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Books by Philip Osment
  | | Can I Help You Oberon Modern Plays by Philip Osment, Mike Alfreds Paperback, 72 Pages, Published 2020 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78682-851-4, ISBN: 1-78682-851-0 "Two disparate souls collide, and learn what it truly means to be touched by the magic of hope.Philip Osment's final play, Can I Help You? is a magical realist examination of the role race and gender have to play in mental health and suicide ..." |
 | | Hearing Things(Reprint) (Oberon Modern Plays) by Philip Osment Paperback, 88 Pages, Published 2019 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78682-720-3, ISBN: 1-78682-720-4 "Hearing Things explores the dilemmas of psychiatry from the points of view of patients, relatives and staff. Based on experiences of psychiatrists and patients, the ‘healthy’ and the ‘ill’, the play examines how and if people heal and recover inside institutions. As part of the research process, staff and patients at Homerton University Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital in south London took part in drama programmes creating characters ..." |
 | | Inside (Oberon Modern Plays) by Philip Osment Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2011 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84943-023-4, ISBN: 1-84943-023-3 "Looking for relief from boredom, seven young fathers in prison sign-up for an education program. They try to use the workshops to settle scores and to rise up the prison pecking order. But they’re confronted with more than they’d bargained for, as they face up to their relationships with their children and and their own fathers. " |
 | | This Island's Mine (Oberon Modern Plays) by Philip Osment Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2019 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78682-754-8, ISBN: 1-78682-754-9 "1988. THATCHER’S BRITAIN.Seventeen-year-old Luke runs away to London – away from homophobic playground slurs, headlines that scream ‘Don’t Teach Our Children To Be Gay’ and a family who wouldn’t understand him – to Uncle Martin, who he once saw with his arms around another man at a march. In the capital, Mark is sacked because of fears about colleagues working with ‘someone like him’. His boyfriend, Selwyn, faces being beaten up both by ..." |
 | | What I Did in the Holidays by Philip Osment Paperback, 116 Pages, Published 2016 by Samuel French ISBN-13: 978-0-573-01739-1, ISBN: 0-573-01739-5 "On a dilapidated British farm in 1963, Morley is coping with puberty, the tangles of love within his family, and the desertion of his mother. He is attracted to Andy, one of the Scottish hitchhikers who have sought shelter at the farm. All is not, however, as it seems in this powerful play by the author of Flesh and Blood and The Dearly Beloved. Morley's habit of telling tales about his elders hastens a crisis." |
 | | Dearly Beloved, the (Acting Edition) by Philip Osment Paperback, 108 Pages, Published 1993 by Samuel French Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-573-01746-9, ISBN: 0-573-01746-8 "M4 (teenage, 40s) F5 (30s, 40s, 70). Simple interior and exterior settings When Alaric, a successful London television producer, returns to his sleepy rural home town, his arrival heralds suffering and domestic turmoil in this sensitive, compelling depiction of a variety of family relationships. The play was critically acclaimed at Hampstead Theatre in 1993. '... exceptionally poignant, and there is no mistaking the overall richness of ..." |
 | | Duck! (Oberon Plays for Younger People) by Philip Osment Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2008 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84002-822-5, ISBN: 1-84002-822-X "A modern re-imagining of Hans Christian Anderson's tale, The Ugly Duckling." |
 | | The Undertaking (Modern Playwrights) by Philip Osment Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1998 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-870259-87-3, ISBN: 1-870259-87-4 "A touching and sometimes comic story of five friends' journey into the Irish countryside to scatter the ashes of a friend who died of AIDS." |
 | | Pedro, the Great Pretender by Miguel De Cervantes, Philip Osment, Royal Shakespeare Company Paperback, 125 Pages, Published 2005 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84002-443-2, ISBN: 1-84002-443-7 ""The plot of this play revolves around a lovable trickster who aims to be helpful in order to be liked. His journey to find his identity ends with him finding his true vocation on the stage. Pedro, The Great Pretender opened at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in September 2004."" |
 | | Whole (Oberon Plays for Younger People) by Philip Osment Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2013 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84943-445-4, ISBN: 1-84943-445-X "What happens when you're in a hole? What happens when that hole's inside you? What do you do you fill it with to make yourself feel whole?In 2012, 3 teenagers emailed the 20 Stories High Theatre Company to ask them if they could make a play about their friend Holly. This is how it unravelled 3 teenagers: ...So that’s our story and we really want to tell it... and we want to act in it as well, and play ourselves cos actors wouldn’t real ..." |
