Nick Hern Books, 2023

NHB Modern Plays

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Scenes: 9, Roles: Total (3), Female (2), Male (1), Unassigned (0)

...Sam Holcroft’s play A Mirror is a metatheatrical political thriller interrogating censorship, authorship and free speech. It was first performed at the Almeida Theatre, London, on 15 August 2023, and transferred to the Trafalgar Theatre...

Nick Hern Books, 2008

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Roles: Total (6), Female (4), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

...Sam Holcroft's play Cockroach depicts a world infected by violence, exploring Darwin's theory of evolution and the apparent male propensity for war. It was first performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, on 23 October 2008...

Nick Hern Books, 2010

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

...Sam Holcroft's short play Dancing Bears examines the twisted loyalties and violence of teenage gangs. It was first performed as part of Clean Break's Charged season, a collection of plays about the lives of women in the criminal justice...

Nick Hern Books, 2011

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Scenes: 11, Roles: Total (7), Female (3), Male (4), Unassigned (0)

...Sam Holcroft's short play Edgar & Annabel is an Orwellian dystopian fable about a group of freedom fighters attempting to stand up to a repressive regime, while being continuously subjected to surveillance. It was first performed...

Nick Hern Books, 2010

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

...Sam Holcroft's Pink is a short play written for the Tricycle Theatre’s Women, Power and Politics season, staged at the Tricycle, London, in June–July 2010. It is a comic political fantasia that brings together a female Prime Minister...

Nick Hern Books, 2015

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 18, Roles: Total (7), Female (4), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Sam Holcroft's Rules for Living is a theatrically playful black comedy that explores the coping strategies we adopt in life. It was first performed in the Dorfman auditorium at the National Theatre, London, on 13 March 2015...

Nick Hern Books, 2014

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Scenes: 14, Roles: Total (28), Female (8), Male (20), Unassigned (0)

...Sam Holcroft's The Wardrobe is a play exploring British history, how the country was shaped, and how connected we are with our past. It was commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival and premiered by youth...

Nick Hern Books, 2010

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Scenes: 18, Roles: Total (5), Female (2), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Sam Holcroft's While You Lie is a play that dissects modern romantic relationships, exploring the power relations, the accommodations and the compromises that define them. It was first performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, on 30...