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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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.
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'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
Have you explored our Theatre Makers series?
Diaries, letters, essays & interviews give unique insight into the philosophies &methods of practitioners who have shaped (and continue to shape) what theatre is today.
Enjoy 30% off in our festive sale: https://t.co/xI3Sy30CID
Diaries, letters, essays & interviews give unique insight into the philosophies &methods of practitioners who have shaped (and continue to shape) what theatre is today.
Enjoy 30% off in our festive sale: https://t.co/xI3Sy30CID
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Have you explored our Theatre Makers series?
Diaries, letters, essays & interviews give unique insight into the philosophies &methods of practitioners who have shaped (and continue to shape) what theatre is today.
Enjoy 30% off in our festive sale: https://t.co/xI3Sy30CID
Diaries, letters, essays & interviews give unique insight into the philosophies &methods of practitioners who have shaped (and continue to shape) what theatre is today.
Enjoy 30% off in our festive sale: https://t.co/xI3Sy30CID
“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
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“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
From South Africa to Cuba, India to Hungary & more, enjoy 30% off our global Play Collections (excl. pre-orders) during our festive sale.
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Shop now: https://t.co/wr57jqaGoi
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
From South Africa to Cuba, India to Hungary & more, enjoy 30% off our global Play Collections (excl. pre-orders) during our festive sale.
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Shop now: https://t.co/wr57jqaGoi
*Out now*
Christopher Bigsby's 'Four Contemporary American Playwrights' continues his series exploring the careers of 28 playwrights. This volume covers the work of four male writers: Lucas Hnath, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Stephen Karam & Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/49tlaRn
Christopher Bigsby's 'Four Contemporary American Playwrights' continues his series exploring the careers of 28 playwrights. This volume covers the work of four male writers: Lucas Hnath, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Stephen Karam & Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/49tlaRn
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
*Out now*
Christopher Bigsby's 'Four Contemporary American Playwrights' continues his series exploring the careers of 28 playwrights. This volume covers the work of four male writers: Lucas Hnath, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Stephen Karam & Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/49tlaRn
Christopher Bigsby's 'Four Contemporary American Playwrights' continues his series exploring the careers of 28 playwrights. This volume covers the work of four male writers: Lucas Hnath, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Stephen Karam & Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/49tlaRn
'We Are Proud to Present...' by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury premiered on this day, 15th November 2012, off-Broadway at Soho Rep.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
'We Are Proud to Present...' by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury premiered on this day, 15th November 2012, off-Broadway at Soho Rep.
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Shop now: https://t.co/uXrMDZ2KVa
Winner of the 1996 Tony Award for Best Play, Terrence McNally's Master Class premiered on this day, 15th November 1995, on Broadway.
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![Front cover of Master Class by Terrence McNally.
"McNally's well-crafted, quip-filled drama [...] is less a biography and more a love letter to La Divina." - Entertainment Weekly](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:swihqwy34h3j327ecoh775uk/bafkreieafurfdytr6hepssjue7bq6enqiji5rrruasbz4rf6z72qujuxui@jpeg)
November 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Winner of the 1996 Tony Award for Best Play, Terrence McNally's Master Class premiered on this day, 15th November 1995, on Broadway.
Shop now: https://t.co/Yq5HowubSn
Shop now: https://t.co/Yq5HowubSn
*New research*
'Artistic Collaboration, Exile, and Brecht' by Katherine Hollander is an illuminating history of the intimate group around Bertolt Brecht who produced some of the most important works of 20th-century drama, literature & theory while in exile from Nazi Germany.
https://bit.ly/3JssZfJ
'Artistic Collaboration, Exile, and Brecht' by Katherine Hollander is an illuminating history of the intimate group around Bertolt Brecht who produced some of the most important works of 20th-century drama, literature & theory while in exile from Nazi Germany.
https://bit.ly/3JssZfJ
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
*New research*
'Artistic Collaboration, Exile, and Brecht' by Katherine Hollander is an illuminating history of the intimate group around Bertolt Brecht who produced some of the most important works of 20th-century drama, literature & theory while in exile from Nazi Germany.
https://bit.ly/3JssZfJ
'Artistic Collaboration, Exile, and Brecht' by Katherine Hollander is an illuminating history of the intimate group around Bertolt Brecht who produced some of the most important works of 20th-century drama, literature & theory while in exile from Nazi Germany.
https://bit.ly/3JssZfJ
Leaf through the latest Drama and Performance Studies books in our Autumn catalogue 🍂📚
Browse our October-December 2025 catalogue: https://bit.ly/4gVmoXA
Browse our October-December 2025 catalogue: https://bit.ly/4gVmoXA
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Leaf through the latest Drama and Performance Studies books in our Autumn catalogue 🍂📚
Browse our October-December 2025 catalogue: https://bit.ly/4gVmoXA
Browse our October-December 2025 catalogue: https://bit.ly/4gVmoXA
'The Godot Diaries' offers a fascinating, behind-the-scenes diary account of working on a major production of Beckett’s iconic play from acclaimed actor Lucian Msamati.
