Methuen Drama imprint: 1030 books
Godber Plays: 1
Bouncers; Happy Families; Shakers
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
"John Godber is one of the unsung heroes of British theatre, reaching the giddy heights of number three in the most-performed playwrights league table, nestled in behind Shakespeare and Ayckbourn" - Guardian
Bouncers, a play about nightlife: "A show that's worth braving any front...
by John Godber
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
"Godber is one of the best contemporary British playwrights"(Financial Times)
Lucky Sods is a candid black comedy about a couple who have nothing on a Friday night and £4 million on Saturday. And now they just can't stop winning.Passionkillers is a beach play about Andy and Tom who...
by Keith Saha
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
I gotta keep hold of my Mojo
He keeps me bouncing
up and down like a yo-yo
When I'm on a low low
He makes me ho ho
Gets me flying out of black holes
like Chewbacca and Han Solo
Melody is in the care system and is out of control . . . the only thing that is constant in Melody's life is her toy...
Tennessee Williams in Sweden and France, 1945–1965
Cultural Translations, Sexual Anxieties and Racial Fantasies
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2019
The immediate post-war period marks a pivotal moment in the internationalization of American theatre when Tennessee Williams' plays became some of Broadway's most critically acclaimed and financially lucrative exports. Dirk Gindt offers a detailed study of the production and reception of Williams'...
by Dave Florez
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
The one thing we realised, very early on, was not to get attached. Feel pride in your work, yes, but keep. It. Practical.
Dan has a troubling past and needs help to leave it behind. Amy is employed to support him, and she's determined to succeed - by whatever means necessary…
Experience...
How to Keep an Alien
A Story about Falling in Love and Proving It to the Government
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
How to Keep an Alien is a funny and tender autobiographical tale in which Irish Sonya and Australian Kate meet and fall in love, but Kate's visa is up and she must leave the country. Together they must find a way to prove to the Department of Immigration that they have the right to live together in...
by Ms Liz Richardson, Tara Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2018
If you're concerned, just talk to a member of our staff or, alternatively, swing your legs over the edge of the bed and walk out, remembering to pull the camera from your bum before leaving the hospital.
Liz has got an embarrassing problem, and these yogurts aren't helping. Her body's acting...
McLean Plays: 1
Julie Allardyce; Blackden; Rug Comes to Shuv; One Sure Thing; I'd Rather Go Blind
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014
Duncan McLean is one of Scotland's liveliest fiction and non-fiction writers - this is his first volume of plays
Julie Allardyce rushes into the theatre like a fresh breeze off the North Sea. It is loud and coarse-tongued and funny . . . a play which opens doors and shoves the audience through...
Speaking With Skill
An Introduction to Knight-Thompson Speech Work
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
Actors and other professional voice users need to speak clearly and expressively in order to communicate the ideas and emotions of their characters – and themselves. Whatever the native accent of the speaker, this easy communication to the listener must always happen in every moment, onstage, in...
by Mia Chung
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2016
Trees don't have ears.
How are you so sure?
As they attempt to flee the Best Nation in the World, North Korean sisters Minhee and Junhee are torn apart at the border. Each must race across time and space to be together again – navigating the perilous Land of the Free and the treacherous terrain...
Phakama
Making Participatory Performance
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
An international arts organisation and network engaging with music, dance, theatre and visual art, Phakama creates adventurous, site-responsive performances with large groups of people from diverse backgrounds. With contributions from participants, artists, academics and cultural commentators from...
by Ladrica Menson-Furr
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Fences represents the decade of the 1950s, and, when it premiered in 1985, it won the Pulitzer Prize. Set during the beginnings of the civil rights movement, it also concerns generational change and renewal, ending with a celebration of the life of its protagonist, even though it takes place at his...
Musical Theatre
A History
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
Musical Theatre: A History is a new revised edition of a proven core text for college and secondary school students – and an insightful and accessible celebration of twenty-five centuries of great theatrical entertainment.
As an educator with extensive experience in professional theatre production,...
British Theatre Companies: 1980-1994
Joint Stock, Gay Sweatshop, Complicite, Forced Entertainment, Women's Theatre Group, Talawa
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
This series of three volumes provides a groundbreaking study of the work of many of the most innovative and important British theatre companies from 1965 to the present. Each volume provides a survey of the political and cultural context, an extensive survey of the variety of theatre companies from...