Methuen Drama
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Play publishers for over 100 years, with books on acting, theatre performance and production. An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing.
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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Musicals, Jukebox Musicals & Queer Musicals🎭
Introducing Essential Musicals, our brand-new series kicking off with 3 volumes.
Start exploring today: https://bit.ly/3VTFaEL
Introducing Essential Musicals, our brand-new series kicking off with 3 volumes.
Start exploring today: https://bit.ly/3VTFaEL
Barbara Bergin nominated for Dublin Gothic🎉
Congrats to all the nominees!
Congrats to all the nominees!
Broadway writer Bess Wohl and British-Irish debut playwright Hannah Doran are among the 10 finalists for this year’s Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
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Bess Wohl and Hannah Doran among Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalists
Broadway writer Bess Wohl and British-Irish debut playwright Hannah Doran are among the 10 finalists for this year’s Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
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November 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Barbara Bergin nominated for Dublin Gothic🎉
Congrats to all the nominees!
Congrats to all the nominees!
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Published next Monday with a beautiful introduction by Dan Rebellato that makes me teary and blush @nationaltheatre.org.uk @methuendrama.bsky.social @danrebellato.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Published next Monday with a beautiful introduction by Dan Rebellato that makes me teary and blush @nationaltheatre.org.uk @methuendrama.bsky.social @danrebellato.bsky.social
Have you explored our Theatre Makers series?
Diaries, letters, essays & interviews give unique insight into the philosophies &methods of practitioners who have shaped (and continue to shape) what theatre is today.
Enjoy 30% off in our festive sale: https://t.co/xI3Sy30CID
Diaries, letters, essays & interviews give unique insight into the philosophies &methods of practitioners who have shaped (and continue to shape) what theatre is today.
Enjoy 30% off in our festive sale: https://t.co/xI3Sy30CID
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Have you explored our Theatre Makers series?
Diaries, letters, essays & interviews give unique insight into the philosophies &methods of practitioners who have shaped (and continue to shape) what theatre is today.
Enjoy 30% off in our festive sale: https://t.co/xI3Sy30CID
Diaries, letters, essays & interviews give unique insight into the philosophies &methods of practitioners who have shaped (and continue to shape) what theatre is today.
Enjoy 30% off in our festive sale: https://t.co/xI3Sy30CID
“Reliably excellent.” – The Year's Work in Critical & Cultural Theory
Interested in contributing to the Methuen Drama Engage series, edited by Mark Taylor-Batty (@cupofassam.bsky.social) & Enoch Brater?
We’re welcoming proposals now. Details here: https://bit.ly/3T7T6tG
Interested in contributing to the Methuen Drama Engage series, edited by Mark Taylor-Batty (@cupofassam.bsky.social) & Enoch Brater?
We’re welcoming proposals now. Details here: https://bit.ly/3T7T6tG
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“Reliably excellent.” – The Year's Work in Critical & Cultural Theory
Interested in contributing to the Methuen Drama Engage series, edited by Mark Taylor-Batty (@cupofassam.bsky.social) & Enoch Brater?
We’re welcoming proposals now. Details here: https://bit.ly/3T7T6tG
Interested in contributing to the Methuen Drama Engage series, edited by Mark Taylor-Batty (@cupofassam.bsky.social) & Enoch Brater?
We’re welcoming proposals now. Details here: https://bit.ly/3T7T6tG
From South Africa to Cuba, India to Hungary & more, enjoy 30% off our global Play Collections (excl. pre-orders) during our festive sale.
Shop now: https://t.co/wr57jqaGoi
Shop now: https://t.co/wr57jqaGoi
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
From South Africa to Cuba, India to Hungary & more, enjoy 30% off our global Play Collections (excl. pre-orders) during our festive sale.
Shop now: https://t.co/wr57jqaGoi
Shop now: https://t.co/wr57jqaGoi
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Chuffed to get this first review!
