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The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a captivating novel penned by the renowned author, Neil Gaiman. Published recently on December 17, 2021, this book has already created a buzz in the literary world. The story takes you on a journey through a lane that ends at the ocean, a setting that is as intriguing as the title itself. As a master of the fantasy genre, Gaiman weaves a tale that is both enthralling and thought-provoking, leaving readers to ponder long after they've turned the last page. The book is brought to you by Samuel French Ltd, a publisher known for its rich selection of works. Immerse yourself in Gaiman's imaginative world with The Ocean at the End of the Lane, a must-read for all book lovers.

Anaèis Mitchell's haunting, jazz-inflected folk opera follows Orpheus' mythical quest to overcome Hades and regain the favor of his one true love, Eurydice.

“There was a wild kid living in Burgess Woods. He had no famly and he had no pals and he didn’t know where he come from and he couldn’t talk. His wepons wer old kitchen nives and forks and an ax. He was savage. He was truly wild.”Blue Bake’s at home with his mum and his little sister, Jess. He’s writing a story. Not all that stuff about wizards and happy ever after – a real story about blood and guts and trouble, because that’s what life’s really like. At least it is for Blue, since his Dad died, and Hopper the bully started knocking him about. But Blue’s story takes on a life of its own, weird and dangerous and wild. The savage that he creates on the page and in his dreams comes to life in the real world, and seems set on bringing chaos and revenge. Can Blue keep his creation under control? Can the savage even bring Blue and his family a kind of peace?David Almond’s own adaptation of his acclaimed graphic novel created with Dave McKean and published in translation around the world.

The world's greatest physicist, Johann Wilhelm Mobius, is in a madhouse, haunted by recurring visions of King Solomon. He is kept company by two other equally deluded scientists: one who thinks he is Einstein, another who believes he is Newton. It soon becomes evident, however, that these three are not as harmlessly lunatic as they appear. Are they, in fact, really mad? Or are they playing some murderous game, with the world as the stake? For Mobius has uncovered the mystery of the universe--and therefore the key to its destruction--and Einstein and Newton are vying for this secret that would enable them to rule the earth.

Miss Kinross has taken the Banqueting Hall, Dallochry House, Dallochry, Scotland for the wedding of her daughter Nancy but all is not as it seems. A mystery play in three acts for thirteen women.

"Last twenty nine years... You haven't had to make any decisions. I've paidevery bill, made every sacrifice... But now... You made a choice. You're gonnahave to face the consequence."Anne is tired. Tired of menopause. Tired of working in a dying NHS. And tired of her lazy sexist husband Don. But they've been together twenty-nine years. They know each other inside out. They've survived so much. Then COVID-19 plunges the country into lockdown, forcing them to isolate together. After all, the home is a place of safety... isn't it? As the world falls apart outside, Anne and Don's marriage slowly falls apart inside. But soon there will be a solution. Won't there?Inspired by true events, Jab is a black comedy drama exploring power, gender, domestic violence, conspiracy theories, ignorance, and the limits of love.

This ground-breaking production - adapted and directed by multi award-winning Kip Williams, Artistic Director of the acclaimed Sydney Theatre Company - delivers an explosive interplay of live performance and video in an astonishing collision of form.Sent to the island for 'behaviour modi cation', some of the pupils have staged a rebellion sparked by a singular dramatic event, while others simply wanted to keep their heads down and leave after they have gone through 'the programme'.This text will spark not only strong performances from teenagers, but also debates about the rights and wrongs in the script - it will see readers and performers asking the question 'what would I have done?'

Ace is twenty-two, trans, queer and sofa surfing - currently - just for now - only at the moment. They've actually just sorted out sofa number thirteen. To keep a sofa requires you to act small, smiling, and polite. But no one is perfect and eventually everyone messes up - which would be a lot easier for Ace if they weren't also unexpectedly growing extra ears, and a tiny tail! It turns out people pleasing has a price and there's only one place left for Ace to go...

A genius with language, but convinced of his own ugliness, Cyrano secretly loves the radiant Roxane. While Roxane is in love with the beautiful but inarticulate Christian.Cyrano's generous offer to act as go-between sets in motion a poignant and often hilarious love-triangle, in which each character is torn between the lure of physical attraction and the seductive power of words.Martin Crimp's adaptation of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac premiered at the Playhouse Theatre, London, in November 2019.

Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears' dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight, and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington. He has an extraordinary brain and is exceptional at maths, but he is ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts strangers. But Christopher's detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that turns his world upside-down.Simon Stephens' adaptation of Mark Haddon's bestselling, award-winning novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time offers a richly theatrical exploration of this touching and bleakly humorous tale.

