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NEW STOCK: Andersen's English by Sebasian Barry; Dreams of Violence by Stella Feehily; Mixed Up North by Robin Soans.
OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS: Caryl Churchill's inventive Blue Heart; JT Rogers' Americans-in-Rwanda thriller The Overwhelming; David Watson's poignantly funny story of two brothers Flight Path; David Edgar's rich ensemble play about people becoming British citizens, Testing the Echo.
COMEDY: A Laughing Matter; O go my Man; Feelgood; Dreams of Violence
ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE: Mixed Up North; Flight Path; Rita Sue and Bob Too; Duck
THRILLING INSIGHTS: Talking to Terrorists; The Permanent Way; Testing the Echo; Drummers; The Overwhelming
£2 BARGAINS: Drummers, Testing the Echo, Blue Heart
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Hans Christian Andersen arrives, unannounced, for a stay at Gad's Hill Place in the Kent marshes - home to Charles Dickens and his large, charismatic family. To the lonely and eccentric guest, the members of Dicken's household seem to live a life of unreachable bliss. But with his broken English, Andersen doesn't at first see the tensions in the family: undeclared passions, a son sent to serve in India, and a growing cruelty at the heart of Dickens's marriage.
Sebastian Barry's novel The Secret Scripture won the 2008 Costa prize, and he has been twice shortlisted for the Booker prize. His plays include the international hit The Steward of Christendom, Our Lady of Sligo and Hinterland.
5 STARS "beautifully written... fascinating" Whatsonstage.com
"Will become a classic" Country Life
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"Mum, I had a dream last night where I threw you down the stairs. It's not right."
For Hildy, political activism comes easier that dealing with the disorder of her family life: Her druggie son; her philandering husband; her father, misbehaving in a hugely expensive retirement home. And then there's her mother - a charismatic 60s pop star, who clings to her former beauty (and a bottle of vodka), and who sets up camp in Hildy's spare room to belittle her from close range.
"Rarely leaves you more than a minute away from a cruel laugh or a stinging insight. She's created a modern tragicomedy... Recommended" Daily Telegraph
"A witty and compassionate play" Financial Times
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Robin Soans' exuberant docudrama about a youth theatre created to bring together Asian and White kids in a northern mill town.
"Robin Soans has edited his material with extraordinary skill so it glides between tragedy and farce, between horror and humour, with an inner dramatic vibrancy that still retains the untidiness of real life... This is a cultural treasure." The Spectator
"A brilliant piece of writing... If you fancy being challenged and uplifted, as well as being asked to think about problems that exist on all of our doorsteps, then a visit to this gem of play is a must" Whatsonstage.com
"Bracing, combative and oddly joyous... Highly recommended" Independent
Or: Robin Soans Offer A: Buy Talking to Terrorists and Rita, Sue and Bob Too/A State Affair for £8.00 inc. UK postage
Or: Robin Soans Offer B: Buy Mixed Up North, Talking to Terrorists and Rita, Sue and Bob Too/A State Affair for £11.00 inc. UK postage
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A fantastic reimagining of the classic musical comedy. Relocates John Gay's satire "The Beggar's Opera" to a convict ship where a group of prisoners bound for Austrlia put on a show set in the world they've left behind and will never see again. Tours in the UK from Jan 09.
EXTRA: includes essays and rehearsal photos.
Nick Hern Books £2.00 (rrp £8.99)
New play from major writer David Edgar. Emma teaches English and Citizenship to a motley crew of people from around the world. As they get closer to the day of their citizenship tests, they begin to challenge Emma's own beliefs.
Packed with good humour, information and thought-provoking ideas, it deserves a read whether you've seen it or not.
"a powerful new play - riveting, important and disturbing" Scotsman
EXTRA: includes essays, shorter quotes and a quiz.
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Faber and Faber £3.00 (rrp £8.99)
A beautifully observed family drama. 18 year old Jonathan finds himself looking after Daniel, his older brother who has Down's syndrome. But soon he finds there are more exciting ways for a teenager to spend his time. And it's not his A-levels...
"A triumph of humour and heartbreak that is often powerfully affecting too
I have a strong hunch that we will be hearing a good deal more of Watson, a writer of rare human sympathy" Daily Telegraph
"David Watson is a remarkable writer - he writes with searing accuracy and without any shrill moralising" Sunday Times
"Watson writes with compassion, wit and a keen ear" Financial Times
"Quirky humour and a sharp eye - Watson has a bright future" Guardian
EXTRA: includes David Watson's short play Undercarriage.
