Written by one of the UK’s most respected working directors, this book is a practical guide to directing in theatre and includes specific advice on every aspect of working with…

National Theatre Connections is an annual festival which brings new plays for young people to schools and youth theatres across the UK and Ireland. Commissioning exciting work from leading playwrights…

Commissioned as part of the National Theatre’s Connections programme, he Wardrobe explores the image of wardrobes as a shelter from the outside world where children can seek refuge. But is…

Includes: Irish Drama in Quest of a Home; The Theatre Royal Opera House; The Abbey Opens; The Abbey Players on Tour and at Home; The Playboy of the Western World…

The National Theatre’s years at the Old Vic were the most Shakespearean period in its history, one which included Laurence Olivier’s Othello and Shylock, a radical all-male As You Like…

Containing over a hundred interviews conducted over the last fifteen years with leading directors, actors and writers at the National Theatre, Buzz Buzz! is a fantastic compendium that offers unrivalled…

A perfect companion to British theatre from 2000-2010 that examines the burgeoning ‘new writing’ system, provides a study of the principle theatres associated with it and explores in themed chapters…

This book is the first comprehensive critical assessment of the aesthetic and social ideals of Lady Augusta Gregory, founder, patron, director, and dramatist of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.