Pre-order your copy today: https://bit.ly/47veGPj
Pre-order your copy today: https://bit.ly/47veGPj
November 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
'The Godot Diaries' offers a fascinating, behind-the-scenes diary account of working on a major production of Beckett’s iconic play from acclaimed actor Lucian Msamati.
Pre-order your copy today: https://bit.ly/47veGPj
Pre-order your copy today: https://bit.ly/47veGPj
'Opening Doors' explores the journey of internationally celebrated director John Doyle from regional theatres to reinventing the Broadway musical through Tony Award-winning revivals of 'Sweeney Todd', 'Company', and 'The Color Purple'.
Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/4oNY6l2
Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/4oNY6l2
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
'Opening Doors' explores the journey of internationally celebrated director John Doyle from regional theatres to reinventing the Broadway musical through Tony Award-winning revivals of 'Sweeney Todd', 'Company', and 'The Color Purple'.
Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/4oNY6l2
Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/4oNY6l2
*New research*
'The Question of Skill: Directing and Acting in Contemporary Theatre' by Adam J. Ledger rethinks how theatre-making might be understood as a "skilled" craft & process, exploring how professional contexts allow competence to emerge in a multitude of ways.
https://bit.ly/4pPzDNs
'The Question of Skill: Directing and Acting in Contemporary Theatre' by Adam J. Ledger rethinks how theatre-making might be understood as a "skilled" craft & process, exploring how professional contexts allow competence to emerge in a multitude of ways.
https://bit.ly/4pPzDNs
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
*New research*
'The Question of Skill: Directing and Acting in Contemporary Theatre' by Adam J. Ledger rethinks how theatre-making might be understood as a "skilled" craft & process, exploring how professional contexts allow competence to emerge in a multitude of ways.
https://bit.ly/4pPzDNs
'The Question of Skill: Directing and Acting in Contemporary Theatre' by Adam J. Ledger rethinks how theatre-making might be understood as a "skilled" craft & process, exploring how professional contexts allow competence to emerge in a multitude of ways.
https://bit.ly/4pPzDNs
New research in our Performance and Design series:
'Extended Reality Performance: Scenographic Practice in Virtual and Augmented Reality Technologies' edited by Néill O’Dwyer, Joanne Scott & Gareth W. Young illuminates the immersive world of XRP.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/3WdJmiT
'Extended Reality Performance: Scenographic Practice in Virtual and Augmented Reality Technologies' edited by Néill O’Dwyer, Joanne Scott & Gareth W. Young illuminates the immersive world of XRP.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/3WdJmiT
November 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
New research in our Performance and Design series:
'Extended Reality Performance: Scenographic Practice in Virtual and Augmented Reality Technologies' edited by Néill O’Dwyer, Joanne Scott & Gareth W. Young illuminates the immersive world of XRP.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/3WdJmiT
'Extended Reality Performance: Scenographic Practice in Virtual and Augmented Reality Technologies' edited by Néill O’Dwyer, Joanne Scott & Gareth W. Young illuminates the immersive world of XRP.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/3WdJmiT
"You ain't seen nothin' yet, it's gonna be a night we'll never forget"
This #Halloween dive into @chrisa31.bsky.social 's award-winning Out for Blood, based on his hit podcast. Discover the story of how Carrie The Musical lived, died & came back to life on stage.
https://bit.ly/3JnF4mq
This #Halloween dive into @chrisa31.bsky.social 's award-winning Out for Blood, based on his hit podcast. Discover the story of how Carrie The Musical lived, died & came back to life on stage.
https://bit.ly/3JnF4mq
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"You ain't seen nothin' yet, it's gonna be a night we'll never forget"
This #Halloween dive into @chrisa31.bsky.social 's award-winning Out for Blood, based on his hit podcast. Discover the story of how Carrie The Musical lived, died & came back to life on stage.
https://bit.ly/3JnF4mq
This #Halloween dive into @chrisa31.bsky.social 's award-winning Out for Blood, based on his hit podcast. Discover the story of how Carrie The Musical lived, died & came back to life on stage.
https://bit.ly/3JnF4mq
Out now in our Topics in Musical Theatre series 🎶
'Feminist Approaches in Musical Theatre' by Paige Allen & Stacy Wolf provides a concise exploration of concepts and methods for understanding and analyzing musical theatre from a feminist perspective.
https://bit.ly/3KtTvFB
'Feminist Approaches in Musical Theatre' by Paige Allen & Stacy Wolf provides a concise exploration of concepts and methods for understanding and analyzing musical theatre from a feminist perspective.
https://bit.ly/3KtTvFB
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Out now in our Topics in Musical Theatre series 🎶
'Feminist Approaches in Musical Theatre' by Paige Allen & Stacy Wolf provides a concise exploration of concepts and methods for understanding and analyzing musical theatre from a feminist perspective.
