Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Shifters
A fierce, funny and intoxicating play about the enduring power – and fragility – of memory and love. Published alongside the 2024 West End transfer.
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Shimmer
By Linda McLeanSurrounded by rain, rivers, lochs and floods, three generations of memory and experience ebb and flow through this lyrical play.
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Shining City
A brilliant, haunting play from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.
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Shining Souls
By Chris HannanA riotously funny comedy with a gallery of unforgettable characters, published here in a revised version alongside its revival at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, in 2003.
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The Shipment
The Shipment is a provocative look at African-American identity in today's not-quite post-racial society.
Published in volume The Shipment and Lear: two plays
The Shipment and Lear: two plays
Two plays by Korean-American theatre practitioner and writer Young Jean Lee, who here 'confirms herself as one of the best experimental playwrights in America' (Timeout New York).
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Shipwrecked!
A story about the nature of storytelling, based on a Victorian hoaxer's tale of being a castaway in the South Pacific - complete with buried treasure, a giant killer octopus, and cannibals.
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Shook
A tender and honest play examining the young men society shuts away. Winner of the 2019 Papatango New Writing Prize.
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Shoot the Crow
An endearing yet hard-hitting comic portrait of how the need to work gets in the way of living.
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Shout
A funny, moving drama about anxiety, celebrating difference, and finding your voice as a teenager. Part of the 2024 National Theatre Connections Festival.
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Shush
A funny and insightful play about the power of female friendship.
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Side Effects
Michael Weller's Fifty Words culminated in one desperate phone call. Side Effects is the story of what happened on the other end of the line.
Published in volume Loving Longing Leaving
The Silence and the Noise
By Tom PowellA play that beautifully captures the story of two young people on the edge. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.
Published in volume Papatango Plays
Singer
An epic fable of post-war Britain, told with lurid and exhilarating energy.
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A Single Act
By Jane BodieA subtle and menacing play about life after a terrorist outrage.
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Singular Female Voices
Three remarkable short plays for one (female) actor.
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Singular Male Voices
Three plays for one (male) actor, each giving voice to a character in extremis.
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Sister Suzie Cinema
The Collected Poems and Performances 1976-1986
By Lee BreuerA 'doo-wop opera' inspired by Lee Breuer's coming of age amidst the pop culture of the 50s.
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Six Acts of Love
A bittersweet play about the rich complexities of life, love and death.
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Six Characters in Search of an Author (Headlong version)
Pirandello's classic play, updated for the twenty-first century by Headlong.
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The Six-Days World
An emotionally involving family play that evokes the poignancy and the poison of the festive season - from the award-winning writer of The Sugar Wife.
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