 | | Osment Plays 1: Dearly Beloved , What I Did in the Holidays , Flesh and Blood (Contemporary Dramatists) (Vol 1) by Philip Osment, Hemon Aleksandar Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1997 by Methuen Drama ISBN-13: 978-0-413-71070-3, ISBN: 0-413-71070-X "Osment's trilogy of 'Devon Plays' draw on his background growing up on a farm in North Devon and were produced in the mid-1990s by Cambridge Theatre Company (Method and Madness). The Dearly Beloved (1993): 'Local boy made good comes back to visit his mother in a small West Country town where his presence brings home to his friends who stayed put the various ways in which their lives have failed ...you can't but be reminded of Chekhov at ..." |
 | | The Lost Gardens (Collins Big Cat) by Philip Osment, Michael Foreman, Collins Big Cat Paperback, 136 Pages, Published 2011 by Collins Educational ISBN-13: 978-0-00-733643-2, ISBN: 0-00-733643-8 "Stumbling upon a hidden and forgotten garden, three young friends find themselves transported to World War One, and caught up in the shocking truth of young soldiers sent to fight for their country. Beautifully illustrated by Kate Greenaway winner Michael Foreman, this thought-provoking play helps to bring the First World War into modern day. * Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for childre ..." |
 | | Class Acts New Plays for Children to Act (Oberon Plays for Young People) by Philip Osment, Oladipo Agboluaje, Lin Coghlan Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2010 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84002-933-8, ISBN: 1-84002-933-1 "This is a collection of three thirty-minute plays by leading playwrights for children to perform, commissioned by the Unicorn. "Class Acts" includes: "The Wish Collector" by Oladipo Agboluaje, "The Acme Thunderer" by Lin Coghlan, and "Of the Terrifying Events on the Hamelin Estate" by Philip Osment." |
 | | Little Violet and the Angel (Oberon Plays for Young People) by Philip Osment Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2001 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84002-217-9, ISBN: 1-84002-217-5 "Philip Osment's magical play is funny, tender and true. Gabriel has to earn his stripes as a guardian angel to a poor orphaned girl as she grows up with her adoptive parents. Along the way he learns things about his own history and the real reason for his growing friendship with the little girl. Astonishing theatrical skills, including puppetry, live music and song combine to create this wondrous adventure, an unforgettable exploration ..." |
 | | Palace of Fear (Oberon Modern Plays) by Philip Osment Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2006 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84002-505-7, ISBN: 1-84002-505-0 "Osment has written and directed plays for two of the country's most prominent young people's theatres" |
 | | Buried Alive(1st Edition) by Philip Osment Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2001 by Oberon Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84002-197-4, ISBN: 1-84002-197-7 "Stewart is an award-winning photo-journalist who specialises in recording atrocities around the world. A young woman, a journalist herself, who is an admirer of his work, starts to investigate Stewart's life and in doing so uncovers a disturbing family history. Set in Edinburgh, the play moves between the present day and the late 1970s of Stewart's childhood. Gradually, the story of Stewart and his two sisters and the nightmare imposed ..." |
 | | Plays for Young People (Oberon Modern Playwrights) by Philip Osment Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 2006 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84002-272-8, ISBN: 1-84002-272-8 "BARRY: You do. I can tell from that look on your face. SHARON: Barry, I don't. BARRY: Think I bully him, don't you? SHARON: No. BARRY: It's not me, it's you. SHARON: What? BARRY: You suffocate him. SHARON: Was that a car? (She goes ..." |
 | | GAY SWEATSHOP PLAYS (Methuen Theatrefile) by Philip Osment, Noel Greig, Jackie Kay, Andy Kirby Paperback, 148 Pages, Published 1989 by Heinemann ISBN-13: 978-0-413-61380-6, ISBN: 0-413-61380-1 |
 | | Encounters Beyond Text Art Transforming Lives by Paul Heritage, Gary Stewart, Poppy Spowage, Luis Eduardo Soares, Liv Sovik, Eneida Leal Cunha, Regina Case, Cicely Berry, Baba Israel, Philip Osment Paperback, 77 Pages, Published 2011 by Queen Mary University Of London ISBN-13: 978-0-9567899-3-8, ISBN: 0-9567899-3-5 |
 | | Flesh and Blood (Modern Plays) by Philip Osment Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1996 by Methuen Drama ISBN-13: 978-0-413-71020-8, ISBN: 0-413-71020-3 ""A dramatist of exceptional and distinctive promise" (Daily Telegraph) The early 1950s. Two brothers and a sister are marooned on a remote farm after their father's death. They are thrown into a state of panic when one of them makes a bid for freedom. Long-suppressed jealousies and resentments begin to seethe and fester. Thirty years later an unexpected visitor brings their feud to a climax.Flesh and Blood completes Philip Osment's tril ..." |
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