Oberon Books, 2014

Oberon Modern Plays

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Acts: 3, Roles: Total (5), Female (1), Male (2), Unassigned (2)

...You’d like that, would you, your most private, pinkest, tenderest – small bird, small bird, small fragile – stolen from you, slammed down onto the slab, the block, poked at and paraded. The children swing their legs...">

...You’d like that, would you, your most private, pinkest, tenderest – small bird, small bird, small fragile – stolen from you, slammed down onto the slab, the block, poked at and paraded. The children swing their legs...

Oberon Books, 2005

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Scenes: 8, Roles: Total (2), Female (0), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

...Since your daughter's death I've not been much of a hypnotist. A man loses his daughter to a car accident. Nothing now is what it seems. It's like he's in a play - but he doesn't know the words or the moves...">

...Since your daughter's death I've not been much of a hypnotist. A man loses his daughter to a car accident. Nothing now is what it seems. It's like he's in a play - but he doesn't know the words or the moves...

Methuen Drama, 2024

Student Editions

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Scenes: 9

...An Oak Tree is a bold, absurdist, comic play for two actors - one of them different at each performance - about loss, suggestion and the power of the mind. This Student Edition is published with a commentary and notes by Seda...">

...An Oak Tree is a bold, absurdist, comic play for two actors - one of them different at each performance - about loss, suggestion and the power of the mind. This Student Edition is published with a commentary and notes by Seda...

Oberon Books, 2018

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Roles: Total (13), Female (7), Male (6), Unassigned (0)

...Beginners tells the story of three families trapped in a waterlogged holiday cottage over summer. The children are bored. The adults are down the pub. So far so normal. Renowned, award-winning writer and director Tim Crouch...">

...Beginners tells the story of three families trapped in a waterlogged holiday cottage over summer. The children are bored. The adults are down the pub. So far so normal. Renowned, award-winning writer and director Tim Crouch...

Oberon Books, 2007

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Acts: 2

...The patients like to look at the paintings. It helps them to feel better about their illnesses. The grateful recipient of a heart transplant travels 4000 miles to thank the widow of the donor and to present her...">

...The patients like to look at the paintings. It helps them to feel better about their illnesses. The grateful recipient of a heart transplant travels 4000 miles to thank the widow of the donor and to present her...

Oberon Books, 2011

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...I, Shakespeare brings together Tim Crouch’s take on four Shakespeare classics: Twelfth Night, Macbeth, The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. These solo pieces are written for younger audiences but their originality and strength make...">

...I, Shakespeare brings together Tim Crouch’s take on four Shakespeare classics: Twelfth Night, Macbeth, The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. These solo pieces are written for younger audiences but their originality and strength make...

Oberon Books, 2011

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...I, Shakespeare brings together Tim Crouch’s take on four Shakespeare classics: Twelfth Night, Macbeth, The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. These solo pieces are written for younger audiences but their originality and strength make...">

...I, Shakespeare brings together Tim Crouch’s take on four Shakespeare classics: Twelfth Night, Macbeth, The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. These solo pieces are written for younger audiences but their originality and strength make...

Oberon Books, 2012

Oberon Modern Plays

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

...I, Cinna (The Poet) has one short scene in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar where he is mistaken for someone else and killed by the mob. Now, in a new play by Tim Crouch, this unlucky man is given a chance to tell his story. Written for ages...">

...I, Cinna (The Poet) has one short scene in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar where he is mistaken for someone else and killed by the mob. Now, in a new play by Tim Crouch, this unlucky man is given a chance to tell his story. Written for ages...

Oberon Books, 2011

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...I, Shakespeare brings together Tim Crouch’s take on four Shakespeare classics: Twelfth Night, Macbeth, The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. These solo pieces are written for younger audiences but their originality and strength make...">

...I, Shakespeare brings together Tim Crouch’s take on four Shakespeare classics: Twelfth Night, Macbeth, The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. These solo pieces are written for younger audiences but their originality and strength make...

Oberon Books, 2011

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...I, Shakespeare brings together Tim Crouch’s take on four Shakespeare classics: Twelfth Night, Macbeth, The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. These solo pieces are written for younger audiences but their originality and strength make...">

...I, Shakespeare brings together Tim Crouch’s take on four Shakespeare classics: Twelfth Night, Macbeth, The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. These solo pieces are written for younger audiences but their originality and strength make...

Oberon Books, 2011

Oberon Modern Plays

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Scenes: 1

...At the age of 10, for want of anything more meaningful to do, I put my arm above my head and kept it there. Now, thirty years on, I’m so full of meaning it’s killing me. My Arm is the story...">

...At the age of 10, for want of anything more meaningful to do, I put my arm above my head and kept it there. Now, thirty years on, I’m so full of meaning it’s killing me. My Arm is the story...

Oberon Books, 2009

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

...Settle back into the warmth of the theatre. Relax as the story unfolds. For you. With you. Of you. A story of hope, violence and exploitation. Laugh with the actors, tap your feet to the music, turn to your neighbour. You’re here...">

...Settle back into the warmth of the theatre. Relax as the story unfolds. For you. With you. Of you. A story of hope, violence and exploitation. Laugh with the actors, tap your feet to the music, turn to your neighbour. You’re here...

Oberon Books, 2019

Oberon Modern Plays

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Scenes: 3

...Jesus didn't die so we could be reborn, lady, the stars did. The writer leads his followers towards the end of this world and the start of a new one. The book he's written predicts it all – the equations, the black hole, all...">

...Jesus didn't die so we could be reborn, lady, the stars did. The writer leads his followers towards the end of this world and the start of a new one. The book he's written predicts it all – the equations, the black hole, all...

Methuen Drama, 2024

Modern Plays

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Scenes: 30, Roles: Total (4), Female (3), Male (1), Unassigned (0)

...See with your Ears. Poor Effy. Sent to live with her aunt and uncle in a block that won't allow dogs. What's a girl to do? She smuggles her furry friend in, of course. Keeps him under a blanket. Feeds him biscuits...">

...See with your Ears. Poor Effy. Sent to live with her aunt and uncle in a block that won't allow dogs. What's a girl to do? She smuggles her furry friend in, of course. Keeps him under a blanket. Feeds him biscuits...