A collection of seven plays by Scottish writers, selected and introduced by Philip Howard, artistic director of Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre. This volume contains: Wormwood by Catherine Czerkawska (Traverse Theatre, 1997) Depicts a family caught up in the Chernobyl disaster. Brothers of Thunder by Ann Marie Di Mambro (Traverse Theatre, 1994) A young, HIV-positive man takes refuge with a Catholic priest. Passing Places by Stephen Greenhorn (Traverse Theatre, 1997) A road movie for the stage. One Way Street by David Greig (Traverse Theatre, 1995) A one-man show set in Berlin. Quelques Fleurs by Liz Lochhead (Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, 1991) A short two-hander about a childless couple. One Good Beating by Linda McLean (Traverse Theatre, 1999) A blackly comic play about two siblings who take revenge on their bullying father. Lazybed by Iain Crichton Smith (Traverse Theatre, 1997) A man refuses to get out of bed one morning.