When all communications are lost with an offshore privately run youth correction facility, two educational inspectors head off to work out what has happened. They get more than they bargained for in this tale which explores big issues for young people. Sent to the island for 'behaviour modification', some of the pupils have staged a rebellion sparked by a singular dramatic event, while others simplywanted to keep their heads down and leave after they have gone through 'the programme'. This text will spark not only strong performances from teenagers, but also debates about the rights and wrongs in the script - it will see readers and performers asking the question "what would I have done?" This version of Hope Springs is adapted for younger actors; it touches on some big themes but addresses them more obliquely than the more hard-hitting original.

When all communications are lost with an offshore privately run youth correction facility, two educational inspectors head off to work out what has happened. They get more than they bargained for in this tale which explores big issues for young people.Sent to the island for 'behaviour modi cation', some of the pupils have staged a rebellion sparked by a singular dramatic event, while others simply wanted to keep their heads down and leave after they have gone through 'the programme'.This text will spark not only strong performances from teenagers, but also debates about the rights and wrongs in the script - it will see readers and performers asking the question 'what would I have done?'

A delightful adaptation of four Beatrix Potter stories suitable for the entertainment of younger children. In The Story of Miss Moppet the kitten tricks the mouse by playing ill, but is outwitted in the end. The Tale of Two Bad Mice finds Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca thrown into tempers by the inedible model food in Jane's and Lucinda's doll's house. ¿The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit features a rabbit with savage whiskers and a turned-up tail who steals a carrot from Nice Rabbit, but meets his match in the Man with a Gun. In The Tale of Tom Kitten mother cat Tabitha discovers to her disdain that kittens will be kittens in any clothes.

In 1888, three experienced, nineteenth-century American lady adventurers, armed with umbrellas, a picnic and pith helmets, set out to explore "Terra Incognito", eagerly embracing cultures and replicas of distant civilizations(such as an eggbeater which they deduce must be "a marsupial's unicycle").Caught in a time warp, they find them selves in Eisenhower's 1950s America where they sample rock 'n' roll and discover artefacts which include "I like Ike" badges and yet more eggbeaters! The trio split when two decide to remain in 1955: Alexandra becomes an expert rock 'n' roller and Fanny falls in love with a cocktail-bar owner. It is left to Mary to continue the journey of exploration, but not before she has shed her Victorian garb for a pair of trousers!Eric Overmyer's witty, surreal play has played to acclaim through out America and was seen at the Lilian Bayliss Theatre, London, in 1989, starring Paola Dionisotti, Juliet Stevenson, Gerda Stevenson and George Irving, anddirected by Anna Furse.

Moscow, August 2018. The World Cup has just ended, and it has been aroaring success. Free metro travel. Parties in the square. The police, the oneswith guns, they were smiling! People finally saw that yeah, it's okay over hereand no, it doesn't snow in the summer, it's actually very warm. And wait, didwe mention it was an incident-free event?But when an old woman walks into a bank, she is conned into taking out ahigh-interest loan, which she immediately forgets all about. A catastrophicseries of events are set in motion...with only her cat Sally to bear witness.Winner of the 2023 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award, A WomanWalks Into a Bank is a powerful portrayal of a country in crisis. Inspired bychildhood fairytales, Roxy Cook's vibrant debut play uses biting humour tointerrogate the social apathy tearing Russia apart. How did we get here? Howcan we get out?

It's the end of year 2022, and Salty, Gail and Hobby are about to present a play which they have been working on for their B.Tech performance exam. It's the first time they have performed live; their other exams were held on Zoom. What follows is a funny, fast-moving, caustic and hard-hitting account of how Miss Nixon, a newly qualified drama teacher changed their lives. As Salty, Gail and Hobby prepare to leave state education, it appears that Miss Nixon is moving on too, to the local private school."Joyously energetic and bitter about educational inequalities." - The Guardian

This bittersweet comedy is the story of a cosmopolitan author caught in his declining years between two women, one being his wife of convenience fortwenty years, the other, one of his former loves. There is a bit of the detective story in this, too, for the former flame produces some old love letters whichshe is about to turn over to a biographer. He is dead set against it, for it would compromise his impeccable reputation until she produces still another set of love letters, even more damaging, written to a male friend of his early youth.It remains for the wife of convenience to say that she has known about this all along, and to send the old flame off with an entirely different opinion.The blackmail fails, but the rue remains. Mr. Coward, Lilli Palmer and Irene Worth played in the London production. Produced in New York under thetitle Noël Coward In Two Keys.

The Hodgsons had no idea what a poltergeist was when, in the summer of 1977, furniture and toys started moving of their own accord. An ordinary, working-class family who lived in a north London council house became the centre of one of the most famous poltergeist events in the world. This isthe story of one night in the spring of 1978 when events were approaching a climax. Based on the first-hand accounts of one of the ghost hunters, The Enfield Haunting is the true story of what happens when a dedicated single mother tries to protect her three children from something that is incomprehensible, deeply disturbing and hurtling toward a terrifying conclusion.

