Nick Hern Books, 2025

NHB Modern Plays

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Roles: Total (14), Female (8), Male (6), Unassigned (0)

...'I'm going to smash the windows.' When contented housewife Edith wanders by accident into a suffragette meeting, she has no plans for revolution. But the women she meets there will change her life forever...">

...'I'm going to smash the windows.' When contented housewife Edith wanders by accident into a suffragette meeting, she has no plans for revolution. But the women she meets there will change her life forever...

Nick Hern Books, 2021

NHB Modern Plays

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Acts: 3, Roles: Total (12), Female (10), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

...Beth Flintoff's play The Ballad of Maria Marten is a historical drama based on the real-life Red Barn Murder, which took place in Suffolk in 1827. It retells the story – documented in numerous plays, ballads and songs – from the perspective...">

...Beth Flintoff's play The Ballad of Maria Marten is a historical drama based on the real-life Red Barn Murder, which took place in Suffolk in 1827. It retells the story – documented in numerous plays, ballads and songs – from the perspective...

Nick Hern Books, 2017

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Acts: 3, Scenes: 24, Roles: Total (16), Female (9), Male (7), Unassigned (0)

...Beth Flintoff’s play The Glove Thief is a historical drama about a group of Elizabethan tapestry-makers whose embroidery expresses their deepest longings and perhaps has the power to change the course of English history...">

...Beth Flintoff’s play The Glove Thief is a historical drama about a group of Elizabethan tapestry-makers whose embroidery expresses their deepest longings and perhaps has the power to change the course of English history...