"Smart, layered, and often quite funny in its observations about how white male identity has been staged, protected, and parodied over decades."
@addieisunwieldy.bsky.social's 'Straight White Men Can’t Dance' reviewed on Lou Reviews Blog:
https://bit.ly/47L7Wyh
@addieisunwieldy.bsky.social's 'Straight White Men Can’t Dance' reviewed on Lou Reviews Blog:
https://bit.ly/47L7Wyh
Book review: Straight White Men Can't Dance - LouReviews
Addie Tsai's book, Straight White Men Can't Dance, examines how straight white male identity is constructed in American pop culture through dance and movement. Blending academic analysis with relatabl...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Chuffed to get this first review!
"Smart, layered, and often quite funny in its observations about how white male identity has been staged, protected, and parodied over decades."
@addieisunwieldy.bsky.social's 'Straight White Men Can’t Dance' reviewed on Lou Reviews Blog:
https://bit.ly/47L7Wyh
@addieisunwieldy.bsky.social's 'Straight White Men Can’t Dance' reviewed on Lou Reviews Blog:
https://bit.ly/47L7Wyh
Book review: Straight White Men Can't Dance - LouReviews
Addie Tsai's book, Straight White Men Can't Dance, examines how straight white male identity is constructed in American pop culture through dance and movement. Blending academic analysis with relatabl...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Smart, layered, and often quite funny in its observations about how white male identity has been staged, protected, and parodied over decades."
@addieisunwieldy.bsky.social's 'Straight White Men Can’t Dance' reviewed on Lou Reviews Blog:
https://bit.ly/47L7Wyh
@addieisunwieldy.bsky.social's 'Straight White Men Can’t Dance' reviewed on Lou Reviews Blog:
https://bit.ly/47L7Wyh
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Our Holiday Sale begins today! Get ahead of holiday shopping with sitewide deals on this season's most giftable books.
🎁 https://bit.ly/3Xov1ka 💙📚
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#Nonfiction
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Our Holiday Sale begins today! Get ahead of holiday shopping with sitewide deals on this season's most giftable books.
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#Nonfiction
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#Nonfiction
*Out now*
Christopher Bigsby's 'Four Contemporary American Playwrights' continues his series exploring the careers of 28 playwrights. This volume covers the work of four male writers: Lucas Hnath, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Stephen Karam & Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/49tlaRn
Christopher Bigsby's 'Four Contemporary American Playwrights' continues his series exploring the careers of 28 playwrights. This volume covers the work of four male writers: Lucas Hnath, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Stephen Karam & Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/49tlaRn
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
*Out now*
Christopher Bigsby's 'Four Contemporary American Playwrights' continues his series exploring the careers of 28 playwrights. This volume covers the work of four male writers: Lucas Hnath, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Stephen Karam & Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/49tlaRn
Christopher Bigsby's 'Four Contemporary American Playwrights' continues his series exploring the careers of 28 playwrights. This volume covers the work of four male writers: Lucas Hnath, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Stephen Karam & Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/49tlaRn
'We Are Proud to Present...' by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury premiered on this day, 15th November 2012, off-Broadway at Soho Rep.
Shop now: https://t.co/uXrMDZ2KVa
Shop now: https://t.co/uXrMDZ2KVa
November 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
'We Are Proud to Present...' by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury premiered on this day, 15th November 2012, off-Broadway at Soho Rep.
Shop now: https://t.co/uXrMDZ2KVa
Shop now: https://t.co/uXrMDZ2KVa
Winner of the 1996 Tony Award for Best Play, Terrence McNally's Master Class premiered on this day, 15th November 1995, on Broadway.
Shop now: https://t.co/Yq5HowubSn
Shop now: https://t.co/Yq5HowubSn
![Front cover of Master Class by Terrence McNally.
