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The Unfriend (West End Edition) by Steven Moffat
Category: No Category | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
'We're dying of manners. We're under siege from personal embarrassment. This is not sane. This is not rational. That woman is a monster!' While on holiday, Peter and Debbie befriend Elsa: a lusty, Trump-loving widow from Denver, USA. She's less than woke but kind of wonderful. They agree to stay in touc ...Show more
The Visit, or the Old Lady Comes to Call by Friedrich Dürrenmatt; Tony Kushner (Adapted by)
Category: Education | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
In the town of Slurry, New York, post-war recession has bitten. Claire Zachanassian, improbably beautiful and impenetrably terrifying, returns to her hometown as the world's richest woman. The locals hope her arrival signals a change in their fortunes, but they soon realise that prosperity will only com ...Show more
The Weir by Conor McPherson
Category: Reference | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
The spellbinding, beautifully observed hit from the master of suspenseful realism. A bar in a remote part of Ireland. The local lads are swapping spooky stories to impress a young woman recently moved to the area from Dublin. As the drink flows and the stories become increasingly frightening, it's clear ...Show more
Wit (plays, playscript) by Margaret Edson
Category: Reference | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
A striking and sharply funny reflection on the frailty of existence and the complex relationship between knowledge and love. Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., a renowned specialist in the brilliantly difficult Holy Sonnets of John Donne, has been diagnosed with stage f ...Show more