Methuen Drama
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Play publishers for over 100 years, with books on acting, theatre performance and production. An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing.
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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Musicals, Jukebox Musicals & Queer Musicals🎭
Introducing Essential Musicals, our brand-new series kicking off with 3 volumes.
Start exploring today: https://bit.ly/3VTFaEL
Introducing Essential Musicals, our brand-new series kicking off with 3 volumes.
Start exploring today: https://bit.ly/3VTFaEL
A unique collection of multi-generational contributions from both up-and-coming and established actors on representation of Blackness on stage & screen.
'Out of the Black Box: Conversations with Global Majority Actors' edited by Pamela Jikiemi out now: https://bit.ly/47L7ejq
'Out of the Black Box: Conversations with Global Majority Actors' edited by Pamela Jikiemi out now: https://bit.ly/47L7ejq
December 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A unique collection of multi-generational contributions from both up-and-coming and established actors on representation of Blackness on stage & screen.
'Out of the Black Box: Conversations with Global Majority Actors' edited by Pamela Jikiemi out now: https://bit.ly/47L7ejq
'Out of the Black Box: Conversations with Global Majority Actors' edited by Pamela Jikiemi out now: https://bit.ly/47L7ejq
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In "Opening Doors," internationally celebrated director John Doyle reflects on his 50-year theatrical journey that began as a boy who never dreamed it could happen to him.
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#DramaSky #Broadway @methuendrama.bsky.social
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December 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In "Opening Doors," internationally celebrated director John Doyle reflects on his 50-year theatrical journey that began as a boy who never dreamed it could happen to him.
🎭 bit.ly/4oNY6l2
#DramaSky #Broadway @methuendrama.bsky.social
🎭 bit.ly/4oNY6l2
#DramaSky #Broadway @methuendrama.bsky.social
Five female playwrights explore the lives of Afghan girls and women in the uncertain years before the Taliban retook Kabul.
'Voices of Women from Afghanistan' edited by Lesley Ferris with Jenny Morgan, is out now: https://bit.ly/4qKuC9o
'Voices of Women from Afghanistan' edited by Lesley Ferris with Jenny Morgan, is out now: https://bit.ly/4qKuC9o
December 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Five female playwrights explore the lives of Afghan girls and women in the uncertain years before the Taliban retook Kabul.
'Voices of Women from Afghanistan' edited by Lesley Ferris with Jenny Morgan, is out now: https://bit.ly/4qKuC9o
'Voices of Women from Afghanistan' edited by Lesley Ferris with Jenny Morgan, is out now: https://bit.ly/4qKuC9o
UK publication day!
Peek into Sondheim's puzzler's mind with Barry Joseph's 'Matching Minds with Sondheim' 🎲
https://bit.ly/4hHL9Xj
Peek into Sondheim's puzzler's mind with Barry Joseph's 'Matching Minds with Sondheim' 🎲
https://bit.ly/4hHL9Xj
December 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
UK publication day!
Peek into Sondheim's puzzler's mind with Barry Joseph's 'Matching Minds with Sondheim' 🎲
https://bit.ly/4hHL9Xj
Peek into Sondheim's puzzler's mind with Barry Joseph's 'Matching Minds with Sondheim' 🎲
https://bit.ly/4hHL9Xj
Out now in the UK!
(Re)attend the tale of Sweeney Todd with award-winning Sondheim expert Rick Pender.
https://t.co/5XxxQDTpvh
(Re)attend the tale of Sweeney Todd with award-winning Sondheim expert Rick Pender.
https://t.co/5XxxQDTpvh
December 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Out now in the UK!
(Re)attend the tale of Sweeney Todd with award-winning Sondheim expert Rick Pender.
https://t.co/5XxxQDTpvh
(Re)attend the tale of Sweeney Todd with award-winning Sondheim expert Rick Pender.
https://t.co/5XxxQDTpvh
'The Cambridge Footlights' coming 22 January 🤩🎭
Robert Sellers explores the iconic comedy troupe behind legends like Stephen Fry, Miriam Margolyes, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Richard Ayoade & more.
Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/4iBD3Al
Robert Sellers explores the iconic comedy troupe behind legends like Stephen Fry, Miriam Margolyes, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Richard Ayoade & more.
Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/4iBD3Al
December 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
'The Cambridge Footlights' coming 22 January 🤩🎭
Robert Sellers explores the iconic comedy troupe behind legends like Stephen Fry, Miriam Margolyes, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Richard Ayoade & more.
Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/4iBD3Al
Robert Sellers explores the iconic comedy troupe behind legends like Stephen Fry, Miriam Margolyes, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Richard Ayoade & more.
Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/4iBD3Al
“Reliably excellent.” – The Year's Work in Critical & Cultural Theory
Interested in contributing to the Methuen Drama Engage series, edited by Mark Taylor-Batty (@cupofassam.bsky.social) & Enoch Brater?
We’re welcoming proposals now. Details here: https://bit.ly/3T7T6tG
Interested in contributing to the Methuen Drama Engage series, edited by Mark Taylor-Batty (@cupofassam.bsky.social) & Enoch Brater?
We’re welcoming proposals now. Details here: https://bit.ly/3T7T6tG
December 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
“Reliably excellent.” – The Year's Work in Critical & Cultural Theory
Interested in contributing to the Methuen Drama Engage series, edited by Mark Taylor-Batty (@cupofassam.bsky.social) & Enoch Brater?
We’re welcoming proposals now. Details here: https://bit.ly/3T7T6tG
Interested in contributing to the Methuen Drama Engage series, edited by Mark Taylor-Batty (@cupofassam.bsky.social) & Enoch Brater?
We’re welcoming proposals now. Details here: https://bit.ly/3T7T6tG
Nominated for 7 Olivier Awards (2009) and winner of 6 Tony Awards (2010) including Best New Play, John Logan's 'Red' premiered on this day, 8th December 2009, at the Donmar Warehouse.
Our Modern Classics edition features a new intro by Michael Grandage:
https://t.co/iv8ND1qyCJ
Our Modern Classics edition features a new intro by Michael Grandage:
https://t.co/iv8ND1qyCJ
December 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Nominated for 7 Olivier Awards (2009) and winner of 6 Tony Awards (2010) including Best New Play, John Logan's 'Red' premiered on this day, 8th December 2009, at the Donmar Warehouse.
Our Modern Classics edition features a new intro by Michael Grandage:
https://t.co/iv8ND1qyCJ
Our Modern Classics edition features a new intro by Michael Grandage:
https://t.co/iv8ND1qyCJ
Find out about the latest and forthcoming Drama and Performance Studies books online 📖🎭
Browse our October-December 2025 catalogue: https://bit.ly/4gVmoXA
Browse our October-December 2025 catalogue: https://bit.ly/4gVmoXA
December 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Find out about the latest and forthcoming Drama and Performance Studies books online 📖🎭
Browse our October-December 2025 catalogue: https://bit.ly/4gVmoXA
Browse our October-December 2025 catalogue: https://bit.ly/4gVmoXA
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December 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
'She’s like fire and water all at once.'
Experience the imagined family life of Shakespeare in Lolita Chakrabarti's play adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel 'Hamnet'.
In cinemas in the US today!
Shop the playtext now: https://bit.ly/3Kny9dt
Experience the imagined family life of Shakespeare in Lolita Chakrabarti's play adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel 'Hamnet'.
In cinemas in the US today!
Shop the playtext now: https://bit.ly/3Kny9dt
December 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
'She’s like fire and water all at once.'
Experience the imagined family life of Shakespeare in Lolita Chakrabarti's play adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel 'Hamnet'.
In cinemas in the US today!
Shop the playtext now: https://bit.ly/3Kny9dt
Experience the imagined family life of Shakespeare in Lolita Chakrabarti's play adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel 'Hamnet'.
In cinemas in the US today!
Shop the playtext now: https://bit.ly/3Kny9dt
Ntombizodwa Nyoni's play 'Liberation' has been shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award 2025 🎉
Congrats to all shortlisted playwrights!
https://bit.ly/48Boxnc
Congrats to all shortlisted playwrights!
https://bit.ly/48Boxnc
December 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Ntombizodwa Nyoni's play 'Liberation' has been shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award 2025 🎉
Congrats to all shortlisted playwrights!
https://bit.ly/48Boxnc
Congrats to all shortlisted playwrights!
https://bit.ly/48Boxnc
*Out now*
'Once in the Countryside' edited by Christine Mok is celebrated Chinese-American playwright Lloyd Suh's first play collection, bringing together hit plays for the first time including the 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist The Far Country.
Shop now: https://bit.ly/4ofdebf
'Once in the Countryside' edited by Christine Mok is celebrated Chinese-American playwright Lloyd Suh's first play collection, bringing together hit plays for the first time including the 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist The Far Country.
Shop now: https://bit.ly/4ofdebf
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
*Out now*
'Once in the Countryside' edited by Christine Mok is celebrated Chinese-American playwright Lloyd Suh's first play collection, bringing together hit plays for the first time including the 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist The Far Country.
Shop now: https://bit.ly/4ofdebf
'Once in the Countryside' edited by Christine Mok is celebrated Chinese-American playwright Lloyd Suh's first play collection, bringing together hit plays for the first time including the 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist The Far Country.