"McNally's well-crafted, quip-filled drama [...] is less a biography and more a love letter to La Divina." - Entertainment Weekly](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:swihqwy34h3j327ecoh775uk/bafkreieafurfdytr6hepssjue7bq6enqiji5rrruasbz4rf6z72qujuxui@jpeg)
November 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Winner of the 1996 Tony Award for Best Play, Terrence McNally's Master Class premiered on this day, 15th November 1995, on Broadway.
Shop now: https://t.co/Yq5HowubSn
Shop now: https://t.co/Yq5HowubSn
*New research*
'Artistic Collaboration, Exile, and Brecht' by Katherine Hollander is an illuminating history of the intimate group around Bertolt Brecht who produced some of the most important works of 20th-century drama, literature & theory while in exile from Nazi Germany.
https://bit.ly/3JssZfJ
'Artistic Collaboration, Exile, and Brecht' by Katherine Hollander is an illuminating history of the intimate group around Bertolt Brecht who produced some of the most important works of 20th-century drama, literature & theory while in exile from Nazi Germany.
https://bit.ly/3JssZfJ
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
*New research*
'Artistic Collaboration, Exile, and Brecht' by Katherine Hollander is an illuminating history of the intimate group around Bertolt Brecht who produced some of the most important works of 20th-century drama, literature & theory while in exile from Nazi Germany.
https://bit.ly/3JssZfJ
'Artistic Collaboration, Exile, and Brecht' by Katherine Hollander is an illuminating history of the intimate group around Bertolt Brecht who produced some of the most important works of 20th-century drama, literature & theory while in exile from Nazi Germany.
https://bit.ly/3JssZfJ
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Celebrate Transgender Awareness Week with this collection of plays focusing on trans life and gender diversity.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3IY2bDV
#TheatreSky #Theatre @methuendrama.bsky.social
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3IY2bDV
#TheatreSky #Theatre @methuendrama.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Celebrate Transgender Awareness Week with this collection of plays focusing on trans life and gender diversity.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3IY2bDV
#TheatreSky #Theatre @methuendrama.bsky.social
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3IY2bDV
#TheatreSky #Theatre @methuendrama.bsky.social
We're over the moon that Dom's work has been recognised! An all-round brilliant Publisher, colleague & champion of publishing & the theatre industry 🤩 #PeopleOfPublishing
We're so proud of Dom O'Hanlon for being named as one of @publishersassoc.bsky.social's #PeopleOfPublishing 2025!
Dom is Senior Publisher for @methuendrama.bsky.social, where he works to diversify what we publish, make plays accessible & is chair of our DEI Working Group.
Congratulations Dom! 🥳
Dom is Senior Publisher for @methuendrama.bsky.social, where he works to diversify what we publish, make plays accessible & is chair of our DEI Working Group.
Congratulations Dom! 🥳
We’re proud to introduce the 2025 People of Publishing! 🎉📚
Watch our video and find out the impact they’re having across the industry: www.publishers.org.uk/people-of-pu...
Watch our video and find out the impact they’re having across the industry: www.publishers.org.uk/people-of-pu...
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We're over the moon that Dom's work has been recognised! An all-round brilliant Publisher, colleague & champion of publishing & the theatre industry 🤩 #PeopleOfPublishing
Leaf through the latest Drama and Performance Studies books in our Autumn catalogue 🍂📚
Browse our October-December 2025 catalogue: https://bit.ly/4gVmoXA
Browse our October-December 2025 catalogue: https://bit.ly/4gVmoXA
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Leaf through the latest Drama and Performance Studies books in our Autumn catalogue 🍂📚
Browse our October-December 2025 catalogue: https://bit.ly/4gVmoXA
Browse our October-December 2025 catalogue: https://bit.ly/4gVmoXA
"A witty, informative look at the evolution of queer musicals, one that will be of interest to both ardent theatre lovers like me and to those looking for an entertaining read."
