EQUUS

by Peter Shaffer images by Clive Hicks-Jenkins Equus was first produced on stage in 1973 and in its first published form Peter Shaffer wrote of the dangers of ‘flatly setting down on paper what was far from flat on the stage, and listing inexpressively details of the...

The Girl from the Sea

by George Mackay Brown images by Michael Onken A Play for voices by George Mackay Brown Eighteen years ago we celebrated the seventieth birthday of George Mackay Brown by publishing In the Margins of a Shakespeare. It has long been out of print – but we are now able,...

Faithful John

by Brothers Grimm images by Harry Brockway translated by Lucy Crane Within the covers of Grimm's Household Tales lurk stories of peculiar power and perennial attraction. Despite the fact that many pantomime plots have been drawn from this source, children's stories...

The Journey of Thomas the Rhymer

by Thomas The Rhymer images by Angela Lemaire with wood engravings and an Afterword by Angela Lemaire 2001 Thomas the Rhymer, also known as Thomas of Erceldoune, was a real person who lived in the 13th century. While wandering alone in the forest lands of Melrose...

‘from an Almanack, 1726’

by Cardanus Rider images by Peter Reddick Pen and ink drawings by Peter Reddick A copy of this 'Almanack' (entitled British Merlin and billed as having been 'made and compiled for his Country's Benefit, by Cardanus Rider') has remained in Nicolas' family since...