Samuel French Ltd

Shakespeare's characters are real... The RSC is a branch of the government (a bit like MI6 but with better costumes) Iago is trying to destroy the world... And mankind's last hope is a travel agent...

Nothing and nobody will stop Roy Tunt from spotting his wild birds and today, a stormy December morning on England's desolate east coast, he pursues a very special mission. With one more tick in his...

Ethel and Bill Brown await the arrival of Violet's new young man - the posh Trevor who works in fine art -- and Ethel has made a splendid tea to impress Trevor. But nothing impresses him so much as...

Author: John ReasonPublisher: Samuel French LtdPublication Date: Jul 29, 2016Number of Pages: 30 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0573096066ISBN-13: 9780573096068

Produced to wide acclaim on Broadway, and made into a movie. The plot concerns a man waiting in prison for execution. Nothing is known about him except that he killed a man. On his execution day, a...

A remote cottage in the woods for a weekend of peace and quiet is just what Geoffrey and his vivacious wife need to get away from London's hectic life. But a chain of eerie events soon turns the long...

When Terry Bailey appears on the eve of his daughter's wedding after twenty years away in America, it is not surprising he receives a cool reception from May, the wife whom he deserted, and from her...

Thomas Tallis is a portrait of the life of one of Britain's most successful composers set against the tumultuous political backdrop of the renaissance. Living under four monarchs, Tallis was forced...

Author: Colin CrowtherPublisher: Samuel French LtdPublication Date: Sep 15, 2017Number of Pages: 46 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 057312311XISBN-13: 9780573123115

Susan and Brian are returning home late with Susan's parents, Angie and Peter. Unable to catch a taxi, they descend onto the platform of an Underground station, desrted but for Liz, a teenage runaway...

Duncan and George feel far from comfortable attending a Weight Busters meeting, surrounded as they are by women. Waiting for the meeting to start, they meet an old flame of George's - who bore him a...

That day in the pub, the day I first saw them, they were dressed identically. Dark wool coats, smart hats. The whole pub went quiet. It's 1966. Lucy Fuller is 18 years old. She likes musicals and...

Four servants sit solemnly in the kitchen of a large Victorian house. Their Mistress has died suddenly and the cook, discovering that the housekeeper and personal maid have stolen some of her...

With All My Love I Hate You is a tense play for two women. What starts as a quiet and uncomfortable talk erupts into violence and tragedy, with an ironic twist at the end.Author: Lynda...