Nick Hern Books, 2012

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 6, Roles: Total (6), Female (3), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Stephen Beresford's The Last of the Haussmans is a play about a family in terminal decline that looks at the legacy of the Baby Boomers generation. It was first performed in the Lyttelton auditorium of the National Theatre, London, on 19...

Nick Hern Books, 2022

NHB Modern Plays

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 6, Roles: Total (9), Female (6), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Stephen Beresford’s play The Southbury Child is a darkly comic drama exploring family and community, the savage divisions of contemporary society, and the rituals that punctuate our lives. It was first staged at Chichester Festival Theatre...

Nick Hern Books, 2020

NHB Modern Plays

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Scenes: 3

...When Patrick is eight years old, his absent father returns unexpectedly for a brief but memorable encounter. Years later – recalling that meeting, and the revelations that followed – Patrick traces the events of his father...