Molière

Liz Lochhead

a translation into Scots from the original by Molière

Tartuffe

This is a major collection of contemporary Palestinian poetry translated by 25 of Scotland's very best writers including Don Paterson, Jackie Kay, James Robertson, Jen Hadfield, Kathleen Jamie, Vicki Feaver, Alasdair Gray, Douglas Dunn, and Andrew Greig.

An Anthology of Contemporary Palestinian Poetry

A Bird Is Not a Stone

Euripides

A blazing new version of Euripides' searing drama of infanticide by Scotland's favorite playwright/poet.

Medea

Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Choped Off

During her career Liz Lochhead has been described variously as a poet, feminist playwright, translator and broadcaster but has said that 'when somebody asks me what I do I usually say writer. The most precious thing to me is to be a poet. If I were a playwright, I'd like to be a poet in the theatre.

The Selected Poems of Liz Lochhead

A Choosing

Reissue of Lochhead's most popular play, revised and with new introduction. Much used by schools.

Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

Bram Stoker

Re-issued alongside Lochhead's most successful play, Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off.

Dracula

Adapted from Molière's "School for Wives" by Lochhead, 'Scotland's greatest living dramatist' (Scotland on Sunday)

Educating Agnes

A new comedy from 'Scotland's greatest living dramatist.'Scotland on Sunday

Misery Guts

Liz Lochhead's new collection encompasses a life enriched with people, places and relationships; it is with humour and empathy that these relationships are captured, remembered and honoured in moments of joy and poignancy. There is sadness, truth, hope and optimism throughout the five sections in this collection, and each is varied in scope but are woven together as part of this life. This stunning new collection marks the end of Liz Lochhead's term as Makar (Poet Laureate, 2011–2016) and features never before published work alongside poems written during her time as Makar. Throughout her career Liz Lochhead has been described as a poet, playwright, translator and broadcaster; she maintains that 'when somebody asks me what I do I usually say writer. The most precious thing to me is to be a poet. As a playwright, I'd like to be known as a poet in the theatre.' Fugitive Colours is a brilliant, masterful collection.

Fugitive Colours

Liz Lochhead is one of the leading poets writing in Britain today. This, her debut collection, published in 1972, was a landmark publication. Writing at a time when the landscape of Scottish poetry was male dominated, hers was a new voice, tackling subjects that resonated with readers – as it still does. Her poetry paved the way, and inspired, countless new voices including Ali Smith, Kathleen Jamie, Jackie Kay and Carol Ann Duffy. Still writing and performing today, fifty years on from her first book of poetry, Liz Lochhead has been awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry and was Scotland’s second modern Makar, succeeding Edwin Morgan. Memo for Spring is accessible, vital and always as honest as it is hopeful. Driving through this collection are themes of pain, acceptance, loss and triumph.

50th Anniversary Edition

Memo for Spring

This was a huge success at the 1987 Edinburgh Festival, subsequently performed elsewhere in Britain and in Europe. Written in Lallan Scots, it is a most exciting piece of poetic drama.

Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off ; And, Dracula

This is the first substantial study of the immensely popular writer and dramatist, Liz Lochhead. It examines the full range of her poetry and drama and supplies a variety of contexts - biographical, feminist and theatrical among others - in which her work can be read, heard, viewed and relished. One of the few books devoted to the work of a Scottish woman writer, and one of an even smaller number dealing in detail with contemporary Scottish drama, Liz Lochhead's Voices raises significant questions both for women's studies and Scottish literature in general. It includes the only extensive bibliography of Lochhead's writings, and is written in an accessible style which will appeal both to the student and to the general reader.

Liz Lochhead's Voices

50th Anniversary Edition - Introduction by Ali Smith

'Human relationships, especially as seen from a woman's point of view, are central: attraction, pain, acceptance, loss, triumphs and deceptions, habits and surprises; always made immediate through a storyteller's concrete detail of place or voice or object or colour remembered or imagined' - Edwin Morgan 'Dreaming Frankenstein is a rare thing: a book of poems which sparkles' - The Scotsman '. . . one of the few poets writing today capable of encompassing the matter of contemporary life in terms that are both attractive and thought-provoking' - Books in Scotland Liz Lochhead has built an impressive reputation as poet, playwright and performer, attracting a large and admiring public. Dreaming Frankenstein and Collected Poems stands as a monument to her early work. Four collections - Memo for Spring (1972), Islands (1978) and Grimm Sisters (1981) and the title volume together provide a complete record of her poetry from 1967 to 1984. In Dreaming Frankenstein human relationships, especially as seen from a woman's point of view, are central. Attraction, pain, acceptance, loss, triumphs and deceptions are all made immediate through her imagery and acute powers of observation and through her flair as a storyteller.

and Collected Poems 1967 - 1984

Dreaming Frankenstein

A Tale of the Creation of "Frankenstein"

Blood and Ice

A funny, sad and truthful romantic comedy about beating the biological clock.

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