Sophocles' great tragic play dramatises the clash between family and the city. This updated Student Edition features Don Taylor's translation and new commentary by David Bullen. 📙Request a course copy today: https://bit.ly/4pGWhYC

Four new plays join our Modern Classics series today! 💫 SOPHOKLES ANTIGONE translated by Anne Carson DESCRIBE THE NIGHT by Rajiv Joseph DEEP BLUE SOUND by Abe Koogler THE ROYALE by Marco Ramirez Discover the series: https://bit.ly/3Ti4TsJ

Launching next month - Devised Theatre Workshop: Told by an Idiot 🎭 Help students find out what it means to be alive on stage with this dynamic series of filmed workshops from industry-leading devised theatre company, Told by an Idiot. Find out more: https://bit.ly/4fMoZmt

Look how beautiful she is 😍 Thank you @methuendrama.bsky.social

Find out what’s new and forthcoming in Drama & Performance Studies this summer 🌞🎭 Explore the July–September 2026 catalogue: https://bit.ly/4dJ4Igr

Your ticket to success! If this year's #edfringe has got you thinking about taking a show there next year, Mark Fisher's 'The Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide' is the guide you need to making your show a success in the Scottish capital. https://bit.ly/47daLbq

Research now available in paperback ✨ 📖 Text as Dance: https://bit.ly/4xQ0E7p 📖 Staging Change: https://bit.ly/4weSSCC

UK-based BAED scholars: ⏰Time is ticking! Just 3 days left to apply for the 2026 Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship. Apply👉 https://bit.ly/4pd67Bs Don't miss your chance to receive 1:1 mentorship and resources to get your book idea publication-ready. cc @writersandartists.bsky.social

From Shakespeare and Interpretation to Arthur Miller and New York, the Critical Studies and Performance Practice update launches next month with 82 new eBooks from @methuendrama.bsky.social and @ardenpublisher.bsky.social. Discover the collection: https://bit.ly/4pQ9DC6

New research out now! 📖 Becoming Dramaturg: https://bit.ly/4etgGwp 📖 Kabuki: Japan’s Mega-Theater: https://bit.ly/43W0kX6 📖 Surveillance Technologies in Performance and Migration: https://bit.ly/44038Cv

"Sierz is ever inventive in finding multiple interesting entry points for the reader" @sierz.bsky.social's NEW BRITISH DRAMA IN 15 SCENES reviewed in Plays International & Europe! Read the review: https://bit.ly/45qyHWF About the book: https://bit.ly/3TsyEXI

Aleks Sierz's New British Drama in 15 Scenes

Review of Aleks Sierz's New British Drama in 15 Scenes, an exploration of British theatre, new writing and the defining plays of the 2010s.

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What did NYC mean to America’s great playwright? Stephen Marino, author of “Arthur Miller’s New York,” explores how Miller’s connection to the city shaped his writing and career. Read the blog: https://bit.ly/4wkKDoG 📚💙 #TheatreSky @methuendrama.bsky.social

As Oskar Eustis steps down from The Public Theater, listen to the story of the venue during his tenure as artistic director as told through the eyes of its artists and practitioners. Available in paperback, ebook and audiobook: https://bit.ly/3TSkizW

"He is simply a phenomenon, and one that is unlikely to occur ever again in theatre history." — Terence Rattigan Listen to Noël Coward's autobiographies, now available in audio, read by Arty Froushan. 🎧 Present Indicative: https://bit.ly/4wW8CdR 🎧 Future Indefinite: https://bit.ly/4fqwuPB

What did New York City mean to America’s great playwright? In this interview with Stephen Marino, the author of 'Arthur Miller’s New York' explores how Miller’s lifelong relationship with NYC shaped his writing and career. Read on our blog: https://bit.ly/4wYxsd2

Arthur Miller and NYC: “Where everything is happening” | Stephen Marino on Arthur Miller’s New York

In this interview, scholar Stephen Marino discusses the role that New York City played in the life and work of 20th-century playwright Arthur Miller.

