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Scotland Plays (NHB Modern Plays) : New Scottish Drama
ISBN: 9781780015422
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Nick Hern Books, Limited
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Literature;

A collection of seven plays by Scottish writers, selected and introduced by Philip Howard, artistic director of Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre.

This volume contains:

Wormwood by Catherine Czerkawska (Traverse Theatre, 1997)
Depicts a family caught up in the Chernobyl disaster.

Brothers of Thunder by Ann Marie Di Mambro (Traverse Theatre, 1994)
A young, HIV-positive man takes refuge with a Catholic priest.

Passing Places by Stephen Greenhorn (Traverse Theatre, 1997)
A road movie for the stage.

One Way Street by David Greig (Traverse Theatre, 1995)
A one-man show set in Berlin.

Quelques Fleurs by Liz Lochhead (Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, 1991)
A short two-hander about a childless couple.

One Good Beating by Linda McLean (Traverse Theatre, 1999)
A blackly comic play about two siblings who take revenge on their bullying father.

Lazybed by Iain Crichton Smith (Traverse Theatre, 1997)
A man refuses to get out of bed one morning.