Act Normal includes 31 contemporary monologues from Too Much Punch For Judy, Hard To Swallow, Missing Dan Nolan, I Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won’t Die, Game Over … and many more of Mark’s plays and musicals.Written with young performers in mind and available for classroom or audition use, they offer a range of characters and topics – both comic and serious - along with acting notes for each monologue. Many of ...

A varied collection of 30 contemporary duologues from Mark Wheeller's plays. Compiled at a time when social distancing is a consideration, these duologues all lend themselves to Zoom/Social Distance friendly performances.It includes duologues from:Too Much Punch For JudyHard To SwallowMissing Dan NolanI Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won't Die...

A varied collection of 30 contemporary monologues from Mark Wheeller's plays.The book includes monologues fromToo Much Punch For Judy,Hard To Swallow,Missing Dan Nolan,I Love You, Mum I Promise I Won't Die,Game Over... and many more of Mark's plays... and musicals.All these...

A varied collection of 30 contemporary duologues from Mark Wheeller's plays. Compiled at a time when social distancing is a consideration, these duologues all lend themselves to Zoom/Social Distance friendly performances.It includes duologues from:Too Much Punch For JudyHard To SwallowMissing Dan NolanI Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won't Die...

This classic short novel gets a classic Mark Wheeller treatment. Ideal for students studying Edexcel GCSE English Literature to familiarise a class with the language of the novel and the story.An adaptation of a George Eliot novel might seem something of a departure, but as the play contains only words used in the novel the production exhibits narrative characteristics of other Mark Wheeller plays. He has created a beautifully taut and compelling script with immense skill....

Widely studied, frequently staged—verbatim theatre is everywhere. In this new book, Mark Wheeller, the author of verbatim hits Too Much Punch for Judy, Hard to Swallow, Missing Dan Nolan and Game Over, and the most performed living playwrights in the UK, takes a personal journey through the form, and demystifies the making process.For Mark, his verbatim theatre journey all began with a man called Graham Salmon – the world's fastest blind runner.

This classic short novel gets a classic Mark Wheeller treatment.Silas Marner, a member of a strict religious community, is wrongly accused of theft and is forced to move to the faraway village of Raveloe.A robbery at his new home leaves Marner without his hard earned gold and in the depths of depression.A mysterious, drug addicted woman is later found dead in the woods outside Marner's cottage.That same night he thinks his gold has returned...

Game Over tells the harrowing true story of teenager Breck Bednar, who was groomed over the internet and brutally murdered on 17 February 2014 by a supposed ‘friend’ that he met online.Breck's story is told in Mark's potent verbatim style, using the words of his family, friends and the killer.It's a shocking but deeply powerful play, with a unique 21st-century message.The play is particularly suitable for ‘socially distanced’ or online performances in stude...

New edition with bonus featuresThis hard-hitting verbatim play is based on a tragic drink drive accident that results in the death of the vehicle’s front seat passenger, Jo. Her sister Judy, driving the car, escapes physically unhurt – but can never escape the consequences of her own reckless behaviour.Since its initial performances in 1987, Too Much Punch for Judy has toured non-stop all over the world to schools, colleges, prisons, young offender...

New revised 2020 versionSet text for OCR GCSE 9-1 Drama examMissing Dan Nolan is Mark Wheeller’s acclaimed Verbatim drama, drawn entirely from the words of those who knew 14-year-old Dan Nolan, who went missing after a night out with friends. This powerful, multi-voiced play captures the raw truth of real events, piecing together testimonies from family, friends and the community.Combining social realism with documentary th...

New revised 2020 versionIt's Christmas. Tammy and Chris, cousins and best mates, are both thrilled to get cool new bikes. Give or take the odd unworn cycle helmet everything is great... that is until one morning when Chris has a puncture and Tammy agrees to walk with him. They’re late and in a hurry. They decide to race. Chris runs out across a busy main road and then flips open his smart phone to dare Tammy to do the same in front of a fast-approaching car......

2020 EditionSuitable text for GCSE 9-1 DramaBased on Maureen Dunbar’s award-winning book and film Catherine: The Story of a Young Girl Who Died of Anorexia Nervosa. Catherine Dunbar died in 1984, after a seven-year battle against anorexia nervosa. She was just twenty-two.Mark Wheeller’s potent documentary play uses the words from Catherine’s diaries and also of those most closely involved and affected.This 2020 edit...