Oberon Books

The Unconquered Torben Betts

	A fiercely intelligent young girl rejects the establishment by burying her head in her books, while her parents maintain a cocoon of domesticity around her. When the well-oiled machine of daily life is disrupted by a people’s revolution and the arrival of a mercenary soldier in the family home, the conflict between the regime and the girl threatens to destroy everything her parents have worked to achieve. Torben Betts’ powerful poetic language, dark humour and provocative ideas build a fast-moving story, in which the accepted values of civilisation are put under extreme, and perhaps even fatal, pressure.
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Company of Angels Four Plays by John Retallack

	Introduced by the author and with a preface by Suzy Graham-Adriani Since its foundation in 2001, Company of Angels has set new and uncompromising standards in theatre for young people. Translated and performed throughout the world, the ground-breaking work of its founding writer-director, John Retallack, has earned a reputation for tackling the most urgent contemporary themes in the most exciting and powerful ways, exploring the concerns of teenagers but appealing to audiences of every generation. This collection represents the full breadth of the company’s achievement so far.
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I Like Mine With A Kiss Georgia Fitch

	Celebrating her 39th birthday with a night out on the tiles, Louise and best friend Annie realise that, despite their best intentions, they’re still nowhere near being like those enviable ‘modern women who have it all’ – something their friends, family and now even their lovers seem all too happy to remind them of. With a few home truths to face up to, and their friendship teetering on the edge, will the morning after be too tough a pill to swallow?
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The War Next Door Tamsin Oglesby

	This new black comedy from Tamsin Oglesby takes a satirical and subversive look at the world we live in today, one of multi-culturalism and blurred boundaries. And one in which violence is right on our own doorstep – no matter where we come from. Her previous plays include Only the Lonely (Birmingham Repertory Theatre), US and Them, My Best Friend (Hampstead Theatre) and Two Lips Indifferent Red (Bush Theatre).
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Gilgamesh The Play Derrek Hines

	Gilgamesh is one of the most powerful men in Iraq. A king, a demi-God and a fearsome tyrant, he thrives on the shame and suffering of his subjects, robbing them of their innocence to fuel his lust. But when the Gods turn against him, an almighty battle of wills ensues, and a defiant Gilgamesh is forced to learn love, friendship, empathy and, in the end, mortality. Gilgamesh is the world’s first known epic. In this electrifying stage adaptation, Derrek Hines has turned his highly acclaimed version of this ancient tale into a cutting-edge, 21st-century drama.
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Love Song John Kolvenbach

	Beane is an exile from life – an oddball. His well-meaning sister Joan and brother-in-law Harry try and make time for him in their busy lives, but no one can get through. Following a burglary on his apartment, Joan is baffled to find her brother blissfully happy and tries to unravel the story behind Beane's mysterious new love Molly… A cast of four internationally renowned film and television actors – Neve Campbell, Kristen Johnston, Michael McKean and Cillian Murphy – star in the European Premiere of John Kolvenbach’s new play, a critical and commercial success at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company last year and nominated for Best New Comedy at the Laurence Olivier Awards in 2007.
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Cymbeline William Shakespeare Adapted by Emma Rice Written by Carl Grose

	A wicked Queen, two princes kidnapped at birth, a daughter’s betrayal, a banished lover and a mistaken identity combine to create this joyous and elemental production. With Kneehigh’s characteristically vivid and physical storytelling style, Cymbeline dances through misunderstandings, intimacies, betrayals and invasions with heart-stopping poetry and sensational live music.
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Merry Wives - The Musical Based on the play by William Shakespeare Adapted by Gregory Doran with music by Paul Englishby and lyrics by Ranjit Bolt

	When Sir John Falstaff sets out to woo a rich mistress to solve his insolvency, he soon discovers that the merry wives of Windsor are more than a match for him. The RSC’s Christmas diversion, Merry Wives – The Musical, with a cast including Simon Callow and Falstaff and Judi Dench as Mistress Quickly, is playing to packed houses in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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On Religion Mick Gordon with A C Grayling

	Informed by conversation with Britain’s leading philosophers, theologians and scientists, On Religion is a considered exploration of the complex issues of faith and religion, presented through a moving, theatrical story. On Religion is part of a groundbreaking series of theatre essays, which use theatre as a way of exploring the fundamental preoccupations of modern life. Other works in the series include On Ego, On Love and On Death, also published by Oberon Books.
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Carrie's War Nina Bawden Adapted by Emma Reeves

	When the Second World War air raids threaten their safety in the city, Carrie and her brother Nick are evacuated to a small Welsh village. But the countryside has dangers and adventures of its own, and a group of characters who will change Carrie’s life forever. Emma Reeves has created a stunning stage adaptation of Nina Bawden’s much loved account of an evacuee’s life. This edition includes teachers’ notes and activities for classes based on the play. ‘ceaselessly involving telling of a cracking story’ Evening Standard
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Rapunzel or The Magic Pig Annie Siddons

	After a happy childhood picking herbs, making potions, healing the sick and helping the local villagers, Rapunzel grows into a beautiful young woman, but suddenly finds herself locked in a tower. But this is Rapunzel as you’ve never seen her before – tough, sassy, a survivor, a lover, a fighter – and life has a whole lot more in store for her yet… Set in Italy, the home of this ancient folk tale, Rapunzel is a lively, funny, passionate story of abandonment and loyalty, love and betrayal, complete with mafia bosses, magic bushes, evil princes and a wonderfully helpful pig.
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The Enchanted Pig Libretto by Alasdair Middleton

