New Releases by Laura Wade

I can''t help it if you were careless with your cigarette case. I was extremely careful with your heart Constance has everything. A loving family, a beautiful home, a fulfilling career, and a husband as devoted to her as he is to his mistress. When her perfect set up is threatened, Constance fights back but refuses to play by the rules. Can she withstand society''s expectations? And can society withstand the force of a woman determined to do things her own way? Laura Wade (Posh, Rivals) reunites with RSC Co-Artistic Director Tamara Harvey (Pericles) after their Olivier Award-winning collaboration, Home, I''m Darling, to reimagine Somerset Maugham''s subversive comedy, The Constant Wife, in a sparkling new version. This edition was published to coincide with the RSC production at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in June 2025.

Theatre has a complex history of responding to crises, long before they happen. Through stage plays, contemporary challenges can be presented, explored and even foreshadowed in ways that help audiences understand the world around them. Since the theatre of the Greeks, audiences have turned to live theatre in order to find answers in uncertain political, social and economic times, and through this unique collection questions about This anthology brings together a collection of 20 scenes from 20 playwrights that each respond to the world in crisis. Twenty of the world''s most prolific playwrights were asked to select one scene from across their published work that speaks to the current world situation in 2020. As COVID-19 continues to challenge every aspect of global life, contemporary theatre has long predicted a world on the edge. Through these 20 scenes from plays spanning from 1980 to 2020, we see how theatre and art has the capacity to respond, comment on and grapple with global challenges that in turn speak to the current time in which we are living. Each scene, chosen by the writer, is prefaced by an interview in which they discuss their process, their reason for selection and how their work reflects both the past and the present. From the political plays of Lucy Prebble and James Graham to the polemics of Philip Ridley and Tim Crouch. From bold works by Inua Ellams, Morgan Lloyd Malcom and Tanika Gupta to the social relevance of Hannah Khalil, Zoe Cooper and Simon Stephens this anthology looks at theatre in the present and asks the question: “how can theatre respond to a world in crisis?” The collection is prefaced by an introduction from Edward Bond, one of contemporary theatre''s most prolific dramatists.

What happens when the writer loses the plot? Emma Watson is nineteen and new in town. She''s been cut off by her rich aunt and dumped back in the family home. Emma and her sisters must marry, fast. If not, they face poverty, spinsterhood, or worse: an eternity with their boorish brother and his awful wife. Luckily there are plenty of potential suitors to dance with, from flirtatious Tom Musgrave to castle-owning Lord Osborne, who''s as awkward as he is rich. So far so familiar. But there''s a problem: Jane Austen didn''t finish the story. Who will write Emma''s happy ending now? Based on her incomplete novel, this sparklingly witty play looks under the bonnet of Jane Austen and asks: what can characters do when their author abandons them?

How happily married are the happily married? Home, I''m Darling is a dark comedy about sex, cake and the quest to be the perfect 1950s housewife. Judy has Johnny''s slippers waiting for him when he arrives home from work, the kitchen''s clean, the rooms are aired...yet this is not the 1950s, but a 21st-century ''arrangement'' agreed between the two of them. With clothes, furniture and a (faulty) fridge from the 1950s, Judy and Johnny try to ''live the dream'', with specific roles and a perfectly ordered life.

‘If one of the problems facing new playwrights is the expectation that each of their plays should be similar in style, Wade...proved that you could radically change both form and content... Not every writer delivers on their early promise. As this collection clearly shows, Wade certainly has.’ Aleks Sierz, from his Introduction Colder Than Here: ‘Laura Wade’s play is a 90-minute masterpiece, a jewel, dark bu ttranslucent. It is a play of love, death and grief: the grief that is hardest to bear, because it begins before the loved one dies.’ Sunday Times Breathing Corpses: ‘The tension, the emotions and the sense of absurdity and fear are brilliantly handled... A terrifying tour de force.’ Sunday Times Other Hands: ‘This is an extraordinary feat – a vicious satire with a heart of gold –wrought with peculiar subtlety and intelligence.’ The Spectator