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Including Tony Award-winning and Olivier Award-nominated plays, the Core Collection update launches this October, with renowned US writers like Anne Washburn and Jocelyn Bioh, plus adaptations of classics like The Line of Beauty. Explore the collection: https://bit.ly/4ptkdib

New play collections available ✨ 📖 David Auburn Collected Plays https://bit.ly/4ahfFVJ 📖 Simon Stephens International Plays https://bit.ly/4eZipK1 📖 Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti Plays 2 https://bit.ly/4xOQ54o

UK scribes! 📢 Publishing your first book can feel daunting—but you don’t have to do it alone. Our Academic Writing Fellowship with @writersandartists.bsky.social offers UK recipients a year of mentorship, networking, and free access to Bloomsbury books and events. ✨ https://bit.ly/4pd67Bs

Excited for the new Odyssey film? 🌊 Nina Segal’s 'The Odyssey (It's a Really Really Really Long Journey)' is a fresh, musical twist on the classic featuring monsters, sirens... and two talking sheep 🐑🐑and it's only 72 pages long! Get the playtext: https://bit.ly/4wNG9XG

Orísun Productions Launches The Windrush Prize for British Caribbean Playwrights thebritishblacklist.co.uk/orisun-produ... via @britishblacklist.bsky.social

Orísun Productions Launches The Windrush Prize for British...

Black theatre production company Orísun Productions has launched The Windrush Prize for British Caribbean Playwrights, the first initiative of its kind in 30 years dedicated specifically to discoverin...

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Local by Liz Richardson, will have its London premiere at the Finborough Theatre, running 14 July - 1 August 2026. Liz revisits her childhood memories and home in rural Cumbria in an attempt to understand whether she still belongs there, or ever did. zurl.co/gkdLC

Join Yvette Taylor for a discussion on sexuality, place, power, and the urgent questions shaping LGBTQ+ futures. Register for the July 6 event: https://bit.ly/4w5VoLf

Join us next week on Thursday 9th to discover how Drama Online can help support your institution’s teaching of global theatre and literature. 🎭 Sign up to the webinar now to explore playtexts and video from Europe to Asia and Australia: https://bit.ly/4v9WswC

Step into summer with the latest Drama & Performance Studies books 🎭🌞 Browse the July–September 2026 catalogue: https://bit.ly/4dJ4Igr

In the latest edition of the Jerome Robbins Foundation newsletter, Methuen Drama author Arnold Wengrow discusses diving into the Patricia Zipprodt archives to co-write If the Song Doesn't Work, Change the Dress. https://jeromerobbins.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Robbins-13.1_07.pdf

📢UK writers: Academic Writing Fellowship Applications now open 🎉 In partnership with @writersandartists.bsky.social, this fellowship helps UK-based early-career scholars from Black, Asian, and ethnically diverse backgrounds publish their first book. Apply by 1 Aug 👉 https://bit.ly/4erXWNR

📚 Out now, open access! 'Medicine as Theatre, Theatre as Medicine', edited by Marlene Goldman, Alice Flaherty & Lawrence Switzky, explores the deep connections between theatre and medicine that can yield transformative insights in both disciplines. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4emOmf4

Verse drama is alive and well on the contemporary stage. 'Staging the Lyric' by Sarah Berry draws on plays from throughout the English-speaking world to explain the 21st century resurgence of Anglophone verse drama. Now in paperback: https://bit.ly/44pawHE

A great night at Grolier Club with Colin Murphy celebrating The Irish Literary Revival and The Making of a Nation 📚 A splendid cast of actors performed a reading of Inside the GPO, one of five plays collected in Colin Murphy's Political Plays. https://bit.ly/4exXz4q

New play collections available ✨ 📖 The Navigator Project: https://bit.ly/4oDLVrW 📖 National Theatre Connections 2026: https://bit.ly/3SVWF9d 📖 Australian One-Act Plays for Young Adults: https://bit.ly/4oF8NYh