Harley Granville Barker (1877-1946) was the author of the most thoughtful English plays of the first half of the twentieth century, ranging from intimate to epic. Brilliantly written (Shaw called them
A farm lies in ruins. And with mother and father now gone, a brother and sister face eviction by an officious lawyer. Abandoned, they endlessly enact the rituals of punishment once visited upon them
Poet, novelist and playwright Lope de Vega was an astonishingly prolific writer, and many of his 350 or so surviving plays are almost unknown or have never been performed. La Fianza Satisfecha was one
This selection of plays by Jean Anouilh (1910-87), one of France's best-known dramatists, includes some of his most enduring work: The Rehearsal ("quintessential Anouilh," Herald Tribune); Becket, whi
In this, the second volume comprised of Maugham's best works, the four plays in this selection provide significant evidence of the playwright's powers as a dramatist. For S
They Came to a City expresses the sharp differences in opinion about the post-war world among various sections of the British people. Summer Day’s Dreams is a fantastical comedy in which certain value
Challenging and exciting plays by an award-winning playwright. In Toast seven men come together to bake enough bread to feed the population of Hull, but there's a conflict in the works. Smack Family R
The Dreams of Anne Frank examines the inner life of the girl whose fate has affected the world. On Margate Sands is a humorous and poignant portrait of a group of dispossessed mental patients, who man
The internationally acclaimed dramatist Edward Bond endures as one of the towering figures of contemporary British theatre. His plays are read at schools and university level. "Edward Bond is the mos
Sarah Daniels is "a writer with a natural talent for disturbance"—ObserverSet in the gutting sheds of the slaughterhouse at the Cattle Market in late Victorian Deptford, The Gut Girls shows how
In Silence and Violence, the wife of a war hero seduces a much-reviled sculptor as Betts examines the artist's quest for self-expression in a Philistine state. Five Visions of the Faithful is a series
Plays Two:The Dissolution of Dominic Boot'M' is for Moon Among Other ThingsIf You're Glad I'll Be FrankAlbert's BridgeWhere Are They Now?Artist Descending a StaircaseThe Dog It Was That DiedIn the Nat
