Nick Hern Books, 2023

NHB Modern Plays

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Scenes: 7, Roles: Total (6), Female (6), Male (0), Unassigned (0)

...Deborah Bruce's play Dixon and Daughters is a drama about families and forgiveness, exploring the connection between domestic abuse and the criminalisation of women. It was first performed in the Dorfman auditorium of the National Theatre...

Nick Hern Books, 2013

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Scenes: 4, Roles: Total (4), Female (2), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

...Deborah Bruce's play Godchild is a dark comedy about the rewards and pressures of childlessness on a woman approaching middle age. It was first performed at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, London, on 31 October 2013...

Nick Hern Books, 2021

NHB Modern Plays

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Roles: Total (4), Female (3), Male (1), Unassigned (0)

...Deborah Bruce's play Raya is a drama about relationships, old flames, and whether or not we can ever turn the clocks back. It was first performed at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, London, on 11 June 2021.   The play...

Nick Hern Books, 2014

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Scenes: 3, Roles: Total (14), Female (10), Male (4), Unassigned (0)

...Deborah Bruce's play Same explores the apparent gulf between the young and old, and asks if it is as wide as it feels, or whether we are fundamentally the same inside whatever age we are. It was commissioned as part of the 2014 National...

Nick Hern Books, 2014

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Scenes: 7, Roles: Total (7), Female (3), Male (4), Unassigned (0)

...Deborah Bruce's The Distance is a play about the emotional fallout when a woman walks out on her husband and children. It was first performed at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, on 8 October 2014. At the beginning...

Nick Hern Books, 2017

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 10, Roles: Total (11), Female (5), Male (6), Unassigned (0)

...Deborah Bruce's play The House They Grew Up In is about a co-dependent relationship between a reclusive brother and a sister, and how they cope when the world bursts in on them. It was first performed at Chichester Festival Theatre (in...