19 Best plays books like Hansard by Simon Woods

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Hansard

By: Simon Woods

4.32

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Hansard; noun The official report of all parliamentary debates. It’s a summer’s morning in 1988 and…

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Cover of Serious Concerns by Wendy Cope

1. Serious Concerns

By: Wendy Cope

3.88

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

A collection of poems featuring works by Cope such as "Bloody Men", "Men and their Boring Arguments… read more

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"Write to amuse? What an appalling suggestion! I write to make people anxious and miserable and to worsen their indigestion."

-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns

"The day he moved out was terrible – That evening she went through hell. His absence wasn’t a problem But the corkscrew had gone as well."

-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns

"At lunchtime I bought a huge orange The size of it made us all laugh. I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave— They got quarters and I had a half. And that orange it made me so happy, As ordin…"

-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns

"Bloody men are like bloody buses — You wait for about a year And as soon as one approaches your stop Two or three others appear. You look at them flashing their indicators, Offering you a ride. You’r…"

-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns

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2. Forever...

By: Judy Blume

3.63

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

Katherine and Michael meet at a New Year's Eve party. They're attracted to each other, they grow to… read more

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"I made promises to you that I'm not sure I can keep."

-Judy Blume, Forever...

"...love at thirteen is nothing like love at eighteen."

-Judy Blume, Forever...

"You've got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest."

-Judy Blume, Forever...

"That's not a bad word...hate and war are bad words, but fuck isn't."

-Judy Blume, Forever...

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3. The Corn is Green

By: Emlyn Williams

3.96

Format: 89 pages, Paperback

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge… read more

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  • plays
"I have never heard such a conversation outside a police court."

-Emlyn Williams, The Corn is Green

Cover of Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, William Archer

4. Hedda Gabler

By: Henrik Ibsen , William Archer

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Hedda Gabler, the daughter of a deceased General, marries dull George Tesman and foresees a life of… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays

5. Present Laughter

By: Noël Coward

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

A topsy-turvy world of show biz in which star Garry Essendine copes with vamps, wife, producers who… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
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6. Richard III

By: William Shakespeare , John Jowett

3.37

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays on the stage and has been adapted successful… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
Cover of Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar

7. Disgraced

By: Ayad Akhtar

4.83

Format: 28 pages, Paperback

The story of Amir Kapoor (Aasif Mandvi), a successful Pakistani-American lawyer who is rapidly movi… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
Cover of The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett

8. The Madness of George III

By: Alan Bennett

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

George III's behaviour has often been odd, but now he is deranged, with rumours circulating that he… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
Cover of Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward

9. Blithe Spirit

By: Noël Coward

3.97

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

"An insane farce that is also uproarious."--NY Times "I will ever be grateful for the almost psych… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
"Time is the reef upon which all our mystic ships are wrecked."

-Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit

"It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit."

-Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit

10. The Effect

By: Lucy Prebble

4.57

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

You're on a placebo, Tristan. Least I've got an excuse. She told me: you're nothing, you're a contr… read more

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11. A Raisin in the Sun

By: Lorraine Hansberry

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

"Never before, in the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of black peo… read more

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12. A View from the Bridge: A Play in Two Acts

By: Arthur Miller

4.36

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

America's greatest playwright weaves "a vivid, crackling, idiomatic psychosexual horror tale." --Fr… read more

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13. Private Lives

By: Noël Coward

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Private Lives is one of the most sophisticated, entertaining plays ever written. Elyot and Amanda, … read more

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14. Medea

By: Euripides , Rex Warner

3.42

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, Medeacenters on the myth of Jason, leader… read more

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15. Gas Light

By: Patrick Hamilton

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

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16. Kairos

By: Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

Die neunzehnjährige Katharina und Hans, ein verheirateter Mann Mitte fünfzig, begegnen sich Ende de… read more

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"She would like a shallow life, swift and shallow, till some day she can start again. Get through her time fast until then. And when will that be? Then."

-Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos

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17. Shy

By: Max Porter

3.63

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

A novel about guilt, rage, imagination, and boyhood, about being lost in the dark and learning you’… read more

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"He could learn to speak this language: night-end."

