Wordplays 1 was the first in a series of one-act play collections commissioned and edited by Alan Durband, and published by Hutchinson in the UK. The intended audience for the plays is younger, around age 11. The plays include: * We Shall Never Die by Dave Sheasby * The Tree Machine by Mandy Alexander * The Awful Billy Smiff by Brian Jacques * Darren's Conker by Anne Pickles * Politics and Terror by Willy Russell * All Friends Together by Tim Shields