Books from Nick Hern Books
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The Secret River (stage Version)
By Kate GrenvilleA deeply moving and unflinching journey into Australia's dark history, telling the story of two families divided by culture and land.
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Year of the Mad King: The Lear Diaries
By Antony SherYear of the Mad King: The Lear Diaries, is Antony Sher's account of researching, rehearsing and performing one of Shakespeare's greatest roles: King Lear.
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The Mysteries: The Passion
By Edward KempThe Mysteries: The Passion
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Miss Julie and Creditors: Two Plays by August Strindberg
By August StrindbergAugust Strindberg's classic portrayals of secrets and lies, seduction and power - both written in the summer of 1888 - in brilliant new versions by Howard Brenton.
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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
By Howard BrentonRobert Tressell’s classic pre-First World War account of the lives of a group of housepainters is vividly adapted by Brenton.
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The Small Hours
By Katherine SoperThe hours are small but feel very, very long. And when the night finally ends, the future is waiting - every last bit of it. Katherine Soper's play The Small Hours was written specifically for young people.
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Stuff
By Tom WellsA new play for young people about friendship and loss.
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A Time to Reap
By Anna WakulikThe English translation, premiering at the Royal Court, of a controversial, dark and disturbing new Polish play.
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Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes
By Tony KushnerPart One of the two-part Angels in America, Tony Kushner's epic drama set during the Reagan years in America - now recognised as one of the greatest plays of the twentieth century.
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8 Hotels
By Nicholas WrightNicholas Wright's play 8 Hotels is based on true events involving some of the twentieth century's most influential American artists.
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Four Play
By Jake BrungerA comic play about sex and commitment in the 21st century.
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Bodies
By Vivienne FranzmannVivienne Franzmann's play Bodies explores the human cost of surrogacy, and what we'll overlook to get what we want.
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How Plays Work
By David EdgarA master class in the art of playwriting by an accomplished and successful practitioner, David Edgar.
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Diaries, 1969-1977
By Peter NicholsThe playwright Peter Nichols has been a compulsive diarist all his life, starting when he was eighteen and still going strong into his seventies.
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Mosquitoes
By Lucy KirkwoodA new play from the acclaimed writer of Chimerica. World premiere at the National Theatre.
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Swallows and Amazons
By Arthur Ransome, Neil HannonAn acclaimed, brand new musical by Helen Edmundson and Neil Hannon, based on the much loved children's classic.
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Imperium: The Cicero Plays
By Mike PoultonImperium follows Cicero's triumphs and disasters, through power struggles, civil wars, and personal highs and lows, told through the eyes of Tiro, his loyal secretary. A backstage view of Rome at its most bloody and brutal.
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Nell Gwynn
By Jessica SwaleSwale's exhilarating take on the heady world of Restoration theatre premiered at Shakespeare's Globe before transferring to the West End.
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Low Level Panic
By Clare McIntyreA funny, unapologetic play about the effects of society's objectification of women.
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Acting, But Were Afraid to Ask, Dear
By West End ProducerA hugely entertaining, tremendously useful book for theatre practitioners and fans of celebrity gossip alike, penned by an anonymous impresario.