Drama

Saving the Queen: A Comedy of Cape and Sword

by Theophile Gautier, Bernard Lopez & Frank J. Morlock

Well-known French writer Théophile Gautier and Bernard Lopez combine their talents in this send-up of the cloak-and-sword dramas so popular with the Romantics. When the Spanish Queen's horse runs away with...

Old Creole Days: A Play in Three Acts

by Frank J. Morlock & George Washington Cable

The nineteenth-century Southern writer (George Washington Cable) who wrote the stories on which this play is based was born in New Orleans, and the racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of that great city impregnates...

L'Assommoir: A Play in Five Acts

by Emile Zola & Frank J. Morlock

Émile Zola (1840-1902) was one of France's greatest novelists of the nineteenth century, being most famous as a writer for Nana (the story of a courtesan), and in the political world for his role in exposing...

Steven Berkoff: One Act Plays

by Steven Berkoff

Steven Berkoff has been variously described as controversial, thrilling, electric and dynamic. A Renaissance man of the theatre, he is known equally for his writing, directing and acting.

Collecting together...

The Static and Blackout

by Davey Anderson

The Static

'We all have sick thoughts. It doesnae matter what you think, it's what you do that counts. Trouble is, my thoughts do things. Don't believe me? Just watch.'

Sparky is a bright but volatile 15-year-old...

A Doll's House

by Henrik Ibsen & Simon Stephens

'I think I'm a human being before anything else. I don't care what other people say. I don't care what people write in books. I need to think for myself.'

Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House premiered in 1879 in Copenhagen,...

Bolsheviki: A Dead Serious Comedy

by David Fennario

This cutting-edge drama by notorious "socialist," anti-war playwright David Fennario debunks every sentimental notion of duty, heroism, and warfare.

The Book of Esther

by Leanna Brodie

Acclaimed playwright/actor Leanna Brodie's heartwarming coming-of-age—and coming-out—drama about a fifteen-year-old runaway from a conservative, Christian rural community.

Etiquette and Vitriol: The Food Chain and Other Plays

by Nicky Silver

The first play collection by a young master of razor-sharp wit and black humor.

Black Antigone: Sophocles' Tragedy Meets the Heartbeat of Africa

by George Porter

Black Antigone is a fresh and provocative interpretation of Sophocles' tragedy, based on the belief that the potent rhythms of the African people were much more a part of ancient Greece than has ever been suggested...

Armida & Amadis & Roland: Three Opera Librettos

by Philippe Quinault & Frank J. Morlock Author

In these three librettos, Philippe Quinault turns from classical opera to medieval legends--Renaud and Armida, Amadis and Oriana, and Angelica and Roland--exploring the tensions between love and glory. As usual,...

The Elizabethan Dumb Show (Routledge Revivals): The History of a Dramatic Convention

by Dieter Mehl

First published in English in 1965, this book discusses the roots and development of the dumb show as a device in Elizabethan drama. The work provides not only a useful manual for those who wish to check the...

King Leir

by Anonymous & Tiffany Stern

Performed at the Globe Theater in 1605, King Leir is presumed to be a prime source for Shakespeare. Although the story is the same, in this anonymous version the ending is happy. This is the first time this...

Jacques Lecoq

by Simon Murray

This text offers a concise guide to the teaching and philosophy of one of the most significant figures in twentieth century actor training. Lecoq's influence on the theatre of the latter half of the twentieth...

Water by the Spoonful

Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2012

by Quiara Alegria Hudes

The 2012 recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The Wakefield Mystery Plays

by Martial Rose

Four hundred years ago the medieval mystery plays, presented each year in various English villages to teach the stories of the Bible to the illiterate population, were the great classic English dramas. Queen...

Spring Awakening

by Frank Wedekind & Charlotte Ryland

A Student Edition of Wedekind's classic 1891 expressionist play aboutadolescent sexuality.

Wedekind's notorious play Spring Awakening influenced a whole trend of modern drama and remains relevant to today's society,...

DruidMurphy: Plays by Tom Murphy

by Tom Murphy

This collection brings together three of Tom Murphy's finest plays, Famine, A Whistle in the Dark and Conversations on a Homecoming. Together, they tell the story of Irish emigration - of those who went and...

Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them

by Christopher Durang

Christopher Durang has been called "Jonathan Swift's nicer, younger brother" (The New York Observer). His plays are known for containing hilarity at every turn and revealing social commentary in every corner....

Dyslexia and Drama

by Helen Eadon

Helping teachers to guarantee that dyslexic students get the most from drama inside and outside the classroom, this indispensable book includes a strait forward exploration of dyslexia and tactics for overcoming...