This is the first collection from critically acclaimed playwright Duncan Macmillan, containing the plays Monster , Lungs , 2071, Every Brilliant Thing and People, Places and Things . “Duncan Macmillan's cracking play is a timely and gripping dissection of parenting and responsibility… This is a play that tests your liberal instincts to the limits.” ― The Guardian, on Monster “An honest, original and pretty much irresistible tearjerker.” ― The New York Times ArtsBeat, on People, Places and Things “A woundingly intense two-hander. It is the most beautiful, quietly shattering play of the year.” ― The Express, on Lungs “If we look to theatre to increase our awareness of the human condition, the evening succeeds on all counts. [...] This talk, which deserves wide dissemination, is better than good: it is necessary.” ― The Guardian, on 2071 “Heart-wrenching, hilarious... one of the funniest plays you'll ever see about depression – and possibly one of the funniest plays you'll ever see, full stop.” ― The Guardian, on Every Brilliant Thing “The writing is exquisitely painful. At times it feels like Macmillan has taken one of those little spoons, the ones with the serrated edge, for grapefruit, and scooped something out of you.” ― The Stage, on People, Places and Things “It is a rigorous but impassioned cri de coeur [...] conveyed in a single voice, founded on a lifetime's experience of the workings of the planet, it has real power.” ― New Scientist, on 2071 “Duncan Macmillans cracking play is a timely and gripping dissection of parenting and responsibility This is a play that tests your liberal instincts to the limits.” ― The Guardian on Monster “If we look to theatre to increase our awareness of the human condition, the evening succeeds on all counts. This talk, which deserves wide dissemination, is better than good: it is necessary.” ― The Guardian on 2071 “It is a rigorous but impassioned cri de coeur [ ] conveyed in a single voice, founded on a lifetime's experience of the workings of the planet, it has real power.” ― New Scientist on 2071 “Heart-wrenching, hilarious... one of the funniest plays youll ever see about depression and possibly one of the funniest plays you'll ever see, full stop.” ― The Guardian on Every Brilliant Thing “Duncan Macmillan's cracking play is a timely and gripping dissection of parenting and responsibility. This is a play that tests your liberal instincts to the limits.” ― The Guardian on Monster “One of the most powerful and painfully funny plays I've ever seen.” ― New York Times on People, Places and Things Duncan Macmillan 's work has been performed throughout the world, including at the National Theatre, Royal Court, Almeida, Barbican, St Ann's Warehouse, Melbourne Theatre Company, Berliner Ensemble, Hamburg Schauspielhaus, Schauspielhaus Köln, Burgtheater Vienna, Vesturport, Kansallisteatteri, Nationaltheatret Oslo and in the repertory of the Schaubühne Berlin, as well as at the Edinburgh Festival, the Manchester International Festival, Salzburg Festival, Festival d'Avignon and Theatertreffen, in the West End and on Broadway. Both 1984 and People, Places and Things were nominated for Best New Play and Rosmersholm was nominated Best Revival at the Olivier Awards.