After a lifetime of waiting, Prince Charles ascends the throne. But how to rule? Mike Bartlett’s controversial play explores the people beneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of democracy, and the conscience of Britain’s royal family. This special edition includes a foreword by journalist and broadcaster Jon Snow, an afterword by the playwright, and an essay about the original production.

Product Description: The latest play from Britain's foremost playwright-provocateur, Mike Bartlett (Cock, King Charles III). In a housing crisis, a young couple are offered a home of their own. But at what price? Invasive and unnerving, this provocative new play invites us to spy on a family as they explore a dangerous new way to live...read more

Product Description: Winner, 2015 Olivier Award for Best New PlayWinner, 2015 London Critics' Circle Award for Best New PlayQueen Elizabeth II is dead. After a lifetime of waiting, her son ascends the throne. A future of power. But how to rule?Mike Bartlett's controversial "future history play" explores the people beneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the conscience of Britain’s most famous family...read more

Product Description: A razor-sharp play about the fine line between office politics and playground bullying, Bull offers ringside seats as three employees fight to keep their jobs. Mike Bartlett's acid-tongued play opened at the Young Vic, London, in 2015...read more

Product Description: A touching, funny play about what happens when you hate your best friend.One of them went on the anti-war protest, shouted their lungs out, then got horrendously and staggeringly drunk. The other stayed at home, watched TV for a bit, and thought about the future...read more

Product Description: Mike Bartlett's punchy play takes a lively, candid look at one man's sexuality and the difficulties that arise when you realize you have a choice. With carefully poised dialectics, Cock explores ambivalence in love and human nature through a nexus of emotions, relations and choices...read more

Product Description: If there's a God, which at the moment I DOUBT, I want you to curse him.If there's any justice, I want them - both of them - in a car crash.Her husband's gone and her future isn't bright. Imprisoned in her marital home, Medea can't work, can't sleep and increasingly can't cope...read more

Product Description: No one forgets the moment they heard the news. September 11th, 2001 sent shockwaves across the globe. It was a day that would change the world forever. Ten years on, twenty major writers and thinkers from both sides of the Atlantic respond to the defining event of our times in a new production from Headlong, creators of the multi-award-winning Enron...read more

Product Description: This first collection of Mike Bartlett's plays showcases the adroit expertise and flair of a writer known for laser-sharp political comment, tight dialectics and needlingly real characters.My Child is a gut-wrenching exploration of the lengths a father will go to to have access to his child...read more

Product Description: An all-pervasive fear of the future and a guilty pleasure in the excesses of the present drive Mike Bartlett's epic rollercoaster of a play from 1968 to 2525 and back again.Earthquakes in London includes burlesque strip shows, bad dreams, social breakdown, population explosion, worldwide paranoia...read more

Product Description: Six Ensemble Plays for Young Actors is an anthology of work written for actors aged 11-25. Ideal for youth theatre groups, schools and amateur dramatic companies, it contains a diverse selection of plays suited to large casts and ensemble performance...read more

Product Description: Contractions, a new play by Mike Bartlett, will be published to coincide with the production at the Royal Court Theatre, London, from 29 May - 14 June 2008.'Come in. Sit down. How are you?'Emma's been seeing Darren. She thinks she's in love...read more

Product Description: Sixteen-year-old Kelly has never known her Dad. Turns out he's from Iraq, which her mum never mentioned, and he's brought an ancient Mesopotamian vase as some kind of present. But Kelly doesn't want a vase. She wants her dad to stay and get to know her...read more

A father finds himself being phased out of his son's life. Denied access to his only child, he goes to extraordinary lengths to hold on to him. This play offers a honest look at what it means to be a good parent.