The jewel in the crown of the Secondary Drama list is the market-leading A Level textbook, Drama and Theatre Studies (originally published as Theatre Studies), which continues to be the most appropriate resource for post-16 studies, whatever the specification. It is accompanied by Practical Theatre.

This is mirrored at KS4 by the continued popularity of The GCSE Drama Coursebook, and its re-issued companion titles, Starting with Scripts (introducing dramatic literature at KS3 and KS4) and The Script Sampler (providing texts for short performance assessment at GCSE).

Three series of playscripts offer an extensive range of material for use in schools and colleges. Dramascripts, featuring well-established favourites such as The Terrible Fate of Humpty Dumpty and Billy Liar, and SuperScripts (with, for example, Anansi and the stage adaptation of Stone Cold) cater very well for KS3 as well as KS4. And in collaboration with the National Theatre the Connections series has been produced, with new plays from leading contemporary playwrights (such as After Juliet by Sharman Macdonald) that will challenge and inspire students across the age range.

In addition to these series, there are selected plays that have longstanding appeal: among them, Blood Brothers and Sepia and Song.

Active approaches to Shakespeare are provided for GCSE and AS in the newly-launched Nelson Thornes Shakespeare, and an emphasis on accessibility is found in Shakespeare Made Easy.

Last but not least, the expanding list of plays in the Spirals series offers humorous ways into reading and drama for reluctant readers.