Shop now: https://bit.ly/4ofdebf
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What do you get if you cross Conversation Analysis with Dramatic Performance?
(Social Interaction)²
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(Social Interaction)²
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Social Interaction and Dramatic Performance
At the heart of the dramatic arts lies a single phenomenon: human social interaction. The crux of the practitioner's work involves knowing how interaction works…
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December 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
What do you get if you cross Conversation Analysis with Dramatic Performance?
(Social Interaction)²
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/social-in...
(Social Interaction)²
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/social-in...
Internationally celebrated director John Doyle was an unlikely revolutionary. In 'Opening Doors', he reflects on the 50-year theatrical journey taken by a boy who never dreamt it could happen to him.
Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/4oNY6l2
Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/4oNY6l2
December 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Internationally celebrated director John Doyle was an unlikely revolutionary. In 'Opening Doors', he reflects on the 50-year theatrical journey taken by a boy who never dreamt it could happen to him.
Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/4oNY6l2
Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/4oNY6l2
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Just published! The new edition of the definitive guide for reflective professionals at every stage of their career, fully updated by @paulashwin.bsky.social and an expert author team.
Now 30% off: https://bit.ly/3KiWPDM
💡📚 #BookSky #AcademicSky @bloomsburyaced.bsky.social
Now 30% off: https://bit.ly/3KiWPDM
💡📚 #BookSky #AcademicSky @bloomsburyaced.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just published! The new edition of the definitive guide for reflective professionals at every stage of their career, fully updated by @paulashwin.bsky.social and an expert author team.
Now 30% off: https://bit.ly/3KiWPDM
💡📚 #BookSky #AcademicSky @bloomsburyaced.bsky.social
Now 30% off: https://bit.ly/3KiWPDM
💡📚 #BookSky #AcademicSky @bloomsburyaced.bsky.social
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Transmedia Theatre Plays: A Contemporary Anthology edited by Caridad Svich explores pieces made during the pandemic for hybrid and audio performance, including podcasts, multi-location theatre and interactive livestream. Now in the Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Transmedia Theatre Plays: A Contemporary Anthology edited by Caridad Svich explores pieces made during the pandemic for hybrid and audio performance, including podcasts, multi-location theatre and interactive livestream. Now in the Core Collection: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
From beginning, middle, to end 💙
@deldridgewriter.bsky.social's critically acclaimed trilogy, written and produced over a decade, explores love & relationships & is now available in one volume, with an introduction by @danrebellato.bsky.social
Shop at 30% off in our sale: https://bit.ly/43QEuEF
@deldridgewriter.bsky.social's critically acclaimed trilogy, written and produced over a decade, explores love & relationships & is now available in one volume, with an introduction by @danrebellato.bsky.social
Shop at 30% off in our sale: https://bit.ly/43QEuEF
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
From beginning, middle, to end 💙
@deldridgewriter.bsky.social's critically acclaimed trilogy, written and produced over a decade, explores love & relationships & is now available in one volume, with an introduction by @danrebellato.bsky.social
Shop at 30% off in our sale: https://bit.ly/43QEuEF
@deldridgewriter.bsky.social's critically acclaimed trilogy, written and produced over a decade, explores love & relationships & is now available in one volume, with an introduction by @danrebellato.bsky.social
Shop at 30% off in our sale: https://bit.ly/43QEuEF
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We're thrilled to announce that 29 Bloomsbury titles have been recognized as Choice Outstanding Academic Titles for 2025! Browse the winners: https://bit.ly/48d8pcW
#AcademicPublishing #AcademicSky @choicereviews.bsky.social
#AcademicPublishing #AcademicSky @choicereviews.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We're thrilled to announce that 29 Bloomsbury titles have been recognized as Choice Outstanding Academic Titles for 2025! Browse the winners: https://bit.ly/48d8pcW
#AcademicPublishing #AcademicSky @choicereviews.bsky.social
#AcademicPublishing #AcademicSky @choicereviews.bsky.social
*New research*
'Virtual Models in Theatre, Art and Architecture' by Thea Brejzek & Lawrence Wallen explores the evolution of virtual models, their transformative spatial potential, and their capacity for world-making through a range of global case studies.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/3WZz8Dc
'Virtual Models in Theatre, Art and Architecture' by Thea Brejzek & Lawrence Wallen explores the evolution of virtual models, their transformative spatial potential, and their capacity for world-making through a range of global case studies.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/3WZz8Dc
December 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
*New research*
'Virtual Models in Theatre, Art and Architecture' by Thea Brejzek & Lawrence Wallen explores the evolution of virtual models, their transformative spatial potential, and their capacity for world-making through a range of global case studies.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/3WZz8Dc
'Virtual Models in Theatre, Art and Architecture' by Thea Brejzek & Lawrence Wallen explores the evolution of virtual models, their transformative spatial potential, and their capacity for world-making through a range of global case studies.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/3WZz8Dc
James Graham's 'Punch' and Alice Birch's 'Romans: A Novel' nominated for Best Play at the Standard Theatre Awards 2025 ✨
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/standard-theatre-awards-2025-nominees-in-ful
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/standard-theatre-awards-2025-nominees-in-ful
Standard Theatre Awards 2025: nominees in full
Rachel Zegler, Jonathan Bailey and Tom Hiddleston are among the household names up for the Standard Theatre Awards 2025
www.thestage.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
James Graham's 'Punch' and Alice Birch's 'Romans: A Novel' nominated for Best Play at the Standard Theatre Awards 2025 ✨
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/standard-theatre-awards-2025-nominees-in-ful
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/standard-theatre-awards-2025-nominees-in-ful
Out now:
'Latin American Plays in Translation' edited by @witchywonderer.bsky.social features 6 new plays from Latin America's most exciting and incisive playwrights, translated into English for the very first time.
