Playscripts

Cradle Me
by Simon Vinnicombe
Bloomsbury Publishing
Published as a programme text for the world premiere at the Finborough Theatre in October 2008, Cradle Me is a tender, powerful play about the aftermath of a family tragedy. Following an unspeakable…

Dead Dad Dog
by John McKay
Nick Hern Plays
A short, witty, comic nightmare in which an unemployed, trendy young Scottish man is dogged by his deceased father, who was a Hoover salesman in his prime. An offbeat comedy with a political edge. Joh…

Death of Long Pig
by Nigel Planer
Nick Hern Books
Two great artists - Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin - confront their own mortality in the strange and supernatural Polynesian islands they made their home. 'Long pig: A white man to be eaten' …

Dolphins and Sharks
by James Anthony Tyler
Bloomsbury Publishing
Three employees of Harlem Office, New York, a neighbourhood copy shop where promotions are rare, raises are even rarer, and racism is often on display... Dolphins and Sharks is set in a mundane copy …

Don Juan Comes Back from the War
by Ödön von Horváth, adapted by Duncan Macmillan
Bloomsbury Publishing
Don Juan’s back from the War and he’s got some catching up to do. Berlin is crumbling, but after years of abstinence, the Don is ready for more of the debauchery that once made his name. Amidst politi…

Don't Smoke in Bed
by Aurin Squire
Bloomsbury Publishing
“You know I saw an article in Time Magazine a few years ago that stated ‘Asian Men are In,’ and it had a picture of a white woman riding the back of an Asian man. No Kidding. Like he was some kind of …