Imagine you're a spirited 13-year-old and you've won - actually won - a magazine competition to describe your family. The prize is a dream holiday for the lot of you, anywhere in the world. Except... Nicky's family isn't the blissfully happy bunch she's described. More like the contestants in a gladiatorial arena, in fact. Where on earth can she take them that might make her wishful thinking a reality? Winner of the 2013 UK Theatre Award for Best Musical, this hilarious musical comedy, which moves seamlessly between speech and song, is a celebration of the lifelong adventure that is family love.

In a sleepy town in the Wild West, the women drift through their days like tumbleweed. Their husbands, swept up in the goldrush, have been missing for almost a year and show no sign of returning. In fact, the town is almost cut off from outsiders entirely, with only one drunken sheriff for protection. That is until handsome bandit Jack Cannon swaggers up to the town's saloon, looking for a place to hide from the bounty hunters on his tail. Armed with whiskey and a wink, and a gun by their side for good measure, Jack's explosive arrival inspires a gender revolution, and starts a fire under the petticoat of every one of the town's repressed inhabitants. The production originally premiered at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Publishing in conjunction with the run at the RSC's Swan Theatre opening on 14th October.

Four mother's lives interweave across continents and time... Kasambayi, recently arrived in the UK from the Democratic Republic of Congo, starts her contractions on the number 38 bus at Clapton Pond, and gives the final push at Victoria. She names her daughter Hope - hope for their new life, hope for their future.Once Hope is fully grown, her path crosses with Alice, a foreign correspondent with a particular interest in the latest mineral tormenting the DRC: cobalt. But will their budding friendship threaten the safety that Kasambayi has so carefully built for them in London?Meanwhile Alice Seeley-Harris, a Victorian missionary wife in King Leopold's Congo has a horrible sense that history is repeating itself.Possession is a tale about desire. About owning and being owned. About colonising and being colonised. And ultimately about the power of the spirit to escape oppression.

¿A teenage girl steps over a barrier and destroys a painting.Another steals a lipstick. Another has her first kiss in the dark.A fourth walks into a supermarket.And starts a republic.Everyone is feeling everything at all times, even if they don't want us to know it.This is the superpower. It doesn't all happen here. It doesn't all happen now.A furious and funny new play for anyone who has ever witnessed the power ofa teenage girl.

"You're telling me you don't know the steps to a sixteenth-century Jewish exorcism?"When an event puts her aunt Mirah in hospital, seventeen-year-old Leah takes it upon herself to find the perpetrator and exact revenge. But as she puts together her plan, the lines of reality become blurred. Her search for answers becomes a search for demons - metaphorical and...not. Despite what her sister Danielle tells her, the shadows in their aunt's remote cottage seem to move. Surrounded by books about Jewish exorcisms, the two sisters fight the sinking suspicion that they're not alone.These Demons is a thrilling dark comedy-horror exploring family ties, sisterhood, and Jewish demonology.

Based on the hugely popular TV comedy series, this sequel to the popular stage production of 'Allo 'Allo continues the adventures of reluctant resistance hero and harassed cafe¿ owner, Rene¿ Artois, in German-occupied wartime France. It features many of your favourite characters from the TV series and original stage play. Still trying to repatriate a pair of British airmen, René, his wife Edith and their café waitresses, Mimi and Yvette, are embroiled in yet another complicated and life-threatening scheme. General Von Klinkerhoffen demands a fortune in francs in recompense for the loss of the infamous painting of the Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies and René is expected to come up with the cash. But nothing is ever easy. The local undertaker, Monsieur Alphonse, is making advances on Edith. René's mother-in-law, Fanny, objects to the radio used to communicate with London being hidden under her bed. No-one can understand what Officer Crabtree (the British agent disguised as a Policeman) is saying. Michelle of the Resistance has a series of increasingly hare-brained proposals. Herr Flick of the Gestapo, Colonel Von Strohm and Captain Geering all have their own plans to get hold of the money and Lieutenant Gruber still wants to take René away for a ride in his little tank... The cash, a set of forged notes and a bomb all end up hidden in identical camembert cheeses. What could possibly go wrong?

Placing wartime and lockdown life side-by-side, Alan Ayckbourn's 85th play is a touching, tender and, of course, funny reflection on the ability of love to rise above adversity and reach across the years.Veteran actor Rob Hathaway, stuck at home during the summer of 2020 with only his sensible older sister for company, has little to do but relive his glory days. One day Rob spots a stranger hanging out the washing in the adjoining garden - but the neighbours haven't been around for months. So who is the mysterious girl next door? And why is she wearing 1940s clothing?