https://bit.ly/3KtTvFB
'Feminist Approaches in Musical Theatre' by Paige Allen & Stacy Wolf provides a concise exploration of concepts and methods for understanding and analyzing musical theatre from a feminist perspective.
https://bit.ly/3KtTvFB
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
New to our Theatre Makers series:
'An Alchemy of Living Culture: Collected Writings on Double Edge Theatre' presents a selection of Stacy Klein’s writings for and about the feminist ensemble & artist-run organisation founded in the US over 40 years ago.
https://bit.ly/4pJQDop
'An Alchemy of Living Culture: Collected Writings on Double Edge Theatre' presents a selection of Stacy Klein’s writings for and about the feminist ensemble & artist-run organisation founded in the US over 40 years ago.
https://bit.ly/4pJQDop
October 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
New to our Theatre Makers series:
'An Alchemy of Living Culture: Collected Writings on Double Edge Theatre' presents a selection of Stacy Klein’s writings for and about the feminist ensemble & artist-run organisation founded in the US over 40 years ago.
https://bit.ly/4pJQDop
'An Alchemy of Living Culture: Collected Writings on Double Edge Theatre' presents a selection of Stacy Klein’s writings for and about the feminist ensemble & artist-run organisation founded in the US over 40 years ago.
https://bit.ly/4pJQDop
The new Actors’ and Performers’ Yearbook is here*!
The 2026 edition of the leading contacts directory is fully updated and includes a new foreword by Aileen Gonsalves, as well as new industry interviews and articles.
Pick up your copy today: https://bit.ly/4pMafrF
*available Jan 2026 in the US
The 2026 edition of the leading contacts directory is fully updated and includes a new foreword by Aileen Gonsalves, as well as new industry interviews and articles.
Pick up your copy today: https://bit.ly/4pMafrF
*available Jan 2026 in the US
October 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The new Actors’ and Performers’ Yearbook is here*!
The 2026 edition of the leading contacts directory is fully updated and includes a new foreword by Aileen Gonsalves, as well as new industry interviews and articles.
Pick up your copy today: https://bit.ly/4pMafrF
*available Jan 2026 in the US
The 2026 edition of the leading contacts directory is fully updated and includes a new foreword by Aileen Gonsalves, as well as new industry interviews and articles.
Pick up your copy today: https://bit.ly/4pMafrF
*available Jan 2026 in the US
“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
October 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“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
'Brecht and Post-1990s British Drama' by @anjahartl.bsky.social examines the forms and functions of political drama in what has been described as a post-Marxist, post-ideological, even post-political moment.
Read online via Bloomsbury Collections this #OAWeek: https://bit.ly/43vGRwl
Read online via Bloomsbury Collections this #OAWeek: https://bit.ly/43vGRwl
October 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
'Brecht and Post-1990s British Drama' by @anjahartl.bsky.social examines the forms and functions of political drama in what has been described as a post-Marxist, post-ideological, even post-political moment.
Read online via Bloomsbury Collections this #OAWeek: https://bit.ly/43vGRwl
Read online via Bloomsbury Collections this #OAWeek: https://bit.ly/43vGRwl
'Tragedy as a Travelling Form' covers a broad historical spectrum from Greek Antiquity to the 21st century, asking how tragedy's formal features have impacted its travels, and how these travels have shaped its forms.
Read open access today: https://bit.ly/43sVz7i
#OAWeek
Read open access today: https://bit.ly/43sVz7i
#OAWeek
October 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
'Tragedy as a Travelling Form' covers a broad historical spectrum from Greek Antiquity to the 21st century, asking how tragedy's formal features have impacted its travels, and how these travels have shaped its forms.
Read open access today: https://bit.ly/43sVz7i
#OAWeek
Read open access today: https://bit.ly/43sVz7i
#OAWeek
Matthew McFrederick's 'Staging Beckett in London' presents the first dedicated performance history of Samuel Beckett's drama in London theatre culture.
Available to read open access on Bloomsbury Collections: https://bit.ly/4neHuBG
#OAWeek
Available to read open access on Bloomsbury Collections: https://bit.ly/4neHuBG
#OAWeek
October 22, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Matthew McFrederick's 'Staging Beckett in London' presents the first dedicated performance history of Samuel Beckett's drama in London theatre culture.
Available to read open access on Bloomsbury Collections: https://bit.ly/4neHuBG
#OAWeek
Available to read open access on Bloomsbury Collections: https://bit.ly/4neHuBG
#OAWeek
This #OAWeek, have a read of open access books in drama & performance studies, available via Bloomsbury Collections: https://bit.ly/4hmSM5A
October 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This #OAWeek, have a read of open access books in drama & performance studies, available via Bloomsbury Collections: https://bit.ly/4hmSM5A