	King Hildebrand is off to war – again. He commands his three daughters not to enter a locked room in the palace. Naturally they do, and in it find the Book of Fate, which announces that two of them will marry handsome kings, while the third, Flora, must wed a fat pig from the North. Funny and tender, miraculous and ridiculous, The Enchanted Pig moves heaven and earth for the sake of love and proves that even the best of men can be pigs. Some of the time.
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Treasure Island Robert Louis Stephenson Adapted by Phil Willmott

	The first adaptation of Stevenson’s perennially popular classic to boast great parts for men and women, Phil Willmott’ version of Treasure Island changes the gender of many of the central characters without compromising the spirit of the original. First produced to great acclaim as part of London’s Free Theatre Festival in 2005, this swashbuckling stage version brings out all the comedy and adventure of this ever-popular story. It is suitable for performance by children or adults, and can be adapted to suit a large company of sea dogs or a small team playing several roles. ‘A delightful blend of the salty and the silly’ Independent
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Woyzeck Georg Buchner Adapted by Daniel Kramer

	Woyzeck is the heartbreaking story of a young soldier’s descent into madness. Inspired by real events, Buchner’s unfinished masterpiece remains one of western drama’s most profound and moving explorations of class and morality ‘Explosively powerful…thrilling, harrowing, stunning…by far the best and most daring account…I have ever seen’ Sunday Times
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Catch April de Angelis, Stella Feehily, Tanika Gupta, Chloe Moss and Laura Wade

	‘It’s like they want to tap into your soul – watch your every move, monitor who you are, file a report on you and sell you off.’ There is a company that knows who you are. They trace every detail of your lifestyle, habits and spending. They know your darkest fears and secret hopes. They can change you. Catch is a new collaborative play by five leading writers, which asks timely questions about who we want to become – and at what cost.
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The Plays Wolf Mankowitz

	Wolf Mankowitz’s plays – part of a prolific literary output that also includes novels, screenplays and journalism – show their author’ poignant wit and outstanding gift for dialogue, depicting acts of humanity and brutality, goodwill and violence, in a flawed but fascinating world. This selection of five plays, spanning 25 years, includes both his highly acclaimed play The Bespoke Overcoast and his longest and most challenging play, The Samson Riddle. With an introduction by Anthony Dunn.
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Spring 71 / Dead Souls Arthur Adamov Translated by Peter Meyer

	The two major plays of the Russian-born Adamov, whose work was often associated with the Theatre of the Absurd. Peter Meyer’s marvellous translations from the original French were originally commissioned by the BBC. Dead Souls is an adaptation of Gogol’s classic novel. Spring 71 is set during the Paris Commune of 1871, and reflects Adamov’s communist sympathies.
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Love and Money Dennis Kelly

	David conducts an office romance by email. He has love at his fingertips. But a shocking admission unravels his relationship piece by piece. Jess loves David. She believes happiness can be bought – but it doesn’t come cheap in a world of easy credit. Jess and David’s ideal blend of love and money is killing them. Funny but heart-wrenching, this ingenious drama dares us to enter a dislocated world of bad debts and even worse desires. Dennis Kelly is one of the UK’s most exciting young playwrights. His previous successes Debris, Osama the Hero and After the End are all published by Oberon Books.
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The Seduction of Almighty God Howard Barker

	The Seduction of Almighty God by the Boy Priest Loftus in the Abbey of Calcetto, 1539. Set at the time of the dissolution of the Monasteries during the English Reformation, The Seduction of Almighty God describes the spiritual ascendancy of an adolescent priest and the appalling discovery that he possesses the power of life and death over others both religious and secular. Victimised by his brethren and eventually murdered by his female followers, the youth Loftus argues himself into the belief that God, weary of His own impotence, has devolved his powers upon him.... Barker’s interest in the Christian faith and the phenomenon of prayer finds expression in a number of his works, from The Last Supper and Two Skulls to the mass of parables that constitutes The Ecstatic Bible.
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The Art of the Theatre Workshop Murray Melvin

	In 1953 a small company of actors led by Joan Littlewood arrived in London’s East End for a six week season at the vacant Theatre Royal. The company’s commitment to theatre for all still thrives at Theatre Royal Stratford East over half a century later. The Art of the Theatre Workshop is a collection of images by people who worked closely with the company in the early years. Over fifty photographs by John Spinner form the centre-piece of this collection, along with costume designs by Una Collins for Oh What a Lovely War and the innovative lantern slides for The Good Soldier Schweik by Ernest Brooks.
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The Central Book Lolly Susi

	The Central Book tells the story of the first hundred years in the life of an extraordinary actor-training school founded by the indomitable Elsie Fogerty in 1906. Many of the most eminent actors of the twentieth century began their careers at Central: Laurence Olivier, Peggy Ashcroft, Vanessa Redgrave and Judi Dench, to name a few. Starting from a single room in the Royal Albert Hall, Elsie Fogerty built her small school for actors into a world-famous institution that was to foster the talents not only of performers and other theatre practitioners, but also of inspirational teachers and speech therapists.
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The Alchemist Exposed Robert Butler

	Beware: three con artists have taken over a smart London house to perpetrate one high-risk scam after another. The Alchemist Exposed follows the company and creative team of Nicholas Hytner’s new NT production as they strip back the years to reveal the dark arts of The Alchemist. The entire action of Jonson’s play takes place in Blackfriars, which is a short walk from the National Theatre. But the actual world the characters inhabit existed 400 years ago and that world has vanished. Or so you would think. As the actors and directors go back in time to unearth these characters, they discover that 1610 looks more and more like the present day. What are the details that conjure up this dizzying world of lethal con artists and money minded Puritans, where the threat of plague is balanced by the prospect of limitless wealth? And when did any of them last check their own wallets?
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