This gorgeous anthology of one-act plays from CultureCult Press gathers twenty-six original dramas that traverse genres and geographies: from sharp satire to tender monologue, dark comedy to political drama, modern absurdism to classical verse. Each compact drama delivers a powerful punch, unfolding human complexity via a variety of voices: homeless dreamers, disgraced priests, suicidal robots, battling twins and dying war-horses.

Whether set in barstools or battlefields, confessionals or computer code, these plays reflect a world constantly shifting, where identity, morality, memory and love are tested in a matter of minutes. FIRST FOLIO is both a showcase of contemporary dramatic writing and a tribute to theatre’s enduring power to provoke, disturb and console.