Scotland Plays (NHB Modern Plays): New Scottish Drama (Nick Hern Books)

A collection of seven plays by Scottish writers, selected and introduced by Philip Howard, artistic director of Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre. A companion volume to the earlier Scot-Free.Contains:Wormwood by Catherine CzerkawskaDepicts a family caught up in the Chernobyl disaster.Brothers of Thunder by Ann Marie Di MambroA young, HIV-positive man takes refuge with a Catholic priest.Passing Places by Stephen GreenhornA road movie for the stage.One Way Street by David GreigA one-man show set in Berlin.Quelques Fleurs by Liz LochheadA short two-hander about a childless couple.One Good Beating by Linda McLeanA blackly comic play about two siblings who take revenge on their bullying father.Lazybed by Iain Crichton SmithA man refuses to get out of bed one morning.