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 <i>Scot-Free</i>.

Contains:

<i>Wormwood</i> by Catherine Czerkawska

Depicts a family caught up in the Chernobyl disaster.

<i>Brothers of Thunder</i> by Ann Marie Di Mambro

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

<i>Passing Places</i> by Stephen Greenhorn

A road movie for the stage.

<i>One Way Street</i> by David Greig

A one-man show set in Berlin.

<i>Quelques Fleurs</i> by Liz Lochhead

A short two-hander about a childless couple.

<i>One Good Beating</i> by Linda McLean

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

<i>Lazybed</i> by Iain Crichton Smith

A man refuses to get out of bed one morning.