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  After Mrs Rochester (NHB Modern...

  Polly Teale

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  The hit show from Shared Experience Theatre Company based on the tortured and passionate life of Jean Rhys and her most famous book, Wide Sargasso Sea, the prequel to Jane Eyre.
  In Wide Sargasso Sea - 'one of the works of genius of the 20th century' Times - Jean Rhys first gave voice to Bertha Mason, Mr Rochester's first wife in Jane Eyre. Placing Bertha on stage throughout as Jean's alter ego, this dramatization of Rhys' life gives full vent to her obsession with the "mad woman in the attic".
  'a revelation, a rare feat of theatrical imagining' - Evening Standard
  'true dramatic dynamism - breathes new life into both subject and form' - Independent
  'has the imaginative fluency and depth of feeling that audiences have come to expect from Shared Experience at its best - a major success' - Sunday Telegraph
  'stunning... total theatre' - Mail on Sunday

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  Freak (NHB Modern Plays)

  Anna Jordan

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  A punchy and provocative new play by the Bruntwood Prize-winning author of Yen. Georgie is thirty with dirty secrets. She drinks in her bedroom and hides from the sun. Leah is fifteen with teenage dreams. She practices her cum face and Veets. A lot. All-meat, all-sex, all-vulnerable, all-powerful. There's a first time for everything... Isn't there? Freak premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014.

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  Mehndi Night (NHB Modern Plays)

  Fin Kennedy

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  A touching family tale about resentment and forgiveness on the night before a wedding, Mehndi Night explores the pleasures and pains of a cross-cultural identity in twenty-first century Britain.
  Written in an ensemble storytelling style that will suit younger performance groups around the country, especially those looking for predominantly female roles.
  'Light, bright, and blessed with theatrical verve' - Herald

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  Mr Incredible (NHB Modern Plays)

  Camilla Whitehill

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  A monologue about love and entitlement by Camilla Whitehill, author of Where Do Little Birds Go?, who was described by The Times as 'a writer of huge promise'.
  Adam is single. He doesn't like it. He misses Holly. He deserves Holly. Doesn't he?
  Mr Incredible was selected for the 2016 VAULT Festival, London. It is also available in the volume Plays from VAULT.

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  Latin American Plays - New Drama...

  Sebastian Doggart

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  An essential introduction to the fascinating but largely unexplored theatre of Latin America, featuring new translations of five contemporary plays written by some of the region's most exciting writers.
  Each play is accompanied by an illuminating interview with its author conducted by the theatre director, Sebastian Doggart, who has also selected and translated the plays and provided an introductory history of Latin American drama.
  Rappaccini's Daughter by Octavio Paz
  
  A play by the Mexican Nobel laureate.
  Night of the Assassins by José Triana
  
  A controversial Cuban play in which three siblings plot the murder of their parents.
  Saying Yes by Griselda Gambaro
  
  A grotesque comedy from Argentina about man's inhumanity to man.
  Orchids in the Moonlight by Carlos Fuentes
  
  A dream play about two Mexican women exiled in Hollywood's maze of mirrors.
  Mistress of Desires by Mario Vargas Llosa
  
  Peru's most acclaimed writer interweaves reality and fantasy in an erotically charged tale.

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  From the Mountain From the...

  James Still

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  “One of our greatest American poets. In particular he has captured the spirit and language of the Appalachian South . . . like no other.” —Lee Smith, New York Times-bestselling author 
   
  James Still first achieved national recognition in the 1930s as a poet. Although he is better known today as a writer of fiction, it is his poetry that many of his essential images, such as the “mighty river of earth,” first found expression. Yet much of his poetry remains out of print or difficult to find. 
   
  From the Mountain, From the Valley collects all of Still’s poems, including several never before published, and corrects editorial mistakes that crept into previous collections. The poems are presented in chronological order, allowing the reader to trace the evolution of Still’s voice. Throughout, his language is fresh and vigorous and his insight profound. His respect for people and place never sounds sentimental or dated. 
   
  Ted Olson’s introduction recounts Still’s early literary career and explores the poetic origins of his acclaimed lyrical prose. Still himself has contributed the illuminating autobiographical essay “A Man Singing to Himself,” which will appeal to every lover of his work. 
   
  “Still’s is the distinctive voice of Appalachia, and we are most fortunate to have his best work in this single beautiful volume.” —Louisville Courier-Journal 
   
  “Still works in traditional lyric forms and with traditional lyric tools. Rarely does a poem need a second page. The best poems are tight and demonstrate a quiet mastery, even a humble virtuosity.” —Journal of Appalachian Studies

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