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About the Author Anton Chekhov, Russian dramatist and short-story writer, was born in 1860, the son of a grocer and the grandson of a serf. After ...

Hear what I have to say about the cherry orchard, because it is mine. I say bring it down, tear it down. Smash it down and tear it down. Watch, wat...

This fifth collection of Brian Friel's work contains: Uncle Vanya (after Chekhov) (1998); The Yalta Game (after Chekhov) (2001); The Bear (after Ch...

This third richly varied collection of plays by Marina Carr was published to coincide with the Royal Shakespeare Company's premiere of Hecuba at th...

Review The foremost representative of British drama in the second half of the twentieth century. ― Swedish Academy citation on awarding Harold Pin...

In the city of love, a stranger will change everything. Paris, 1926. A young dancer Ray Cohen arrives from London to compete at the Exhibition Par...

Henry Chinaski is a lowlife loser with a hand-to-mouth existence. His menial post office day job supports a life of beer, one-night stands and race...

The stunning new Buckingham novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Anton Du Beke. September 1940. As the skies split apart and bombs rain down...

The first comprehensive and authoritative account of the life and work of the man who changed the course of modern theatre. Antonin Artaud is one o...

We'll Meet Again is a sweeping tale of love and courage against the backdrop of World War II, from Sunday Times bestselling author and King of the ...

'Du Beke effectively cuts the glamour and aspiration of the ballroom with the grubby, ghastly side of the war at home' - DAILY MAIL 'You don't nee...

Review Theatre at its best. ― The Sunday Times A stickily complex moral tale that will leave you debating long after the defendant's fate is seal...

Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winner Ann Leckie is a modern master of the SFF genre, forever changing its landscape with her groundbreak...

Inspired by DH Lawrence, Chekhov and Hemingway, Bukowski's writing is passionate, extreme and has attracted a cult following, while his life was as...