Scotland Plays

Synopsis

New Scottish drama

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 Czerkawska

Depicts a family caught up in the Chernobyl disaster.

Brothers of Thunder by Ann Marie Di Mambro

A young, HIV-positive man takes refuge with a Catholic priest.

Passing Places by Stephen Greenhorn

A road movie for the stage.

One Way Street by David Greig

A one-man show set in Berlin.

Quelques Fleurs by Liz Lochhead

A short two-hander about a childless couple.

One Good Beating by Linda McLean

A blackly comic play about two siblings who take revenge on their bullying father.

Lazybed by Iain Crichton Smith

A man refuses to get out of bed one morning.