Faber and Faber, 2002

Faber Drama

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 19, Roles: Total (6), Female (1), Male (5), Unassigned (0)

...Millie, a director, discusses with her actors, Ian and Tom, how to interpret two famous historical figures from the nineteenth century. It's 1831. The naturalist Charles Darwin is invited to travel with Robert Fitzroy into uncharted waters...">

...Millie, a director, discusses with her actors, Ian and Tom, how to interpret two famous historical figures from the nineteenth century. It's 1831. The naturalist Charles Darwin is invited to travel with Robert Fitzroy into uncharted waters...

Faber & Faber, 2022

Faber Drama

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Acts: 5, Scenes: 33, Roles: Total (7), Female (3), Male (4), Unassigned (0)

...Timberlake Wertenbaker's translation and adaptation of Jean Racine's classic play Britannicus is a chilling study of the emergence of a monster, as Emperor Nero begins to take Rome in his grip. '...">

...Timberlake Wertenbaker's translation and adaptation of Jean Racine's classic play Britannicus is a chilling study of the emergence of a monster, as Emperor Nero begins to take Rome in his grip. '...

Faber and Faber, 2001

Faber Drama

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Scenes: 13, Roles: Total (11), Female (3), Male (8), Unassigned (0)

...A young man flees to a distant land and vanishes. His mother follows, certain she will find him, but in this unfamiliar place all certainties seem to crumble. In this story of love and loss, Wertenbaker explores passions simmering...">

...A young man flees to a distant land and vanishes. His mother follows, certain she will find him, but in this unfamiliar place all certainties seem to crumble. In this story of love and loss, Wertenbaker explores passions simmering...

Faber and Faber, 2015

Faber Drama

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 25, Roles: Total (21), Female (7), Male (12), Unassigned (2)

...America. 1776. Christian is a Quaker. His family came to America to live in peace. But he is a young man fired up by dreams of revolution. Should he defy his community and pick up a gun? Thomas Jefferson...">

...America. 1776. Christian is a Quaker. His family came to America to live in peace. But he is a young man fired up by dreams of revolution. Should he defy his community and pick up a gun? Thomas Jefferson...

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...You say you want a Revolution? The story of this country’s struggle for independence is told with a fresh slant and theatrical inventiveness. As Thomas Jefferson struggles to find the right words to frame a nation, a young Quaker must weigh...">

...You say you want a Revolution? The story of this country’s struggle for independence is told with a fresh slant and theatrical inventiveness. As Thomas Jefferson struggles to find the right words to frame a nation, a young Quaker must weigh...

Faber and Faber, 1996

Faber Drama

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 12, Roles: Total (18), Female (8), Male (10), Unassigned (0)

...New Anatomies was first performed at the ICA, London, in 1982...">

...New Anatomies was first performed at the ICA, London, in 1982...

Faber and Faber, 2013

Faber Drama

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Roles: Total (9), Female (2), Male (7), Unassigned (0)

...Torn between army politics and the love of his soldiers on the front line, a legendary leader spirals out of control. Inspired by Sophocles’ classical play, Our Ajax draws on interviews with contemporary servicemen...">

...Torn between army politics and the love of his soldiers on the front line, a legendary leader spirals out of control. Inspired by Sophocles’ classical play, Our Ajax draws on interviews with contemporary servicemen...

Methuen Drama, 1995

Student Editions

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 22, Roles: Total (22), Female (5), Male (17), Unassigned (0)

...In Australia, 1788, a young lieutenant is directing rehearsals of the first play ever to be staged in that country – with only two copies of the text, a cast of convicts and a leading lady who is about to be hanged. When...">

...In Australia, 1788, a young lieutenant is directing rehearsals of the first play ever to be staged in that country – with only two copies of the text, a cast of convicts and a leading lady who is about to be hanged. When...

