Modern Plays

On The Threshing Floor; The Grandfathers; Flood

Rory Mullarkey This collection of three plays for young performers from multi-award-winning playwright Rory Mullarkey offers astutely relevant and powerfully theatrical pieces of drama. Each offering large and flexible casts for non-gender specific performers, they are perfect for performances and study by young performers aged 13-23.

UK January 2022 • US March 2022 • 136 pages PB 9781350293632 • £12.99 / $17.95 ePub 9781350293656 • £11.69 / $16.47 ePdf 9781350293649 • £11.69 / $16.47 Series: Plays for Young People • Methuen Drama World English

Three Plays by Squint & How They Were Made

Squint Theatre A collection of plays and a toolkit for writers, devisers, dramaturgs and theatre-makers. Inspired by Squint’s collaborative practice and drawing on the company's renowned education programme, Long Story Short lifts the lid on the company's methodology. It provides a range of tools and techniques for any aspiring artist who is looking to form a company, write a play, devise from scratch — or all three.

UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 208 pages PB 9781350289956 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9781350289963 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781350289970 • £17.99 / $24.72 ePdf 9781350289987 • £17.99 / $24.72 Methuen Drama World English

Black British Queer Plays and Practitioners: An Anthology of Afriquia Theatre

Basin; Boy with Beer; Sin Dykes; Bashment; Burgerz; Nine Lives; The High Table; Stars

Edited by Mojisola Adebayo, Queen Mary, University of London, UK & Lynette Goddard, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK A bold critical play collection representing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ+) experience from Black British perspectives, this anthology contains seven radical, iconic plays by Black writers with a critical introduction and additional conversations with and between Black British Queer performance practitioners.

UK October 2022 • US October 2022 • 440 pages PB 9781350234550 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350234567 • £75.00 / $100.00 ePub 9781350234581 • £22.49 / $31.59 ePdf 9781350234574 • £22.49 / $31.59 Methuen Drama World English

The Vagrant Trilogy: Three Plays by Mona Mansour

The Hour of Feeling; The Vagrant; Urge for Going

Mona Mansour Edited by Michael Malek Najjar, University of Oregon, USA & Hala Baki, Cal Poly, San Luis

Obispo, USA A set of three plays by award-winning Arab-American playwright Mona Mansour. In beautiful detail, we follow one character’s journey and explore the Palestinian condition prior to and during the infamous Six-Day War, and the devastating effect this war had on the Palestinian diaspora left to suffer in Lebanese refugee camps.

UK October 2022 • US October 2022 • 128 pages • 6 bw illus PB 9781350276390 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350276406 • £75.00 / $100.00 ePub 9781350276413 • £22.49 / $31.59 ePdf 9781350276420 • £22.49 / $31.59 Methuen Drama World English

Modern Plays

I Ain't Dumb

Tom Wright A tough inner-city school, proud of its inclusivity, suddenly explodes in a rapidly escalating culture war.

Sex secrets, hip-hop and hope fight for centre stage in a vibrant, loud and proud, real talk rollercoaster. Tom Wright's hard-hitting new play tackles contemporary issues in a school setting, published to coincide with Coventry's year as City of Culture.

UK February 2022 • US March 2022 • 104 pages PB 9781350326422 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350326446 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350326439 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

71 Coltman Street

Richard Bean Mike Bradwell is on a mission to revolutionise British theatre. He’s sick of fancy plays by dead blokes and wants to tell stories about real people, living real lives. And it doesn’t get more real than Hull. In a freezing cold house on Coltman Street, a motley crew of unemployed actors gather to improvise a play with no name, no plot, no budget and no bookings.

UK March 2022 • US April 2022 • 112 pages PB 9781350342125 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350342149 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350342132 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

After the End

Dennis Kelly A city under attack from a nuclear blast. As the dust settles, Louise wakes to find herself in a fallout shelter with Mark, the colleague who has saved her life. They have enough water and food to last two weeks. Now they just need to find a way of surviving each other. A chilling post-nuclear play that examines what it takes to endure catastrophe.

UK February 2022 • US April 2022 • 104 pages PB 9781350339217 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350339231 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350339224 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

Cherry Jezebel

Jonathan Larkin The bass is pounding, the audience are cheering, and Cherry Brandy is blinking back tears. Tonight’s the night she’s finally recognised as the Queen she is, with the crown to prove it. Is this the triumphant moment she’s always dreamed of? Behind the mascara, the wigs and the six-inch stiletto heels, all that glitters isn’t gold. At least she's always got her best mate Heidi. But growing up queer in Liverpool is grim, and the queer family they’ve forged is about to slip through Cherry’s nicotine-stained fingers.

