Nick Hern Books is a London-based independent specialist publisher of plays, theatre books, and screenplays. Their list includes work by many of the UK’s preeminent playwrights, as well as some of the most exciting emerging writers. They work with major theatres across the UK and in Ireland to publish new plays alongside their premieres. Nick Hern Books titles are available in Canada through Playwrights Canada Press.
A violent tragedy by a contemporary of Nero, in a faithful and uncut translation by one of our leading dramatists. Atreus, Agamemnon's father, takes revenge on his brother Thyestes by murdering Thyestes's ...
A practical investigation of how comedy works, by a well-respected practitioner and teacher. Comedy is recognised as one of the most problematic areas of performances. For that reason, it is rarely written ...
Set in a city somewhere in central Russia, scenes between a disaffected 30-something and his bored and boring parents alternate with scenes showing the reenactment by the police of various real-life crimes. ...
Set in present-day Dublin, Duck follows the doings of Cat, in her late teens and temping as a nightclub hostess. She tries to jolt-start her life by blowing up her boyfriend’s car and hopping into bed ...
A vital companion for actors in rehearsal—a thesaurus of action-words to revitalise performance, with a foreword by Terry Johnson. Finding the right action is an essential part of the process of preparation ...