Methuen Drama, 2020

Student Editions

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 22, Roles: Total (21), Female (5), Male (16), Unassigned (0)

...Australia 1789. A young married lieutenant is directing rehearsals of the first play ever to be staged in that country. With only two copies of the text, a cast of convicts, and one leading lady who may be about to be hanged, conditions...">

...Australia 1789. A young married lieutenant is directing rehearsals of the first play ever to be staged in that country. With only two copies of the text, a cast of convicts, and one leading lady who may be about to be hanged, conditions...

Faber and Faber, 2002

Faber Drama

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 21, Roles: Total (21), Female (7), Male (4), Unassigned (10)

...When an invitation to The Ball arrives at the Ash girl's house, from Prince Amir, she can't bring herself to believe that she, like her sisters, can go. With her mother dead and her father away, she must learn to fight the monsters...">

...When an invitation to The Ball arrives at the Ash girl's house, from Prince Amir, she can't bring herself to believe that she, like her sisters, can go. With her mother dead and her father away, she must learn to fight the monsters...

Faber and Faber, 2002

Faber Drama

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Acts: 3, Roles: Total (19), Female (7), Male (12), Unassigned (0)

...In The Break of Day Timberlake Wertenbaker turns a sharp and beady eye on three women and their partners. The century is coming to an end and a feeling of dissatisfaction and unease seizes the group. Is it too late to have children? Were...">

...In The Break of Day Timberlake Wertenbaker turns a sharp and beady eye on three women and their partners. The century is coming to an end and a feeling of dissatisfaction and unease seizes the group. Is it too late to have children? Were...

Faber and Faber, 1996

Faber Drama

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Acts: 4, Scenes: 20, Roles: Total (18), Female (6), Male (12), Unassigned (0)

...Tired of confinement to her father's house, Mary Traverse, a young eighteenth-century woman, decides to see more of the world. The Grace of Mary Traverse premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London...">

...Tired of confinement to her father's house, Mary Traverse, a young eighteenth-century woman, decides to see more of the world. The Grace of Mary Traverse premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London...

Faber and Faber, 2009

Faber Drama

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Scenes: 17, Roles: Total (3), Female (2), Male (1), Unassigned (0)

...How did you learn to draw a line that is so ferocious and so supple? There is no question Mademoiselle. You are one...">

...How did you learn to draw a line that is so ferocious and so supple? There is no question Mademoiselle. You are one...

Faber and Faber, 1996

Faber Drama

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Scenes: 21, Roles: Total (24), Female (14), Male (10), Unassigned (0)

...In return for aid in war, King Pandion of Athens gives his daughter in marriage to Tereus, King of Thrace. But once in Thrace, Procne misses her sister Philomele and sets out to fetch her from Athens. On the way back Tereus deceives...">

...In return for aid in war, King Pandion of Athens gives his daughter in marriage to Tereus, King of Thrace. But once in Thrace, Procne misses her sister Philomele and sets out to fetch her from Athens. On the way back Tereus deceives...

Faber and Faber, 1996

Faber Drama

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 21, Roles: Total (24), Female (12), Male (12), Unassigned (0)

...In these days few individual works of art can be as expensive as paintings. Auction houses and galleries vie with each other to make them so, sometimes discreetly helping purchasers to match their bids with cash. Some paintings are valuable...">

...In these days few individual works of art can be as expensive as paintings. Auction houses and galleries vie with each other to make them so, sometimes discreetly helping purchasers to match their bids with cash. Some paintings are valuable...

Faber and Faber, 2017

Faber Drama

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Scenes: 22, Roles: Total (8), Female (8), Male (0), Unassigned (0)

...One evening, a group of women gather in a half-built structure on a moorland hill. Is it a chance to have a drink with friends? Is it a book club discussing famous heroines? Or is it a revolution? Set in the near future...">

...One evening, a group of women gather in a half-built structure on a moorland hill. Is it a chance to have a drink with friends? Is it a book club discussing famous heroines? Or is it a revolution? Set in the near future...