UK March 2022 • US April 2022 • 104 pages PB 9781350339125 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350339149 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350339132 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

Cock

Mike Bartlett John is happy in himself, and with his boyfriend, until one day he meets the woman of his dreams. In a world full of endless possibilities why must we still limit ourselves with labels? Mike Bartlett’s razor sharp play about love and identity redefines the battle of the sexes as we know it. Cock premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on 13 November 2009. This new and revised edition was published to coincide with the West End production in 2022, starring Jonathan Bailey, Taron Egerton and Jade Anouka.

UK March 2022 • US April 2022 • 104 pages PB 9781350336698 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350336711 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350336704 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

Dry Swallow

Lucas Baisch Dry Swallow is a play made up of three intertwining narratives, all trapped in the confines of a shipping container as playing space. Chula parks her lawn chair on a Boyle Heights street corner as she defends her makeshift bodega from being intercepted by local competition. Sik coerces her pregnant girlfriend, Dori, into looting from the pharmacy chain she works at. Childhood friends Nasir and Porter, now an established performance artist and curator, question the exploitation of ethnic heritage and the use of medical procedure as artistic practice.

UK January 2022 • US November 2021 • 88 pages PB 9781350291706 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350291720 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350291713 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

Gerry & Sewell: A Purely Belter Adventure

Adapted from the novel The Season Ticket by Jonathan Tulloch

Jonathan Tulloch Adapted by Jamie Eastlake Two lads. One mission. Belter. Sewell and Gerry live in Gateshead. Theirs seems the perfect partnership. Sewell is physically strong, Gerry is small but crafty. Neither has attended school for a long time. Both are broke, and both love one thing, Newcastle United. An exciting adaptation featuring puppetry, live music and a purely belter tale of epic proportions.

UK March 2022 • US May 2022 • 72 pages PB 9781350345928 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350345959 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350345935 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

If This Is Normal

Lucy Danser Growing up in Kilburn, siblings Madani, Maryam and school mate Alex hit it off from the moment they meet. 10 years later, playful chats about ninja turtles and bobble pens have been kicked out by teen opinions powered by podcasts, porn and politics. Still, best friends can talk about anything. So why are there suddenly so many unspoken thoughts between the three? A play about the sexual experiences of young adults in a world of information overload and weaponised language.

UK April 2022 • US May 2022 • 64 pages PB 9781350340190 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350340213 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350340206 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

Kerbs

Michael Southan

Lucy and David are dating. Or at least, they’re trying to. Faced with first-date disasters, a few crossed wires and Lucy’s mum, what they really need is a bit of space, a bit of fun – and ideally some independence. Escaping for the weekend to a caravan park in Somerset, it’s time for them to find out if their spark will finally catch, or burn everything to the ground.

UK February 2022 • US April 2022 • 88 pages PB 9781350338975 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350338999 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350338982 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

Middle

David Eldridge Every relationship reaches a crossroad some time. As dawn breaks, Maggie is heating some milk and Gary wonders what she’s doing out of bed. Maybe it’s time for an honest conversation – but how much honesty can this marriage take? Following his five-star play Beginning, which played sold-out runs at the National Theatre and in the West End, writer David Eldridge brings his raw, touching and funny style to a portrait of a 21st Century marriage, the second of three plays to explore love and relationships.

UK April 2022 • US June 2022 • 88 pages PB 9781350334403 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350334427 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350334410 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

SWIM

Liz Richardson Liz grew up in the Lake District. She spent her childhood walking in the fells, playing in the lakes and in the river at the end of her garden. After time away living in the City, Liz returns to the hills and into a new village for a new chapter of her life. But when her new community is rocked by tragedy, Liz rediscovers outdoor swimming and how it can keep both her and her new friends afloat. Filled with humour and heart, live music and projection, Swim is a tender tale based on a true story.

UK March 2022 • US May 2022 • 64 pages PB 9781350345522 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350345546 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350345539 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

The Collaboration

Anthony McCarten New York, 1984. Fifty-six-year-old Andy Warhol’s star is falling. Jean-Michel Basquiat is the new wonder-kid taking the art world by storm. When Basquiat agrees to collaborate with Warhol on a new exhibition, it soon becomes the talk of the city. As everyone awaits the ‘greatest exhibition in the history of modern art', the two artists embark on a shared journey, both artistic and deeply personal, that re-draws both their worlds.

