Stephenson Plays: 1 : A Memory of Water; Five Kinds of Silence; An Experiment with an Air Pump; Ancient Lights

This collection includes "A Memory of Water" in which three sisters meet on the evening after their mother's funeral and fight out old troubles with one another. "Five Kinds of Silence" is a portrayal of a family for whom rules, duties and punishments are the driving force.

In "Experiment with an Air Pump" in a world of scientific chaos, cloning and genetic engineering, the cellar of a house yields up the secrets of the scientific discoveries of 1799.

In "Ancient Lights", Hollywood stars come home to the hills of Northumberland.