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Nick Hern Books £9.99 + £1.00 p&p (rrp £14.99)
"a terrific read. I really didn't want to finish it... some magician, some force."
Carole Woddis, Rogues and Vagabonds Full Review.
"these rehearsal diaries are welcome... Stafford-Clark tells a good story"
Aleks Sierz, Independent Full review
Inside accounts of the making of some of the most influential theatre productions of the last four decades. Max Stafford-Clark has been at the cutting edge of theatre in Britain for more than thirty years. Taking Stock draws on diaries, photos and interviews to recreate the evolution of nine of his most famous and influential productions:
Fanshen by David Hare; Epsom Downs by Howard Brenton; Cloud Nine by Caryl Churhill; Rita, Sue and Bob Too by Andrea Dunbar; Serious Money by Caryl Churchill; Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker; The Steward of Christendom by Sebastian Barry; Some Explicit Polaroids by Mark Ravenhill; Macbeth by William Shakespeare
The result is one of the richest, most intimately informative books on the making of theatre.
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Faber and Faber £3.00 (rrp £8.99)
JT Rogers' gripping thriller focuses on an American family in Rwanda, immediately prior to the 1994 genocide. As Jack searches for his mysteriously disappeared friend, his wife becomes close to a powerful politician and his teenage son finds escape - and danger - in Kigali's nightclubs. A hit at the National Theatre and on tour.
"the best new play I have seen this year and one of the most entertaining" Daily Telegraph
EXTRA: includes an article on Rwanda by Fergal Keane and extracts from research interviews conducted in the country.
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Faber and Faber £2.50 (rrp £8.99)
Think Blackadder meets The Madness of George III. Brilliantly chaotic goings-on behind the scenes at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. David Garrick and Samuel Johnson are among the real-lide characters mixed up in a story of sex, money and artistic integrity.
"as funny as it is stimulating" Times
"exuberant, shrewd and highly entertaining" Independent
EXTRA: includes information about the theatre, society and people of the time.
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Nick Hern Books £2.50 (rrp £8.99)
SUSAN SMITH BLACKBURN AWARD SPECIAL COMMENDATION 2007. Stella Feehily's 2nd play (her first was the brilliantly sparky 'DUCK') opened the Royal Court's 50th anniversary year. It's a funny and wise comedy about love, set against a backdrop of the 'new Ireland' - celebrity chefs, 12 kinds of cafe lattes and a thousand Polish immigrants to pour them.
"a remarkable play. The great joy is to find Feehily, while exposing the monotony of monogamy, also attacking the madness of a world that idolatrously worships fame, sex and celebrity" The Guardian
"Genuinely heartbreaking. Genuinely hilarious" Metro
EXTRA: includes Stella's fascinating interview with RTE foreign correspondent Paul Cunningham.
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Nick Hern Books £6.99 (rrp £8.99)
Stella Feehily's celebrated debut about two teenagers on the brink, growing up in the face of everything a city can throw at them. Cat's got big feet so her boyfriend calls her Duck. Cat's also got a middle-aged lover who drinks and writes books; a best friend with brains and a psychotic mum; and a boyfriend with a nightclub, a gun, and some unfinished business... but which of these unravelling threads will she follow?
'A bright, sharp, funny first play about a drifting teenager in Dublin... entirely believable’ Guardian
'an immensely engaging and vibrant slice of young female Dublin life' Financial Times
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Methuen £6.99 (rrp £8.99)
Enjoy possibly the best and funniest political comedy of the last decade: a bright and hilarious satire set in the tense hours before the PM's conference speech.
"pure comic joy" Daily Telegraph
"brings political rudeness and cheek back to theatre" Guardian
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Oberon Books £5.00 (rrp £8.99)
Meet the people who crossed the line... you might even like them. Based on interviews with terrorists, hostages, bomb victims, politicians, peacemakers, journalists, psychologists and more.
"I will be astonished if the year turns up a more important, illuminating or moving play than this. A flow of evidence and graphic detail that has you hanging on to every word. Yet, surprisingly, the play isn't entirely depressing. There are even moments of humour. Truly remarkable" Daily Telegraph
EXTRA: includes four short essays on documentary theatre, by David Hare and others.
