A collection of seven plays by Scottish writers, selected and introduced by Philip Howard, artistic director of Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre.



This volume contains:



Wormwood by Catherine Czerkawska (Traverse Theatre, 1997)

Depicts a family caught up in the Chernobyl disaster.



Brothers of Thunder by Ann Marie Di Mambro (Traverse Theatre, 1994)

A young, HIV-positive man takes refuge with a Catholic priest.



Passing Places by Stephen Greenhorn (Traverse Theatre, 1997)

A road movie for the stage.



One Way Street by David Greig (Traverse Theatre, 1995)

A one-man show set in Berlin.



Quelques Fleurs by Liz Lochhead (Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, 1991)

A short two-hander about a childless couple.



One Good Beating by Linda McLean (Traverse Theatre, 1999)

A blackly comic play about two siblings who take revenge on their bullying father.



Lazybed by Iain Crichton Smith (Traverse Theatre, 1997)

A man refuses to get out of bed one morning.