Nick Hern Books

Titles by Global Majority authors

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...blackbird hour

...blackbird hour

By babirye bukilwa

A visceral and moving exploration of caring, belonging, and a queer Black woman's attempts to love herself. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2025.

...cake

...cake

By babirye bukilwa

A psychological drama that asks if the cycle of generational trauma can ever be broken. Can queer, Black femmes find love and belonging when the soil beneath them – and the climate around them – is hostile?

"Daddy": A Melodrama

"Daddy": A Melodrama

By Jeremy O. Harris

A blistering melodrama from Jeremy O. Harris, whose play Slave Play received a record twelve nominations at the 74th Tony Awards.

15 Heroines

15 Heroines

15 Monologues Adapted from Ovid

By Various

Drawing inspiration from Ovid, fifteen leading female and non-binary British playwrights dramatise the lives of fifteen classical heroines in a series of new monologues for the twenty-first century.

365 Days/365 Plays

365 Days/365 Plays

By Suzan-Lori Parks

A unique, year-long play cycle from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Topdog/Underdog. This collection of 365 impeccably crafted pieces, each with its own distinctive characters and dramatic power, is a complete work by an artist responding to her world, each and every day.

40 Days

40 Days

By Firdos Ali

A play exploring the impact of state violence on Black and brown children.

Published in volume Contemporary Plays by Black British Writers
    603

    603

    By Imad Farajin Translated by Hassan Abdulrazzak

    A play from Palestine, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

    Acceptance

    Acceptance

    By Amy Ng

    Crackling with razor-sharp dialogue, Amy Ng's play asks whether we can ever escape our past, and investigates the destructive side of our search for acceptance.

    The Adventures of a Young Black Girl in Search of God

    The Adventures of a Young Black Girl in Search of God

    By Djanet Sears

    Rainey Baldwin-Jackson, a country doctor, struggles to come to terms with the loss of her daughter, the disintegration of her marriage, and an eccentric elderly father on an astonishing crusade.

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    The America Play and other works

    The America Play and other works

    By Suzan-Lori Parks

    A volume of work by the innovative African-American playwright, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Topdog/Underdog.

    Amongst the Reeds

    Amongst the Reeds

    By Chinonyerem Odimba

    Two friends scratch out a living on the margins of society in a play commissioned by acclaimed theatre company Clean Break.

    Published in volume House + Amongst the Reeds: two plays
      Anna in the Tropics

      Anna in the Tropics

      By Nilo Cruz

      A poignant and poetic play set in Florida in 1929, inside a Cuban-American cigar factory, where cigars are still rolled by hand and "lectors" are employed to educate and entertain the workers. Winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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      Appropriate

      Appropriate

      By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

      A gripping play about ghosts and the legacies we are left with.

      The Arrival

      The Arrival

      By Bijan Sheibani

      A taut family drama about obsession, betrayal and the human need to belong.

      The Art of Illusion

      The Art of Illusion

      By Alexis Michalik Translated by Waleed Akhtar

      The award-winning French play, in an English translation by Waleed Akhtar, published alongside the premiere at Hampstead Theatre, London.

      Ballad of Yachiyo

      Ballad of Yachiyo

      By Philip Kan Gotanda

      A dramatic tale of a young Japanese girl's sexual awakening, and ultimate social downfall, in Hawaii's harsh sugar-cane plantation system of the early twentieth century.

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      Bangers

      Bangers

      By Danusia Samal

      A gig-theatre play featuring original music inspired by early noughties and present-day R&B and Garage.

      Barbecue / Bootycandy: two plays

      Barbecue / Bootycandy: two plays

      By Robert O'Hara

      Two plays by a leading African-American playwright and director, Barbecue and Bootycandy.

      Beauty of the Father

      Beauty of the Father

      By Nilo Cruz

      A play infused by the spirit and language of Lorca, about what we will sacrifice in the name of love.

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      Between Worlds: Contemporary Asian-American Plays

      Between Worlds: Contemporary Asian-American Plays

      Edited by Misha Berson

      A collection of contemporary Asian-American plays.

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      Big White Fog

      Big White Fog

      By Theodore Ward

      A poignant family drama set in Chicago against a backdrop of the Great Depression and the inescapable racism of the times.

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      Birds of a Kind

      Birds of a Kind

      By Wajdi Mouawad Translated by Linda Gaboriau

      A sweeping drama about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in which a straitlaced family is forced to confront everything they know about their identities.

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      Black Love

      Black Love

      By Chinonyerem Odimba

      An explosion of form-busting storytelling, combining real-life stories, imagined worlds, and new songs inspired by an R&B heritage.

      BLACK SUPERHERO

      BLACK SUPERHERO

      By Danny Lee Wynter

      A brutal, unflinching and funny portrait of one man's life spiralling out of control, in an age where our idols are Kings and our superheroes Gods.