Oberon Books, 2018

Oberon Modern Plays

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Scenes: 11, Roles: Total (1), Female (0), Male (1), Unassigned (0)

...Looking out over the country, this country, where I was born and raised, I wonder what's going to become of us. Because this can't be the future, can it? Everyone just... changing the rules? Roger thinks the world's...

Faber and Faber, 2010

Faber Drama

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Scenes: 20, Roles: Total (4), Female (2), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

...Eigengrau / [ay-gen-gr-ow ] – noun. intrinsic light; the colour seen by the eye in perfect darkness Rose believes in true love and leprechauns. Her flatmate Cassie is engaged in a fervent struggle against patriarchal...

Oberon Books, 2012

Oberon Modern Plays

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Acts: 3, Scenes: 17, Roles: Total (6), Female (3), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...In Fred’s American Diner on a busy English motorway, people dream of better lives. You’ll find friendly staff and get service with a smile, but not far beneath lies a deadly secret. Penelope Skinner’s new play serves up...

Oberon Books, 2018

Oberon Modern Plays

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

...Life's not looking too good for F. She's 25, down and out, and she's just spent the night with the wrong man. Again. As she's cleaning up, she finds a love story she wrote aged 12. Before she knows it, she's hurtling back to the most...

Faber and Faber, 2011

Faber Drama

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Scenes: 22, Roles: Total (33), Female (13), Male (19), Unassigned (1)

...What on earth is happening to our planet? And who knows what to do? Certainties are few: every living thing is related to every other living thing; our actions have consequences; change is continual and inevitable...

Faber and Faber, 2015

Faber Drama

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 32, Roles: Total (8), Female (5), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Linda Wilde has dedicated her life to changing the world. She’s won awards for her efforts, at the same time as working hard to become an inspiring mother, and an independent, loving wife. Now, at 55, she seems to have...

Faber & Faber, 2023

Faber Drama

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 10, Roles: Total (5), Female (4), Male (1), Unassigned (0)

...What I’m asking is, is she a sympathetic heroine? Are we going to be on her side? Elaine, a once-famous actress who disappeared thirty years ago in mysterious circumstances, is ready to tell her story. She summons...

Oberon Books, 2018

Oberon Modern Plays

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Scenes: 15, Roles: Total (3), Female (3), Male (0), Unassigned (0)

...In a society where private lives become political and freedom of expression is not an option, Irene finds herself imprisoned. As tales of her incarceration spread overseas and her growing exposure becomes a threat, she...

Faber and Faber, 2011

Faber Drama

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Scenes: 25, Roles: Total (5), Female (3), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

...Cabaret singer Foxie O'Hara vanished two weeks ago from Mrs Whistle's Lodge. That very same night, Foxie's friend Maggie Brown announced her engagement to local businessman Dougal Cheese. Desperate to find her missing friend, Maggie seeks...

Faber and Faber, 2011

Faber Drama

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 18, Roles: Total (6), Female (3), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Becky's pregnant and frustrated. But her husband is more interested in the baby manual than her new underwear, so she turns to the porn stash under the bed. As the summer heats up, a brief encounter sends her speeding downhill towards...