Shop now: https://bit.ly/3WwQSpl
'Latin American Plays in Translation' edited by @witchywonderer.bsky.social features 6 new plays from Latin America's most exciting and incisive playwrights, translated into English for the very first time.
Shop now: https://bit.ly/3WwQSpl
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Out now:
'Latin American Plays in Translation' edited by @witchywonderer.bsky.social features 6 new plays from Latin America's most exciting and incisive playwrights, translated into English for the very first time.
Shop now: https://bit.ly/3WwQSpl
'Latin American Plays in Translation' edited by @witchywonderer.bsky.social features 6 new plays from Latin America's most exciting and incisive playwrights, translated into English for the very first time.
Shop now: https://bit.ly/3WwQSpl
Out today: Notes from a Working-Class Playwright✍️
Award-winning British playwright, composer & screenwriter @leobutler.bsky.social looks back over 25 years of writing & his experience teaching and mentoring emerging playwrights.
Available in print, ebook & audio: https://bit.ly/4hIXt9V
Award-winning British playwright, composer & screenwriter @leobutler.bsky.social looks back over 25 years of writing & his experience teaching and mentoring emerging playwrights.
Available in print, ebook & audio: https://bit.ly/4hIXt9V
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Out today: Notes from a Working-Class Playwright✍️
Award-winning British playwright, composer & screenwriter @leobutler.bsky.social looks back over 25 years of writing & his experience teaching and mentoring emerging playwrights.
Available in print, ebook & audio: https://bit.ly/4hIXt9V
Award-winning British playwright, composer & screenwriter @leobutler.bsky.social looks back over 25 years of writing & his experience teaching and mentoring emerging playwrights.
Available in print, ebook & audio: https://bit.ly/4hIXt9V
🎭 Upcoming release! 🌟
On 22 January, dive into the first detailed history of Cambridge Footlights in 40+ years!
Robert Sellers chronicles the evolution of Britain’s oldest student sketch comedy troupe, from its creation in the 1880s to the present.
👉 Pre-order now: https://bit.ly/4iBD3Al
On 22 January, dive into the first detailed history of Cambridge Footlights in 40+ years!
Robert Sellers chronicles the evolution of Britain’s oldest student sketch comedy troupe, from its creation in the 1880s to the present.
👉 Pre-order now: https://bit.ly/4iBD3Al
November 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🎭 Upcoming release! 🌟
On 22 January, dive into the first detailed history of Cambridge Footlights in 40+ years!
Robert Sellers chronicles the evolution of Britain’s oldest student sketch comedy troupe, from its creation in the 1880s to the present.
👉 Pre-order now: https://bit.ly/4iBD3Al
On 22 January, dive into the first detailed history of Cambridge Footlights in 40+ years!
Robert Sellers chronicles the evolution of Britain’s oldest student sketch comedy troupe, from its creation in the 1880s to the present.
👉 Pre-order now: https://bit.ly/4iBD3Al
Barbara Bergin nominated for Dublin Gothic🎉
Congrats to all the nominees!
Congrats to all the nominees!
Broadway writer Bess Wohl and British-Irish debut playwright Hannah Doran are among the 10 finalists for this year’s Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
Read more 👇
Read more 👇
Bess Wohl and Hannah Doran among Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalists
Broadway writer Bess Wohl and British-Irish debut playwright Hannah Doran are among the 10 finalists for this year’s Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
www.thestage.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Barbara Bergin nominated for Dublin Gothic🎉
Congrats to all the nominees!
Congrats to all the nominees!