Nick Hern Books

Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Ecstasy

Ecstasy

By Mike Leigh

A play about loneliness, togetherness, longing, warmth and love.

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Edgar & Annabel

Edgar & Annabel

By Sam Holcroft

An Orwellian dystopian fable about a group of freedom fighters attempting to stand up to a repressive regime, while being continuously subjected to surveillance.

Edgar: Shorts

Edgar: Shorts

By David Edgar

A collection of shorter plays from stage and television by one of the UK's foremost political playwrights.

Educating Agnes

Educating Agnes

By Liz Lochhead

A dark and wickedly funny farce about one man's twisted attempts to find a woman he can control completely.

Education, Education, Education

Education, Education, Education

By The Wardrobe Ensemble

A theatrical love letter to the schools of the 1990s, asking big questions about a country in special measures, exploring what we are taught and why, and where responsibility lies. Full of inventive theatricality and irreverent humour.

Eggs

Eggs

By Florence Keith-Roach

A dark comedy about female friendship, fertility and freaking out, by Florence Keith-Roach, 'rising star of the London theatre scene' (Evening Standard).

Egusi Soup

Egusi Soup

By Janice Okoh

A fast and funny family drama about intergenerational and cross-cultural relationships - containing plenty of spicy bits…

Egyptian Products

Egyptian Products

By Laila Soliman Translated by Khalid Laith

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

Eight

Eight

By Ella Hickson

Eight compelling monologues offering a state-of-the-nation group portrait for the stage.

Einstein's Gift

Einstein's Gift

By Vern Thiessen

A Canadian play based on the life and work of Nobel Laureate Dr Fritz. Haber, who risked everything for a country that never accepted him, but used his work to murder millions.

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Electric Rosary

Electric Rosary

By Tim Foley

A sharp, timely and gloriously funny play that asks what faith really means in the age of artificial intelligence. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize Judges' Award.

Elephants

Elephants

By Rose Heiney

A sharp black comedy with a tender heart that explores the paths we take in life and their repercussions on the people we love most.

The Eleventh Capital

The Eleventh Capital

By Alexandra Wood

An arresting 60-minute debut play about dislocation, manipulation and power, winner of the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright.

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Elizabeth Gordon Quinn

Elizabeth Gordon Quinn (National Theatre of Scotland version)

By Chris Hannan

A contemporary classic set during the Glasgow Rent Strike of 1915, with one of the best women's roles ever to emerge from Scottish theatre, an unforgettable tragicomic heroine with an extraordinary power to repel and attract.

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Elizabeth Gordon Quinn

Elizabeth Gordon Quinn (original Traverse Theatre version)

By Chris Hannan

A contemporary classic set during the Glasgow Rent Strike of 1915, with one of the best women's roles ever to emerge from Scottish theatre, an unforgettable tragicomic heroine with an extraordinary power to repel and attract.

Published in volume Scot-Free
    Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue

    Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue

    By Quiara Alegría Hudes

    An unforgettable journey across time and generations.

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    Kevin Elyot: Four Plays

    Kevin Elyot: Four Plays

    By Kevin Elyot

    A collection of plays from the acclaimed author of My Night With Reg, spanning twenty years of work from a playwright who brilliantly captured the comedy of pain.

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    Emilia

    Emilia

    By Morgan Lloyd Malcolm

    A riotous, witty reclaiming of the life of Emilia Bassano, poet, mistress, mother, and exceptional woman – widely considered the 'Dark Lady' of Shakespeare's sonnets.

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    Emma

    Emma (stage version)

    By Jane Austen Adapted by Doon MacKichan and Martin Millar

    A bold, witty and fresh adaptation of Jane Austen's novel which, while thoroughly modern, retains the spirit and much of the language of the original.

    The Empty Quarter

    The Empty Quarter

    By Alexandra Wood

    A play confronting the challenges we face in a foreign land, asking where, or to whom, we belong.

     
    The Encounter

    The Encounter

    By Simon McBurney and Complicite

    A solo show tracing one man's journey into the Amazon rainforest and to the limits of human consciousness, inspired by the book Amazon Beaming by Petru Popescu.

    the end of history...

    the end of history...

    By Jack Thorne

    A play about families, parenting, and gigantic clashes of values.

    England & Son

    England & Son

    By Ed Edwards

    A one-man play about disaster capitalism, empire, Thatcherite politics, stolen youth, stolen wealth and a working-class boy who just wants his dad to smile at him. First performed by the celebrated political comedian Mark Thomas in Paines Plough's Roundabout during the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

    English & Wish You Were Here: two plays

    English & Wish You Were Here: two plays

    By Sanaz Toossi

    Two plays exploring the emotional toll of migration, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning play English, from an Iranian-American playwright.