This guide offers a comprehensive account of British theatre from the 1960s to the present day. Placing critical commentary at the heart of its analysis, it explores how theatre critics and scholars have sought to understand and write about modern theatre, from the earliest reviews to revivals appearing decades later. With studies of contemporary reviews and archival material, Contemporary British Drama offers readers the opportunity to learn about British theatre in its original ...

This comprehensive, accessible introduction to one of Britain’s leading contemporary playwrights and filmmakers outlines Martin McDonagh’s body of work, the key critical contexts for understanding and exploring his career, analysis of productions, and includes an exclusive interview with the director of his most recent stage work.Analysis of McDonagh’s writing is broken down into three periods – his early Irish plays, his screenplays, and his later plays that move away from and out...

This book focuses on modern theatrical adaptations that rework classic plays in new British and Irish settings. It explores these shifted national contexts and examines what they might reveal about the political and cultural climate of the new setting. In examining the modern setting alongside the country of the original text, it also reveals fascinating resonances between two different national contexts. The book discusses five British and Irish playwrights and their current adaptations, ...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK'You'll devour Northern Spy . . . I loved this thrill ride of a book'REESE WITHERSPOON'A chilling, gorgeously written tale... Berry is a beautiful writer with a sophisticated, nuanced understanding of this most complicated of places'NEW YORK TIMES'Thrillingly good... Flynn Berry shows a le Carré-...

The first rule of heartbreak club is - get your heart broken. That's all really.Caroline's heart broke when her husband took his own life.Josh's heart broke when his wife was killed in an accident.And somehow, talking to a group of strangers once a week doesn't seem to be helping either of them.Until Sylvia arrives.When she lost her own partner two years ago, she fell apart and had to put herself back together. Most of all she ...

An unputdownable thriller from Diana Wilkinson, author of the Number One bestseller The Girl in Seat 2AIt was all meant to be so easy. Payback with a difference.I’d stay in Ballyholme, Northern Ireland, to decide whether to forgive my cheating husband, Ryan. Ciara, my new best friend, would stay in our London home, free of charge, until I made up my mind.The ruse certainly had its plus points: Ciara’s unexpected appearance would freak Rya...

This innovative and comprehensive collection of essays explores the biggest threats facing humanity in the 21st century; threats that cannot be contained or controlled and that have the potential to bring about human extinction and civilization collapse. Bringing together experts from many disciplines, it provides an accessible survey of what we know about these threats, how we can understand them better, and most importantly what can be done to manage them effectively.These essays...

What if you could remember every last detail of your life?Eve knows what her colleagues had for lunch last April. She remembers everyone who passes through the care home she works at long after they've gone. Like her museum of tiny treasures, her life is small and manageable.And what if you couldn't even remember your name?'Adam' is found wandering down the central reservation of the M25. He has no memory of how he...

A twisty unputdownable thriller from Diana Wilkinson, author of the Number One bestseller The Girl in Seat 2AJealousy can be a killer…Ten years after her boyfriend Mitch’s mysterious disappearance, Rebecca finally learns the truth about what happened.When he finally returns, a happy ending appears within their grasp but there is no escape from the past. And Arthur, Rebecca’s friend who has formed an unhealthy obsession wi...

‘An intensely dark thriller’ Ross GreenwoodWhen your whole life becomes one big lie…The night my mum disappeared, after a panicked 3am phonecall, I knew something was wrong.The police tried to reassure me. There had to be a logical explanation, they said – perhaps she’s taking a break after the tragic death of my father.But I know my mum.Or do I?She would never leave without telling me.

The gripping psychological thriller from the #2 bestselling author of The Family at No. 12!A darkness settles on this supposedly quiet street...When Clare becomes a widow, her response is something that shocks her – relief. All she wants to do is move on and figure out how to continue her life, alone, no matter the guilt that brings.So when Vic, her closest friend, comes to her, showing the signs of trouble in her own marriage, she is mor...

'Packed full of secrets and lies, Saxon succeeds in putting the 'creep' in creepy.' Valerie KeoghFour sisters, four secrets. Who has the deadliest of them all?Something happened to me when I was nine.My childhood memories before that fateful day are gone. Extinguished.The aftermath has become a living nightmare, with a guilt that runs so deep, I'm not sure I can ever tell anyone. I fear I've left it too late...