Robert W. Schneider's 'Queer Musicals' reviewed @outinjerseymag.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/497Eh3n
Robert W. Schneider's 'Queer Musicals' reviewed @outinjerseymag.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/497Eh3n
“Queer Musicals” explores the shows that changed musical theatre’s attitudes on LGBTQ characters and issues
Delve into Robert W. Schneider's analysis of queer musicals and their contribution to LGBTQ attitudes and issues in his book "Queer musicals.".
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November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"A witty, informative look at the evolution of queer musicals, one that will be of interest to both ardent theatre lovers like me and to those looking for an entertaining read."
Robert W. Schneider's 'Queer Musicals' reviewed @outinjerseymag.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/497Eh3n
Robert W. Schneider's 'Queer Musicals' reviewed @outinjerseymag.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/497Eh3n
'The Godot Diaries' offers a fascinating, behind-the-scenes diary account of working on a major production of Beckett’s iconic play from acclaimed actor Lucian Msamati.
Pre-order your copy today: https://bit.ly/47veGPj
Pre-order your copy today: https://bit.ly/47veGPj
November 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
'The Godot Diaries' offers a fascinating, behind-the-scenes diary account of working on a major production of Beckett’s iconic play from acclaimed actor Lucian Msamati.
Pre-order your copy today: https://bit.ly/47veGPj
Pre-order your copy today: https://bit.ly/47veGPj
'Opening Doors' explores the journey of internationally celebrated director John Doyle from regional theatres to reinventing the Broadway musical through Tony Award-winning revivals of 'Sweeney Todd', 'Company', and 'The Color Purple'.
Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/4oNY6l2
Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/4oNY6l2
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
'Opening Doors' explores the journey of internationally celebrated director John Doyle from regional theatres to reinventing the Broadway musical through Tony Award-winning revivals of 'Sweeney Todd', 'Company', and 'The Color Purple'.
Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/4oNY6l2
Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/4oNY6l2
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It's #AcWriMo! Find the perfect guides and author tips for every stage of the writing process.
✍️ https://bit.ly/4qAtftU
#AcademicWriting #WritingCommunity #WritingTips
✍️ https://bit.ly/4qAtftU
#AcademicWriting #WritingCommunity #WritingTips
November 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
It's #AcWriMo! Find the perfect guides and author tips for every stage of the writing process.
✍️ https://bit.ly/4qAtftU
#AcademicWriting #WritingCommunity #WritingTips
✍️ https://bit.ly/4qAtftU
#AcademicWriting #WritingCommunity #WritingTips
*New research*
'The Question of Skill: Directing and Acting in Contemporary Theatre' by Adam J. Ledger rethinks how theatre-making might be understood as a "skilled" craft & process, exploring how professional contexts allow competence to emerge in a multitude of ways.
https://bit.ly/4pPzDNs
'The Question of Skill: Directing and Acting in Contemporary Theatre' by Adam J. Ledger rethinks how theatre-making might be understood as a "skilled" craft & process, exploring how professional contexts allow competence to emerge in a multitude of ways.
https://bit.ly/4pPzDNs
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
*New research*
'The Question of Skill: Directing and Acting in Contemporary Theatre' by Adam J. Ledger rethinks how theatre-making might be understood as a "skilled" craft & process, exploring how professional contexts allow competence to emerge in a multitude of ways.
https://bit.ly/4pPzDNs
'The Question of Skill: Directing and Acting in Contemporary Theatre' by Adam J. Ledger rethinks how theatre-making might be understood as a "skilled" craft & process, exploring how professional contexts allow competence to emerge in a multitude of ways.
https://bit.ly/4pPzDNs
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lovely to see my/our TRANSMEDIA THEATRE anthology is in the Core Collection of @dramaonlinelib.bsky.social @methuendrama.bsky.social.
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60 new plays are now live in the Core Collection Annual Update 2025, including work by James Graham, Naomi Wallace and David Hare, plus an anthology of transmedia theatre plays. Discover the collection here: https://bit.ly/3AtVODT
November 4, 2025 at 5:04 AM
lovely to see my/our TRANSMEDIA THEATRE anthology is in the Core Collection of @dramaonlinelib.bsky.social @methuendrama.bsky.social.