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Or: Robin Soans Offer A: Buy Talking to Terrorists and Rita, Sue and Bob Too/A State Affair for £8.00 inc. UK postage
Or: Robin Soans Offer B: Buy Mixed Up North, Talking to Terrorists and Rita, Sue and Bob Too/A State Affair for £11.00 inc. UK postage
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Oberon Books £2.50 (rrp £8.99)
This award-winning monologue was a hit in Edinburgh, London and New York. Set in Glasgow's grimly surreal underworld, this is a funny, soulful and deeply unusual coming of age story. Sisters Such Devoted Sisters conjures up a world of exploding pigeons, a fire-hazard grandmother, Jack Russells driving cars, shoplifting, and a boy?s first kiss. But it is also about the increasingly nightmarish, heartbreaking world of his alter-ego, drag Queen Bernice Hindley ? ?Myra?s neice?. Welcome to Glasgow.
"Hilarious and intensely moving" Guardian
"sad, grotesque and beautiful" The Scotsman
"as sour-sweet as sherbet lemons" The Times
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Faber £6.99 (rrp £8.99)
From one of the best known and best loved playwrights of our time, the sell out hit examining the privatisation of our railways - and the rail disasters that followed. Assembled from extraordinary interviews.
"a tremendously gripping and often moving play" Daily Telegraph
"If you seriously want simultaneously to be challenged, stimulated, provoked and saddened, do not miss The Permanent Way" Sunday Express
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Methuen £2.00 (rrp £7.99)
Dunbar's famous play of two teenagers and the married man they fall for. In a volume with Robin Soans' fascinating documentary play about the Bradford estate on which Dunbar grew up, finding hope and heroism in the aftermath of a heroin epidemic.
"heartbreaking... unmissable... a massive achievement" Time Out
EXTRA: includes information about the research that went into A State Affair, a discussion on the stage design considerations, and more.
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Or: Robin Soans Offer A: Buy Talking to Terrorists and Rita, Sue and Bob Too/A State Affair for £8.00 inc. UK postage
Or: Robin Soans Offer B: Buy Mixed Up North, Talking to Terrorists and Rita, Sue and Bob Too/A State Affair for £11.00 inc. UK postage
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Nick Hern Books £2.00 (rrp £6.99)
Double bill from the dazzlingly original and influential writer of Top Girls, Cloud Nine, A Number, Far Away and Serious Money. In Heart's Desire, a father, mother and aunt wait for a woman to arrive home after years in Australia. In Blue Kettle a man and cons elderly women into believing they are his long-lost mother. But neither play is what it seems.
"the play of the year" Independent
"substantial, provocative, immensely stylish works which create an unsettling mixture of wild laughter and profound unease. A major hit" Daily Telegraph
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Methuen Student Editions £4.99 (rrp £8.99)
The Olivier Award-winning play. After a life-threatening voyage, a group of convicts mount Australia's first ever theatre production, under the direction of an idealistic officer. Until the leading lady is sentenced to be hanged...
Our biggest seller.
EXTRA: background, synopsis and commentary.
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Nick Hern Books £1.50 (rrp £6.99)
Informed by his own experience, Simon Bennetts play concerns the crisis in the life of a recently released house-breaker. Authentic, vivid and brutally funny, Drummers pushes family loyalty to dangerous limits. Full of sharp action and quick-fire dialogue.
"has the unmistakable and satisfying tang of lived experience... a horribly entertaining play" Daily Telegraph
"rivetingly illuminates a closed world" Evening Standard
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Methuen £8.50 (rrp £10.99)
When Max Stafford-Clark directed The Recruiting Officer, he kept this vibrant rehearsal diary in the form of letters to the play's author, George Farquahar. The result is an enjoyable and detailed look at how a play is directed. See the excerpts on this site)
"Written from inside the theatre, this is a wise book from which outsiders will learn" Michael Billington, Guardian
"Above all the book is an account of what a director does. It is a good story which he tells well" FT
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ANDERSEN'S ENGLISH by Sebastian Barry
DREAMS OF VIOLENCE by Stella Feehily
MIXED UP NORTH by Robin Soans
THE CONVICT'S OPERA by Stephen Jeffreys
TESTING THE ECHO by David Edgar
FLIGHT PATH by David Watson
TAKING STOCK by Max Stafford-Clark and Philip Roberts
THE OVERWHELMING by JT Rogers
A LAUGHING MATTER by April De Angelis
O GO MY MAN by Stella Feehily
DUCK by Stella Feehily
FEELGOOD by Alistair Beaton
TALKING TO TERRORISTS by Robin Soans
SISTERS, SUCH DEVOTED SISTERS by Russell Barr
THE PERMANENT WAY by David Hare
RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO by Andrea Dunbar
BLUE HEART by Caryl Churchill
OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD by Timberlake Wertenbaker
DRUMMERS by Simon Bennett