Nick Hern Books - Notable Titles

Notable Titles

Notable titles published by Nick Hern Books include the following plays:

  • Angels in America by Tony Kushner – Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1993; Evening Standard Best Play Award, 1992. Adapted into a successful TV series for HBO, 2003.
  • August: Osage County by Tracy Letts – Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 2008; Tony Award for Best Play, 2008.
  • Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman – Olivier Award for Play of the Year, 1992. Film adaptation, directed by Roman Polanski, 1994.
  • Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh – Stewart Parker Trust Award and the George Devine Award, 1997. Film adaptation directed by Kirsten Sheridan, 2001.
  • East is East by Ayub Khan-Din – John Whiting Award, 1996. Film adaptation directed by Damien O’Donnell, 1999.
  • Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth – Evening Standard Best Play Award, 2009; Critics Circle Award for Best New Play, 2009; Whatsonstage.com Award for Best New Play, 2010.
  • Mojo by Jez Butterworth – Olivier Award for Best Comedy, 1996.
  • My Night With Reg by Kevin Elyot – Olivier Award for Best Comedy, 1995; Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy, 1994.
  • A Number by Caryl Churchill – Evening Standard Best Play Award, 2002. TV adaptation by BBC Films, HBO Films and Rainmark Films, 2008.
  • Pentecost by David Edgar – Evening Standard Best Play Award, 1995.
  • Rafta, Rafta... by Ayub Khan-Din – Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, 2008.
  • Stanley by Pam Gems – Evening Standard Best Play Award, 1996.
  • Stones in His Pockets by Marie Jones – Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, 2001; Evening Standard Best Comedy Award, 2000.
  • Vincent in Brixton by Nicholas Wright – Olivier Award for Best New Play, 2003.
  • The Weir by Conor McPherson – Olivier Award for Play of the Year, 1999; Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright, 1997; Critics Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright, 1997.

Nick Hern Books has also published theatre books (biographies, journals, practical books, how-to guides, etc.) by, amongst others, Peter Brook, Simon Callow, Declan Donnellan, Oliver Ford Davies, William Gaskill, Barbara Houseman, Antony Sher, Max Stafford-Clark, Harriet Walter and Timothy West.

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