Double Feature brings together - in two volumes of paired short plays - four of the most exciting new voices in UK theatre, in their first commissions for the National Theatre. The plays premiered at the National Theatre in July 2011. This volume contains Nightwatchman by Prasanna Puwanarajah and There is a War by Tom Basden.
"This is a state-wide history of Florida's food and cooking as it evolved over several centuries and through today"--
A new and startling collection of plays about women and the Criminal Justice System, written by six of the UK's most exciting young female playwrights.
A gripping journey through British history that shows how our country was shaped and how connected we are with our past.
The second in a fascinating collection of plays that look mat the position of women in politics in English History.
This is the story of how Evonne Goolagong Cawley rose from humble beginnings in an outback town to become a world-champion tennis player by the age of 19. On her journey she must battle prejudice and test herself to the very limits.
Nigeria, England, America, Jamaica; are you proud of where you're from? Dark skinned, light skinned, afro, weaves, who are your true brothers and sisters? When two brothers from different continents go down the street to buy a pint of milk, they lift the lid on a disunited nation where everyone wants to be an individual but no one wants to stand out from the crowd. A debut work produced at the Royal Court's Young Writers Festival, Gone Too Far! is a comic and astute play about identity, history and culture, portraying a world where respect is always demanded but rarely freely given. Gone Too Far! premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 2007 where it was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, 2008. It is published here in an abridged form as part of Methuen Drama's Plays For Young People series.
Accusations fly, relationships deconstruct, and the rules take over at a family Christmas gathering in Sam Holcroft's dark comedy.
Sam Holcroft's elusive and explosive new play about censorship, authorship and free speech, premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in August 2023, directed by Jeremy Herrin.