Art often imitates life, but it’s rare that a West End play gets taken up by a group of anti-capitalist protesters as the perfect encapsulation of their spirit of defiance. But this is just what has happened to Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem, a play that is back in the West End with Mark Rylance once again … Continue reading Jez Butterworth’s JERUSALEM at St Paul’s
Jerusalem
Why Publish Plays?
Do plays need to be published in the first place? Publisher Nick Hern looks at the how and the why, and what lies ahead in the age of ebooks. Publishing plays is an odd activity – and at Nick Hern Books we publish a lot of plays: there are about 900 in print, and we … Continue reading Why Publish Plays?
The Prompt Book 