Philip Pullman

Nicholas Wright

From the novels by Philip Pullman, this brilliant adaptation by Nicholas Wright of His Dark Materials is sure to be a runaway success with your students - such is the popularity of the original trilogy which has earned wide literary acclaim. Consists of the two critically acclaimed plays performed at the National Theatre both printed in one volume - thus offering exceptional value for money. Invaluable teacher's notes and student drama activities written by Ruth Moore and Paul Bunyan, recognised experts in the area of Drama in English. Philip Pullman worked closely with playwright Nicolas Wright to create the text, and both writers have contributed introductions to our edition. The exciting, highly imaginative storyline, which captivates boys and girls alike, offers a wide range of textual and dramatic investigations. Parts for all the class, and ideal for smaller groups, with potential for interchangeable male/female roles.

His Dark Materials

Missionary Paul Du Boys is engaged to local girl, Tendai. However, custom dictates that the Chief is permitted to sleep with the bride on her wedding night. In order to escape, they elope. During a raid on their new quarters, Tendai falls into the hands of Dr Jameson who brings her to a house of ill repute run by Daisy. Meanwhile, Jameson's brother Roger, a previous lover of Daisy's, finds himself on the receiving end of some psychotic jealousy from young Willem, another lover of Daisy's, who Roger shoots in self-defence. He finds safety in the arms of Willem's unsuspecting mother, Henrietta. When Paul comes looking for his wife, Daisy falls in love with him setting the stage for a romantic battle of wills.

The Custom of the Country

A dramatization of the time that Van Gogh spent in Brixton in the 1870s--a period before he became a painter and one that changed him completely. Vincent develops a rapport with a widow twice his age, which blossoms into a full-blown love affair, only to be cruelly curtailed by the arrival of his fiercely puritan young sister. From the author of Cressida, Mrs. Klein, and the recent adaptation of Wedekind's Lulu.

A Play

Vincent in Brixton

With sales of three-quarters of a million copies last year alone, Philip Pullman's trilogy His Dark Materials is already acknowledged as a classic. A cunning blend of traditional children's adventure with sophisticated fantasy and science fiction, it follows the escapades of Lyra and Will in their parallel worlds. Dramatized by award-winning playwright Nicholas Wright for the National Theatre.

Craiglockhart, Scotland, 1917. In a hospital for shell-shocked officers, a brilliant doctor provides the cures required to send his patients back to War. Under his tolerant reign, two young officers form a passionate comradeship. Each is a poet, one unknown, the other privileged and successful. Mentored by the older man, the younger falls in love; his genius flowers and he becomes the greater writer. But as his health is restored, he must face a return to battle. ** "Nicholas Wright's deeply moving play stays true to Barker's vision while highlighting its own chosen themes of companionship, guilt and inequality" Michael Billington, Guardian "I was raptly absorbed throughout by this superb stage version of Pat Barker's award-winning First World War novel...gutting and unmissable" Paul Taylor, The Independent

Pat Barker's Regeneration

Pat Barker

A new stage adaptation of Pat Barker's acclaimed novel about World War One, and poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen.

Regeneration

`Succinct survey of how war was experienced by ordinary people in late medieval France ... very welcome addition to the literature.' INTERNATIONAL HISTORY REVIEW (Michael Jones)

The Hundred Years War in the French Countryside

Knights and Peasants

Terence Rattigan

A major new work, the centrepiece of Chichester's season of Rattigan plays and readings in his centenary year.

Nicholas Wright

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