A variety of complete plays - from farce to tragedy, brief monologue to tense thriller - are collected here for use in the classroom and drama studio. Well-known names and new writer remind us of the power of dramatic writing to entertain, move and disturb us.

Plays include: Sorry, Wrong Number, Lucille Fletcher; Greenheart and the Dragon Pollutant, Cressida Miles; A Thing of Beauty, Charles Kray; Dean End, Richard Parsons; Skin, Nicola Batty; Trouble in the Works, Harold Pineter; Kitty, Victoria Wood; The Still Alarm, George S. Kaufman; Teeth, Tina Howe; The Virtuous Burglar, Dario Fo.

Paperback 169pp

This book is part of a book series called New Longman Literature 14-18 .

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 1995 by Pearson Education Limited .

Geoff Barton is Deputy Headteacher at Thurston Upper School, Suffolk. He is an experienced author of school texts. Laurie Smith is a part-time Teacher and consultant at King's College, London and an experienced English examiner.