangster Waxy Chuff and the...

Dylan isn't your typical snooker player. He's a vegetarian, for starters. This is the biggest week of his life and everybody wants a piece of him ? his ex-con Dad, local gangster Waxy Chuff and the...

Will the Prime Minister give Rupert the political prize he?s been hoping for? How much more can Olivia take of her mother Mary and her withering put-downs? Will Charlie get off her phone for long...

The Niceties (Oberon Modern Plays)Author: Eleanor BurgessPublisher: Oberon BooksPublication Date: December 02, 2019Number of Pages: 96 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Shortlisted as one of The Stage's top 10 training books of 2012 The No Rules Handbook for Writers is a timely, creative and refreshing antidote to prescriptive guides for writers. It will inspire...

'That is what marriage gives - the right to destroy years and years of life.' Venice, Easter 1895. In the cafes around St Mark's Square, all the gossip among the English ex-pat community is about two...

This new series brings together some of the best new writing from contemporary American playwrights. Volume One is introduced by Andre Bishop, Artistic Director of the Lincoln CenterTheater, the most...

From Ushuaia, the southernmost town in the world to the edges of the great Paran? river, and from the city of Buenos Aires to its fertile plains and the estuaries of northern Argentina, The Oberon...

HEROIN by Grace Dyas, Trade by Mark O'Halloran, The Art of Swimming by Lynda Radley, Pineapple by Phillip McMahon, I ? Alice ? I by Amy Conroy, The Big Deal edited by Una McKevitt, Oedipus Loves You...

The Oberon Book of Modern Duologues brings together over fifty extracts from some of the finest plays of the last twenty years, from the unique roster of the UK's leading independent drama publisher...

The Oberon Book of Modern Monologues for Men collects over fifty speeches from some of the finest plays of the last twenty years, and from the unique roster of the UK's leading independent drama...

The Oberon Book of Modern Monologues for Women collects over fifty speeches from some of the finest plays of the last twenty years, and from the unique roster of the UK's leading independent drama...

Monologues are an essential part of every actor's toolkit. Actors are required to perform monologues regularly throughout their career: preparing for drama school entry, showcasing skills for agents...

Foreword by Kwame Kwei-Armah How many Black British plays can you name? Inspired by both classical and contemporary plays, The Oberon Book of Monologues for Black Actors gives readers an insight into...

Foreword by Naomie Harris How many Black British plays can you name? Inspired by both classical and contemporary plays, The Oberon Book of Monologues for Black Actresses gives readers an insight into...

'Caution: this book could seriously jeopardise your amateur status' - Robert David MacDonald Do you know your mirror scrims from your mirror balls? Or your get-outs from your get-ins? Or indeed your...