Double Feature: Two

Double Feature brings together – in two volumes of paired short plays – four of the most exciting new voices in UK theatre, in their first commissions for the National Theatre.This volume,

Double Feature: Two, contains:Nightwatchman by Prasanna PuwanarajahA British Sri Lankan cricketer prepares for the innings of her life for England against Sri Lanka at Lord's. Facing a relentless bowling machine she challenges our preconceptions of politics, sport and national pride as harshly as she challenges her own.There is a War by Tom BasdenA miniature epic that explores the mad savagery of war with biting black comedy, and takes us into the dark heart of a strange and surreal conflict.As soldiers, priests and scavengers roam a battle-scorched landscape, a young medical officer finds herself abandoned and useless, unable to locate the hospital or even the war she was promised.The plays premiered in a specially converted space at the National Theatre in July 2011. They were performed alongside

Edgar & Annabel by Sam Holcroft and

The Swan by DC Moore, published in the companion volume

Double Feature: One.