''I don''t tingle anymore. I used to. To tingle. Everything I feel, feels like it''s in my hands. Rest of me''s totally....numb.'' In a world of systematic, high-speed technology, some people expect to live life as efficiently as the machines they depend on... and when a machine breaks down, there is usually someone with the skills to fix it. But in an age where things that don''t work and can''t be mended are thrown away, what do we do with something as human and messy as love? Laura Wade''s plays, Colder Than Here and Breathing Corpses played simultaneously at Soho Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre respectively, and are both published by Oberon Books. Breathing Corpses earned her the Pearson Best Play Award 2005 and she was joint winner of the 2005 George Devine Award.

"I walked in and she''s sat in the coffin. In the middle of the living-room floor and she''s - she''s watching telly and laughing" Nobody can ignore the fact that Myra is dying but in the meantime life goes on. There are boilers to be fixed, cats to be fed and the perfect funeral to be planned. As a mother researches burial spots and bio-degradable coffins, her family are finally forced to communicate with her, and each other, as they face up to an unpredictable future. Laura Wade''s beautifully poised family drama was first performed at Soho Theatre, London.

Amy''s found another body in a hotel bedroom. There''s a funny smell coming from one of Jim''s storage units. And Kate''s losing it after spending all day with the police. There''s no going back after what they''ve seen. Breathing Corpses was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in February 2005.

Collection of writings by various authors: I. Solidarity in Literature W/out Borders, Simeon Dumdum Jr + + II. Macario Sakay Vindicated, Gemma Cruz Araneta + + III. The Dilemma of the Last Filipino, Larry Henares + + IV. Ping Joaquin, Fil. Jazz Pianist, my Father, Tony Joaquin + + V. Bert Del Rosario, Inventor, Sing-Along, Tony Joaquin + + VI. Xmas Article 2009, Allen Gaborro + + VII. Beaches (short story), Allen Gaborro + + VIII. Democracy Versus Discipline, Allen Gaborro + + IX. Amend the Const. Make Jury Trial, Atty. Toto C. Causing + + X. Dakdak Beach Resort in Dapitan City, Toto C. Causing + + XI. So I''m Dark-skinned, Leave Me Alone, Mar-Vic Cagurangan + + XII. Dig My Sexy Flip Accent, Arizona, Mar-Vic Cagurangan + + XIII. A Fan Mail From Prison, Mar-Vic Cagurangan + + XIV. Three Poems: a. Please Don''t Let Her Know, b. I Have Memories of My own, c. God Has Made Someone Only For me, Emily Espanol Derry + + XV. Three Love Poems: a. Some Good Things Never Last b. The Dance c. As I Trod Upon Your Ground, Elyn Jean Felarca + + XVI. My Advocacy, Naysan A. Albaytar + + XVII. Feminism: The Great Paradox, Laura Wade + + XVIII. A Blast From the Past, Peter Allan Mariano, + + XIX. Bus. Perspective: Bldg. Your Future, Peter Allan Mariano + + XX. An Overview of Health Connections, Peter Allan Mariano + + XXI. My Workspace At Home, Marge Trajeco-Aberásturi + + XXII. Investing on a Home Business, Marge Trajeco-Aberasturi + + XXIII. A Brighter Day for Little Jane, Julia Carreon-Lagoc + + XXIV. A Consummation Devoutly to Be Wished, Julia C. Lagoc + + XXV. No Birds and Beetles and Trees, Julia Carreon-Lagoc + + XXVI. Ang Wika, Ang Tore Ni Babel Sa Pilipinas, Irineo Goce + + XXVII. Scattered Thoughts - Anonymous

THE STORY: Acclaimed playwright Laura Wade explores the lives of the young, wealthy and privileged. In an oak-panelled room in Oxford, ten young bloods with cut-glass vowels and deep pockets are meeting, intent on restoring their right to rule. Mem

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