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Books in Heinemann Plays series

  • Journey's End : Play

    R.C. Sherriff, Lawrence Till

    Hardcover (Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, Dec. 31, 1992)
    The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. This play deals with the horror and futility of trench warfare, as Captain Stanhope and his officers await attack in their dugout.
  • An Inspector Calls

    J.B. Priestley, Lawrence Till

    Hardcover (Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, Dec. 31, 1992)
    The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. In this play an inspector interrupts a party to investigate a girl's suicide, and implicates each of the party-makers in her death.
  • The Crucible

    Arthur Miller, Lawrence Till

    Hardcover (Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, March 31, 1992)
    The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and a mixure of boy and girl parts. "The Crucible" is a study of the events which led to the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials, and a parable for 1950s McCarthyism in the USA.
  • Death of a Salesman

    Arthur Miller, Lawrence Till

    Hardcover (Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, Feb. 28, 1994)
    The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. This modern tragedy concerns a salesman who, at the end of his life, is forced to face its futility and failure.
  • The Caucasian Chalk Circle

    Bertolt Brecht, Lawrence Till, Stefan S. Brecht

    Hardcover (Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, Jan. 31, 1996)
    This series of plays for the 11-16 age range offers contemporary drama and new editions of classic plays. The series has been developed to support classroom teaching and to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum Key Stages 3 and 4. The plays are suitable for classroom reading and performance; many have large casts and an equal mix of parts for boys and girls. Each play includes strategies and activities to introduce and use the plays in the classroom. In "The Caucasian Chalk Circle", Russian peasants try to settle a land dispute by staging a parable play which explores the concepts of justice, social oppression and revolution, through the medium of an ancient fairy tale. There are 67 parts, 48 of which are male and 19 female.
  • Kes Play

    Barry Hines, Allan Stronach, Lawrence Till

    Hardcover (Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, March 31, 1993)
    Stage play of KES by Barry Hines and Allan Stronach. Rare hardcover edition.
  • Hobson's Choice

    Harold Brighouse, Lawrence Till

    Hardcover (Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, March 31, 1992)
    Hobsons Choice
  • Whale

    David Holman

    Hardcover (Heinemann Educational Books - Secondary Division, May 18, 1992)
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  • The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged Thirteen and Three Quarters Play

    Sue Townsend, Lawrence Till

    Hardcover (Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, March 31, 1992)
    The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. This play is an adaptation of the humorous diary of a young intellectual, suffering the traumas of love, parental divorce and spots.
  • Spring and Port Wine

    Bill Naughton, Lawrence Till

    Hardcover (Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, Feb. 28, 1994)
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  • The Ghost of Thomas Kempe Play

    Penelope Lively, John O'Connor, Steve Barlow

    Hardcover (Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, May 31, 2000)
    None
  • The Play of The Silver Sword

    Stuart Henson, Ian Serraillier

    Hardcover (Heinemann, )
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