Includes the plays The Mentalists, Under the Whaleback and The God Botherers"e;The Mentalists confirms Richard Bean as a writer of beguilling originality with a gift for both laugh-out-loud dialogue and a sympathetic understanding of the darker recesses of the human heart"e; - Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph on The Mentalists"e;An instant modern classic"e; - Kate Bassett, The Guardian on Under the Whaleback"e;Richard Bean must have had a hell of a life"e; - Michael Billington, The Guardian on The God Botherers