Nick Hern Books

Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Precious Little Talent

Precious Little Talent

By Ella Hickson

A touching and funny play about 20-somethings graduating into a world that's sold them down the river.

Precious Little Talent & Hot Mess

Precious Little Talent & Hot Mess

By Ella Hickson

Two plays by award-winning playwright Ella Hickson.

Prelude to a Kiss and other plays

Prelude to a Kiss and other plays

By Craig Lucas

A collection of work by one of America's most important and influential playwrights.

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The President of an Empty Room

The President of an Empty Room

By Steven Knight

Voodoo, heroin and tobacco in a Cuban cigar factory, from the award-winning screenwriter of Dirty Pretty Things.

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The President's Holiday

The President's Holiday

By Penny Gold

Part political thriller and part personal drama, The President's Holiday is a gripping and deeply moving play about Gorbachev's final hours as President of the USSR.

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Pressure

Pressure

By David Haig

An intense real-life thriller centred around the most important weather forecast in the history of warfare.

Pretend You Have Big Buildings

Pretend You Have Big Buildings

By Ben Musgrave

A tender and funny play about growing up in Romford in the shadow of Canary Wharf, winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

The Price of a Fish Supper

The Price of a Fish Supper

By Catherine Czerkawska

A short play about a man whose fortunes have declined along with the Scottish fishing industry in which he has worked all his life.

The Price of Everything

The Price of Everything

By Fiona Evans

A tense and gripping drama, loaded with dark humour, about the price we pay for material possessions and the effect it has on those we love.

Prickly Heat

Prickly Heat

By Simon Donald

A surreal and sensuous comedy by a young Scottish writer-performer.

Published in volume First Run
    The Pride

    The Pride

    By Alexi Kaye Campbell

    The powerful debut play from Alexi Kaye Campbell, examining changing attitudes to sexuality.

    Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

    Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

    By Isobel McArthur Original author Jane Austen

    A loving and irreverent all-female adaptation of Jane Austen's unrivalled literary classic, winner of the Best Entertainment or Comedy Play at the Olivier Awards.

    Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

    Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) (2019 edition)

    By Isobel McArthur Original author Jane Austen

    A loving and irreverent all-female adaptation of Jane Austen's unrivalled literary classic.

    Pride's Crossing

    Pride's Crossing

    By Tina Howe

    A play about Mabel Tidings Bigelow, who at the age of 26 set the world record for swimming the English Channel.

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    Prima Facie

    Prima Facie

    By Suzie Miller

    A brilliant, powerful play for a solo actor, about a young, successful barrister forced to confront the patriarchal power of the law. Winner of Best New Play at the Olivier Awards and WhatsOnStage Awards in 2023.

    Prima Facie: Special Edition

    Prima Facie: Special Edition

    By Suzie Miller

    A special edition of the international hit play, featuring the definitive version of the award-winning script, together with colour photos and exclusive additional content.

    Primadonna

    Primadonna

    By Rosie Kellett

    A one-woman play that lays bare the world of the celebrity PA as a young first-timer navigates impossible tasks, difficult conversations and fearsome passive aggression.

    Primary Trust

    Primary Trust

    By Eboni Booth

    A deeply affecting stage play about the careful structures we build to contain oceans of feeling and what happens when those structures begin to crumble. Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

    Princess & The Hustler

    Princess & The Hustler

    By Chinonyerem Odimba

    A play about a cheeky 10-year-old with a plan to win the Weston-super-Mare Beauty Contest, against the backdrop of Black British Civil Rights marches in 1960s Bristol.

    The Princess and the Goblin

    The Princess and the Goblin

    By Stuart Paterson

    A rich and magical play for all the family, from a master of storytelling.

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    Princess Essex

    Princess Essex

    By Anne Odeke

    A riotous, satirical comedy based on the amazing true story of the first woman of colour to enter a beauty pageant in the UK. First performed at Shakespeare's Globe, London, in 2024.

    The Prisoner

    The Prisoner

    By Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne

    A provocative study of what it means to be free, by the internationally acclaimed theatre director and his long-time collaborator.

    The Prisoner's Dilemma

    The Prisoner's Dilemma

    By David Edgar

    An urgently topical account of a bloody conflict on Europe's Eastern borders. The third in David Edgar's post-Cold War trilogy.

    Prodigal

    Prodigal

    By Kalungi Ssebandeke

    A short play about community, identity and the enduring strength of family ties. First performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season.

    Published in volume Inside/Outside