-Max Porter, Shy

"He feels colossally sad. Blisteringly sad. Almost ecstatically sad."

-Max Porter, Shy

"Shy said It's our music, coming out of our shit towns, it's not from Staten Island or Seattle or Detroit, it's from Walsall and Watford. Shaun and his mate Andy burst out laughing and Andy did a sque…"

-Max Porter, Shy

"He smells of pond. Everything smells of pond. He feels like he could sniff his way into individual microbes, earthy worming growgreen liquid stink, newts and shoots, silty, fruity, and as he walks he…"

-Max Porter, Shy

Cover of The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe

18. The Wolves

By: Sarah DeLappe

4.27

Format: 175 pages, None

Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburba… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
Cover of A Very Private School: A Memoir by Charles     Spencer

19. A Very Private School: A Memoir

By: Charles Spencer

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more

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Cover of A Very Expensive Poison (Modern Plays) by Lucy Prebble

20. A Very Expensive Poison (Modern Plays)

By: Lucy Prebble

4.40

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A shocking assassination in the heart of London. In a bizarre mix of high-stakes global politics an… read more

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  • plays
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21. Mosquitoes

By: Lucy Kirkwood

3.95

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

A story of sibling love that explores subjects closely linked to faith and reason, certainty and u… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
Cover of Straight Line Crazy by David Hare

22. Straight Line Crazy

By: David Hare

3.96

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

For forty uninterrupted years, Robert Moses was the most powerful man in New York. Though never ele… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
Cover of The 47th by Mike Bartlett

23. The 47th

By: Mike Bartlett

3.93

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

2024. As America goes to the polls, democracy itself is on the brink. Who takes the White House – a… read more

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  • plays
Cover of Trouble in Mind (Illuminations) by Alice Childress

24. Trouble in Mind (Illuminations)

By: Alice Childress

4.06

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

“A masterpiece . . . Trouble in Mind still contains astonishing power; it could have been written y… read more

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  • plays
Cover of Ink (Modern Plays) by James  Graham

25. Ink (Modern Plays)

By: James Graham

4.19

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

I want to tell you a story. And it's true. That's what makes it a good fucking story, right, 'cause… read more

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  • plays
Cover of The Corn is Green (National Theatre Edition) by Emlyn Williams

26. The Corn is Green (National Theatre Edition)

By: Emlyn Williams

4.18

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

Miss Moffat settles in a remote Welsh mining village and starts a school for the local boys, one of… read more

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  • plays
Cover of Hansard by Simon Woods

27. Hansard

By: Simon Woods

4.32

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Hansard; noun The official report of all parliamentary debates. It’s a summer’s morning in 1988 and… read more

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  • plays
Cover of Till the Stars Come Down by Beth Steel

28. Till the Stars Come Down

By: Beth Steel

4.11

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

A raucously funny and romantic family drama by Beth Steel (The House of Shades, Wonderland). It's S… read more

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  • plays
Cover of Dixon and Daughters (Nick Hern Books) by Deborah Bruce

29. Dixon and Daughters (Nick Hern Books)

By: Deborah Bruce

4.00

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Mary has just been released from prison. She wants to come home and forget all about it – but Brian… read more

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  • plays
Cover of Kerry Jackson by April De Angelis

30. Kerry Jackson

By: April De Angelis

2.54

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

So what have you got against gobby women running restaurants?El Barco is the newest tapas restauran… read more

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31. All of Us

By: Francesca Martínez

4.00

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Jess has a great life: a job she loves, a sharp sense of humour and a close group of friends. Wh… read more

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  • plays

10 Top theatre books like Hansard by Simon Woods

Transform Your Habits

Hedda Gabler

Henrik Ibsen , William Archer

3.93

Present Laughter

Noël Coward

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Richard III

William Shakespeare , John Jowett

3.37

Transform Your Habits

Disgraced

Ayad Akhtar

4.83

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15 Best fiction books like The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe

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Constellations

Nick Payne

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Sweat

Lynn Nottage

4.06

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How I Learned to Drive

Paula Vogel

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Eurydice

Sarah Ruhl

4.10

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