Nick Hern Books

Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Testimonies: Four Plays

Testimonies: Four Plays

By Emily Mann

Four significant plays from a writer whose choice of 'uncomfortable' but well-documented subjects has gained her a reputation for controversy.

Testing the Echo

Testing the Echo

By David Edgar

A timely, provocative and witty look at the campaign to redefine Britishness for a multicultural society.

Testmatch

Testmatch

By Kate Attwell

 A funny and provocative play about women's cricket, colonial India and the mythology of fair play. 

The Thanksgiving Play / What Would Crazy Horse Do?

The Thanksgiving Play / What Would Crazy Horse Do?

Two Plays

By Larissa FastHorse

Two essential plays by award-winning Native American playwright Larissa FastHorse.

That Almost Unnameable Lust

That Almost Unnameable Lust

By Rebecca Lenkiewicz

A short play about a writer holding workshops with older women in a prison.

Thebans

Thebans

By Liz Lochhead

The Ancient myths of the Kingdom of Thebes re-told by Scotland's foremost poet/dramatist.

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There Are No Beginnings

There Are No Beginnings

By Charley Miles

A play about the women whose lives and livelihoods were affected by the murderous attacks of the Yorkshire Ripper.

There is a War

There is a War

By Tom Basden

A miniature epic that explores the mad savagery of war with biting black comedy, and takes us into the dark heart of a strange and surreal conflict.

Thérèse Raquin

Thérèse Raquin (National Theatre stage version)

By Émile Zola Adapted by Nicholas Wright

A gripping psychological thriller adapted for the stage by Émile Zola himself from his own notorious novel, in a version by Nicholas Wright.

Thérèse Raquin

Thérèse Raquin (Theatre Royal Bath stage version)

By Émile Zola Adapted by Helen Edmundson

A story of lust, madness and destruction set in the backstreets of Paris. Based on Emile Zola's classic novel.

Thick As Thieves

Thick As Thieves

By Katherine Chandler

A tense, revealing play that explores what it means to care for one another and asks who, in a time of increasing disconnect, we expect to look after us.

The Thickness of Skin

The Thickness of Skin

By Clare McIntyre

An intricate, tender play about the obligations we have to one another, and those we would rather not.

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The Things Good Men Do

The Things Good Men Do

By Dan Muirden

Good men behaving very badly in a dark comedy about twenty-somethings in London.

Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World

Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World

By Javaad Alipoor With Chris Thorpe

A cutting-edge drama – part free-wheeling lecture, part podcast and part play – investigating the disappearance of Iranian pop sensation and refugee Fereydoun Farrokhzad in 1992.

Things I Know To Be True

Things I Know To Be True

By Andrew Bovell

A complex and intense portrait of the mechanics of a family – and a marriage – through the eyes of four siblings struggling to define themselves beyond their parents' love and expectations.

Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness (incl. Slavs!)

Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness (incl. Slavs!)

By Tony Kushner

A collection of essays, poems, a prayer and a play from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angels in America.

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This and Other Plays

This and Other Plays

By Melissa James Gibson

The first collection from a major new voice in American theatre.

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This Changes Everything

This Changes Everything

By Joel Horwood

A play about a group of young women seeking to form a new type of society and a better way of living. Part of Platform, a series of big-cast plays with predominantly or all-female casts, written specifically for performance by school, college and youth-theatre groups.

This is a Chair

This is a Chair

By Caryl Churchill

A short play about the surreal nature of modern life.

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This is Living

This is Living

By Liam Borrett

A poignant exploration of what it means to say goodbye.

This Lime Tree Bower

This Lime Tree Bower

By Conor McPherson

A poignant and gripping tale told through three interlinking monologues from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

This May Hurt A Bit

This May Hurt A Bit

By Stella Feehily

A witty, tender, and occasionaly surreal exploration of one family's experience of the NHS.

This Might Not Be It

This Might Not Be It

By Sophia Chetin-Leuner

A candid portrayal of mental health services in the NHS, premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2024.

This Must Be the Place

This Must Be the Place

By Brad Birch and Kenny Emson

A play comprising two short ballads about migration, missed connections, and life on the edge of respectability.