This mid-century play examined questions of race, class, gender and sexual orientation and ushered in a new era of modern dramatists. It was made into a highly acclaimed film in 1962.

An essential anthology of five plays originally staged by what the New York Times described as “the most important theater in Europe”—The Royal Court.

Fo’s subversive drama is based on a true-life story: a prisoner falls from a window at police headquarters which triggers a chain of events exposing the judicial and police corruption of 1970s Italy.

Michael Frayn is one of the great playwrights of our time, enjoying international acclaim and prestige. This anthology contains three of his strongest titles of serious drama: Copenhagen, Democracy and Afterlife. The volume features the definitive version of each play together with an introduction by the author and a chronology of his work.