UK February 2022 • US March 2022 • 88 pages PB 9781350332966 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350332980 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350332973 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

The Darkest Part of the Night

Zodwa Nyoni Dwight lives at home with Shirley, Daddy and Mummy. Don’t think because he’s the way he is, that he doesn’t understand. Dwight wants Shirley, Daddy and Mummy and he’s not budging. Humour and grief move us between now and 1981, as this family fights for – and over – its most marginalised voice, Dwight.

UK July 2022 • US August 2022 • 96 pages PB 9781350341777 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350341791 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350341784 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

The Dodo Experiment

Martin Travers & Chloe Wyper Imprisoned in an abandoned warehouse, a desperate group of failing actors are trapped in a dark experiment. After months of endlessly rehearsing George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion with no director to guide them; some of the ensemble have disappeared leaving the others paranoid and subservient. Sleep-deprived and half-starved, their fragile social bonds shatter and implode as a stranger breaks in and incites them to rebel.

UK April 2022 • US May 2022 • 80 pages PB 9781350340237 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350340251 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350340244 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

The Glow

Alistair McDowall

People find me. When it’s dark. 1863. An asylum. A woman locked in a windowless cell, with no memory as to who she is, or how she arrived there. When spiritualist medium Mrs Lyall requires a new assistant, this nameless woman seems the perfect candidate. But as the woman’s past begins to reveal itself, so do new powers neither are prepared for.

UK January 2022 • US February 2022 • 136 pages PB 9781350329843 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350329867 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350329850 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

The Last Return

Sonya Kelly Once upon a dreary night, five desperate strangers wait in line for a last minute ticket to the final performance of Oppenheimer's sold-out smash hit, Return To Hindenburg, the hottest show in town. All they have to do is cross their fingers, be patient and wait their turn. But with more people waiting than tickets available, this is no time for patience, this is time for war. Who will triumph? Who will fail? And who will receive… The Last Return?

UK July 2022 • US August 2022 • 80 pages PB 9781350345713 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350345737 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350345720 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

When The Long Trick’s Over

Morgan Lloyd Malcolm Tackles what it means to grieve, both physically and mentally, how we deal with loss and how those we have lost paradoxically remain present in our lives as we struggle through our world without them. With grief and joy, 90s pop-songs and lists, When The Long Trick’s Over encapsulates the fact that love persists whatever the distance, and however perilous the journey to the other side. And that, sometimes, it means swimming against the tide and against the things that hold you back: the old memories and oil tankers, jelly fish and jelly babies.

UK February 2022 • US March 2022 • 64 pages PB 9781350335875 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350335899 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350335882 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

work.txt

Nathan Ellis

This is a show about work. But the worker isn’t here, so it’s down to you. You’ll clock in at the beginning. You’ll get short breaks at regular intervals. You’ll work in a team, and under your own initiative. You will be your own boss. You will be free. work.txt is a show performed entirely by the audience about the gig economy, financial instability and bullshit jobs.

UK February 2022 • US April 2022 • 64 pages PB 9781350338920 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350338944 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350338937 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy

Ryan Calais Cameron Father figures and fashion tips. Lost loves and jollof rice. African empires and illicit sex. Good days and bad days. Six young Black men meet for group therapy, and let their hearts – and imaginations – run wild. Inspired by Ntozake Shange’s seminal work For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf, For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy is a profound and playful work from multi-award winning playwright Ryan Calais Cameron, published here in a new edition to coincide with its transfer to the Royal Court Theatre, London.

UK March 2022 • US April 2022 • 80 pages PB 9781350340633 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350304246 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350304239 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

Human Nurture

Ryan Calais Cameron Roger and Harry's bond is so strong they could be brothers. They share the same food, music, computer games and even dreams... Everything other than their race: Roger is Black, and Harry is white. But when Roger is re-homed and Harry is left behind in the care system, these 'brothers' grow up on opposite ends of Britain's social spectrum. Then on Harry's birthday, Roger returns for a dream reunion that turns into a nightmare situation. Human Nurture is a new play from Ryan Calais Cameron exploring race, privilege, allyship and male vulnerability.

UK February 2022 • US April 2022 • 64 pages PB 9781350339576 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350339590 • £9.89 / $13.73 ePdf 9781350339583 • £9.89 / $13.73 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English

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