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We're really honoured that the Department of Drama and Theatre Studies at @uniofgalway.bsky.social is hosting a symposium to mark our 50th anniversary.
'Druid at 50: People, Place & Performance' will take place this Friday, 7 November, on the university campus.
'Druid at 50: People, Place & Performance' will take place this Friday, 7 November, on the university campus.
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We're really honoured that the Department of Drama and Theatre Studies at @uniofgalway.bsky.social is hosting a symposium to mark our 50th anniversary.
'Druid at 50: People, Place & Performance' will take place this Friday, 7 November, on the university campus.
'Druid at 50: People, Place & Performance' will take place this Friday, 7 November, on the university campus.
New research in our Performance and Design series:
'Extended Reality Performance: Scenographic Practice in Virtual and Augmented Reality Technologies' edited by Néill O’Dwyer, Joanne Scott & Gareth W. Young illuminates the immersive world of XRP.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/3WdJmiT
'Extended Reality Performance: Scenographic Practice in Virtual and Augmented Reality Technologies' edited by Néill O’Dwyer, Joanne Scott & Gareth W. Young illuminates the immersive world of XRP.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/3WdJmiT
November 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
New research in our Performance and Design series:
'Extended Reality Performance: Scenographic Practice in Virtual and Augmented Reality Technologies' edited by Néill O’Dwyer, Joanne Scott & Gareth W. Young illuminates the immersive world of XRP.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/3WdJmiT
'Extended Reality Performance: Scenographic Practice in Virtual and Augmented Reality Technologies' edited by Néill O’Dwyer, Joanne Scott & Gareth W. Young illuminates the immersive world of XRP.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/3WdJmiT
"You ain't seen nothin' yet, it's gonna be a night we'll never forget"
This #Halloween dive into @chrisa31.bsky.social 's award-winning Out for Blood, based on his hit podcast. Discover the story of how Carrie The Musical lived, died & came back to life on stage.
https://bit.ly/3JnF4mq
This #Halloween dive into @chrisa31.bsky.social 's award-winning Out for Blood, based on his hit podcast. Discover the story of how Carrie The Musical lived, died & came back to life on stage.
https://bit.ly/3JnF4mq
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"You ain't seen nothin' yet, it's gonna be a night we'll never forget"
This #Halloween dive into @chrisa31.bsky.social 's award-winning Out for Blood, based on his hit podcast. Discover the story of how Carrie The Musical lived, died & came back to life on stage.
https://bit.ly/3JnF4mq
This #Halloween dive into @chrisa31.bsky.social 's award-winning Out for Blood, based on his hit podcast. Discover the story of how Carrie The Musical lived, died & came back to life on stage.
https://bit.ly/3JnF4mq
Out now in our Topics in Musical Theatre series 🎶
'Feminist Approaches in Musical Theatre' by Paige Allen & Stacy Wolf provides a concise exploration of concepts and methods for understanding and analyzing musical theatre from a feminist perspective.
https://bit.ly/3KtTvFB
'Feminist Approaches in Musical Theatre' by Paige Allen & Stacy Wolf provides a concise exploration of concepts and methods for understanding and analyzing musical theatre from a feminist perspective.
https://bit.ly/3KtTvFB
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Out now in our Topics in Musical Theatre series 🎶
'Feminist Approaches in Musical Theatre' by Paige Allen & Stacy Wolf provides a concise exploration of concepts and methods for understanding and analyzing musical theatre from a feminist perspective.
https://bit.ly/3KtTvFB
'Feminist Approaches in Musical Theatre' by Paige Allen & Stacy Wolf provides a concise exploration of concepts and methods for understanding and analyzing musical theatre from a feminist perspective.
https://bit.ly/3KtTvFB