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Nick Hern Books (UK)

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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.

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The Revenger's Tragedy

A Jacobean tale of personal vengeance in a morally bankrupt world.

Vindice has vowed to revenge the murder of his beloved Gloriana by the lustful Duke, and when he gains access to the court in disguise, ...

Albert Speer

Plucked from obscurity to be Hitler’s architect and Minister of War, Albert Speer became the second most powerful man in Nazi Germany and the closest Hitler had to a friend. David Edgar’s panoramic ...

In Praise of Love

An almost unbearably moving story of veiled emotions running deep, Terence Rattigan's In Praise of Love is based on the true life situation of Rex Harrison's wife, Kay Kendall, and her early death from ...

Letters to George

When Max Stafford-Clark, then artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre, took the unusual step of choosing to stage a classic—George Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer—he decided to keep a rehearsal ...

Emma

A bold, witty and fresh adaptation of Jane Austen's novel which, while thoroughly modern, retains the spirit and much of the language of the original.

It is night-time and an exhausted Jane Austen sleeps ...

The Cavalcaders

Two plays from the author of The Wexford Trilogy.

The Cavalcaders (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1993) is a rousing, comic play set in an old-fashioned cobbler's shop in small-town southern Ireland.

Terry ...

Cinderella (stage version)

A classic fairy tale with a twist, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.

The ugly sisters and the vicious stepmother get their come-uppance, but Cinders, in a thoroughly refreshing ...