by Neil LaBute
Also by Neil LaBute
plays
PLAYS ONE
(Filthy Talk for Troubled Times, The Mercy Seat, This Is How It Goes, Some Girl(s), Helter Skelter, A Second of Pleasure)
BASH: LATTERDAY PLAYS
THE SHAPE OF THINGS
THE DISTANCE FROM HERE
THE MERCY SEAT
SOME GIRL(S)
FAT PIG
THIS IS HOW IT GOES
LAND OF THE DEAD and HELTER SKELTER
IN A DARK DARK HOUSE
IN A FOREST, DARK AND DEEP
REASONS TO BE PRETTY
REASONS TO BE HAPPY
screenplays
IN THE COMPANY OF MEN
YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS
fiction
SECONDS OF PLEASURE
Copyright
First published in this collection in 2017
by Faber and Faber Ltd
Bloomsbury House
74–77 Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DA
This collection © Neil LaBute, 2017
The Shape of Things
First published in 2002 by Faber and Faber Limited
© Neil LaBute, 2002
Fat Pig
First published in the USA by Faber and Faber inc., 2007
© Neil LaBute, 2004, 2016
In a Dark Dark House
First published in the USA by Faber and Faber Inc.
© Neil LaBute, 2005, 2007
In a Forest, Dark and Deep
First published in 2011 by Faber and Faber Limited
© Neil LaBute, 2011
The right of Neil LaBute to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
All rights whatsoever in these plays are strictly reserved and applications to perform them should be made in writing, before rehearsals begin, to Joyce Ketay, The Gersh Agency, 41 Madison Avenue, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA. No performance may be given unless a licence has first been obtained
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ISBN 978–0–571–33572–5
