Plays by Publisher - Nick Hern Books

The Clink

Stephen Jeffreys

Nick Hern Books

Elizabeth 1 is tottering at death's door Conspirators are everywhere Lucius Bodkin, an Elizabethan stand-up comedian, becomes unwittingly involved in the political skullduggery and jiggery-pokery surroundi...

$14.99

The Skriker

Caryl Churchill

Nick Hern Books

6 Male 9 Female

It follows the Skriker, 'a shapeshifter and death portent, ancient and damaged' in its search for love and revenge as it pursues two young women to London, changing its shape at every new encounter Along wi...

$14.99

The Concert - El Concierto

Ulises Rodriquez Febles

Nick Hern Books

Here published as a bilingual edition, this is the winner Of Cuba's Best Play Award and provides a fascinating glimpse into the social and cultural complexities of Castro's Cuba ... Havana, 2000. Fidel Cast...

$16.99

Roaring Trade

Steve Thompson

Nick Hern Books

4 Male 2 Female

Fast-paced and astute, Roaring Trade exposes just how far people go for the highest-risk jobs in the City Pressure is mounting on the bond traders' floor and millions stand to be lost or won Jess is playi...

$14.99

The New Electric Ballroom

Enda Walsh

Nick Hern Books

1 Male 3 Female

A dark fable of the emotionally stultifying effects of small-town life ... Three sisters in a remote fishing village, trapped in the years that have passed since their halcyon days at The New Electric Ball...

$14.99

Beside Myself - An Actor's Life

Antony Sher

Nick Hern Books

A remarkably candid autobiography, utterly involving and often startlingly revelatory, Beside Myself is an inspiration to young actors and a treat for seasoned theatregoers Actor, author, artist Antony Sher...

$19.99

5 New Plays from VAULT 5 Festival

Charlotte Chimuanya

Nick Hern Books

"A major London festival showcasing new and rising talent" ~ Independent on VAULT FestivalThis fifth anthology in the VAULT series offers five of the best plays from VAULT Festival 2020, London's biggest and...

$17.99

Uncle Vanya

Anton Chekhov adapted Conor McPherson

Nick Hern Books

Olivier Award-winner Conor McPherson's stunning adaptation of Anton Chekhov's masterpiece In the heat of summer, Sonya and her Uncle Vanya while away their days on a crumbling estate deep in the countryside...

$14.99

Swive [Elizabeth]

Ella Hickson

Nick Hern Books

2 Male 2 Female

"My mother seduced a man so successfully that he altered the constitutional history of this country" Elizabeth I is the only unmarried woman to have ever ruled England And she reigned for forty-four years ...

$14.99

The Welkin

Lucy Kirkwood

Nick Hern Books

Rural Suffolk, 1759 As the country waits for the return of Halley's Comet, Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder When she claims to be pregnant, a jury of twelve matrons are taken from thei...

$14.99

The Antipodes

Annie Baker

Nick Hern Books

7 Male 2 Female

"The most original and significant American dramatist since August Wilson" ~ Mark Lawson, The Guardian A group of people sit around a table theorising, categorising and telling stories Their real purpose i...

$14.99

The Jungle Book

Jessica Swale

Nick Hern Books

Rudyard Kipling's beloved tale of family, belonging and identity has been re-imagined in this acclaimed adaptation by Jessica Swale with original songs by Joe Stilgoe The Jungle Book tells the story of Mow...

$12.99

The Last Noel

Chris Bush

Nick Hern Books

1 Male 2 Female

It's Christmas Day, sort of, and Alice, Mike and Tess three generations of the one family are busy preparing a feast, singing songs, spinning yarns and squabbling about snacks Like only a close family can ...

$12.99

Shook

Samuel Bailey

Nick Hern Books

3 Male 1 Female

** 10% DISCOUNT ** Winner of the 2019 Papatango New Writing Prize "He'll look different. My little boy. When I get out. Like to the picture I've got in my head. Be like meeting him all over again. Be a w...

$12.99

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Rona Munro from Mary Shelley

Nick Hern Books

4 Male 3 Female

"This story has been told and retold in hundreds of different ways since it was first written. But it remains the dark and rebellious roar of its adolescent author. Mary Shelley was only eighteen when she wr...

$12.99

Downstate

Bruce Norris

Nick Hern Books

In downstate Illinois, four men convicted of sex crimes against minors share a group home where they live out their lives in the shadow of the offences they committed A man shows up to confront his childhoo...

$14.99

ear for eye

debbie tucker green

Nick Hern Books

Finalist Evening Standard Theatre AwardsFinalist 2019 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Patience is running out, times have changed And progress isn't enough Black British. African American Here. There Now S...

$14.99

The Secret River

Andrew Bovell from Kate Grenville

Nick Hern Books

A deeply moving and unflinching journey into Australia's dark history adapted from Kate Grenville's acclaimed novel William Thornhill arrives in New South Wales, deported as a convict from the slums of Lond...

$15.99

Daughterhood

Charley Miles

Nick Hern Books

1 Male 2 Female

One sister stayed at home to care for Dad The other set out to 'make a difference' Reunited under their childhood roof, Pauline and Rachel unearth more than the ten years between them It's a huge gap Al...

$14.99

Dexter and Winter's Detective Agency

Nathan Bryon

Nick Hern Books

1 Male 2 Female

When Dexter's mum is sent to jail for getting mixed up in a jewellery robbery, it's up to Dexter and his best friend Winter to get her out On their journey to uncover the truth and free Mum, their detective ...

$14.99