Böcker i Oberon Modern Plays-serien

In a new adaptation for London's Gate Theatre, award winning British playwright Nick Payne retells the story of Sophocles Electra in a visceral and powerful new stage version.

An electrifying new version of Chekhov's Three Sisters, by visionary director Benedict Andrews.

A play for younger people, DNA is a poignant and, sometimes, hilarious tale with a very dark heart. It opened at the National Theatre in February 2008.

Follows a woman's Herculean struggle against the curse of infertility. The woman's barrenness becomes a metaphor for her marriage in a traditional society that denies women sexual or social equality. Her desperate desire for a child drives her to commit a terrible crime.

Madame Ranevskya returns from Paris as the family estate, including her beloved cherry orchard, is about to be sold to pay for mounting debts. Revelling in past glories and their extravagant lifestyle, the family ignore all offers of help.

Explores the effect of the criminal justice system on women and their families.

Three plays from award-winning American Playwright Jen Silverman. Contains the plays The Roommate; The Moors and Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties

An unexpected meeting at an airport leads to an intense, passionate, head-over-heels relationship. Before long they begin to settle down, buy a house, juggle careers, have kids - theirs is an ordinary family. But then their world starts to unravel and things take a disturbing turn.

The second collection of plays by Gail Louw, including the plays Duwayne, The Mitfords, The Half Life of Love and Joe Ho Ho.

Two of Britain's most enduring and remarkable horror stories, adapted for the stage by multi-award-winning playwrights Lisa Evans and Bryony Lavery.

Antigone, defying her uncle Creon's decree that her brother should remain unburied, challenges the morality of man's law overruling the laws of the gods. The clash between her and Creon with its tragic consequences have inspired continual reinterpretation. This translation was made for a BBC TV production of the "Theban Plays" in 1986.

A masterpiece of Russian drama, now in a student edition

A murdered King. A usurped Prince. A promise of revenge. Returning to court to find his father murdered and his mother married to the murderer, Hamlet faces a terrible dilemma. This is Shakespeare's great tragedy of passion, corruption and revenge.

A collection of plays from Julia Pascal, the Jewish playwright. These plays are often connected to Jewish culture and events. Pascal's plays explore conflict in our world.

Phil Porter is an award-winning new playwright currently under commission at the Bush Theatre.

A collection of Jewish plays from Gotthold Lessing, translated to English in this version by Noel Clark.

Ragamuffin, the ultimate bad boy with irresistible charm and gangster attitude is standing trial. Is he the scourge or the saviour of his community? Incorporating drama, African ritual, comedy, dance, music and film, Ragamuffin offers powerful insight into the Black experience in Britain today.

"Grand Guignol holiday humor...biliously funny...an ingenious and gory delight." - Daily Telegraph

A collection of autobiographical short stories that chart the author's journey from youthful enthusiasm and success to raging despair, anger and final self-destruction.

Written by French playwright Michael Azama and translated by British playwright Nigel Gearing, Crossfire is a heartstopping play about tumbling through the checkpoint of life and death warzones everywhere and at all times.

A tender family play from Philip Osment.

"Creates a near perfect encapsulation of the world of the troubled teen." -Herald

In this translation from esteemed translator Ranjit Bolt, based on the original by Moliere. The play satirizes the hypocrisies of French aristocratic society, but it also engages a more serious tone when pointing out the flaws which all humans possess.

From Broadchurch and Doctor Who writer Chris Chibnall - Kiss Me Like You Mean It - A play about love and death that was shortlisted for the Meyer-Whitworth Award.

A brand new musical, a wonderfully upbeat story of unrequited love and a great comedy.

Montgomery's beloved novel is now available in this abridged paperback chapter book that comes with a gold-tone charm. Illustrations. Consumable.

Arthur Schnitzler's work has come to define Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century. Translated for the stage by Samuel Adamson. Professor Bernhardi (1912) is one of the best known plays written by the Viennese dramatist, short story writer and novelist Arthur Schnitzler.

A thriller black-comedy of a play from brilliant author Anthony Horowitz.

Chekhov's first full-length play anticipates the explosive revolutionary atmosphere of Russia at the turn of the century. This edition has been translated to English by David Harrower.