Nick Hern Books

Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Two Ladies

Two Ladies

By Nancy Harris

A powerful drama about the first ladies of France and America, as their husbands clash over an international crisis.

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two Palestinians go dogging

By Sami Ibrahim

A comedy that explores how the everyday becomes political and the political becomes everyday in a conflict zone.

Two Princes

Two Princes

By Meredydd Barker

A bittersweet drama about life, love, loss, and sculpture.

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Two Sisters and a Piano and other plays

Two Sisters and a Piano and other plays

By Nilo Cruz

Nilo Cruz is the most produced Cuban-American playwright in the US and was the first dramatist of Hispanic descent to receive the Pulitzer Prize.

Two Trains Running

Two Trains Running

By August Wilson

A play set in a small restaurant in the Pittsburgh Hill District in 1969. Part of August Wilson's Century Cycle, his epic dramatisation of the African American experience in the twentieth century.

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The Tyler Sisters

The Tyler Sisters

By Alexandra Wood

A funny, heartening exploration of time, and the unassuming moments that make up our lives.

Ugly Lies the Bone

Ugly Lies the Bone

By Lindsey Ferrentino

An honest and funny play about a wounded veteran seeking rehabilitation through an experimental virtual reality therapy, from an award-winning American playwright.

Unbalancing Acts: Foundations for a Theater

Unbalancing Acts: Foundations for a Theater

By Richard Foreman

Includes essays and playscripts: The Cure, Film Is Evil: Radio Is Good, Symphony of Rats, What Did He See? and Lava, with a Foreword by Peter Sellars

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Unbroken

Unbroken

By Alexandra Wood

A radical, modern-day re-interpretation of Arthur Schnitzler’s taboo-breaking 1897 play La Ronde, with its 'daisy chain' of sexual encounters.

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Under the Blue Sky

Under the Blue Sky

By David Eldridge

A triptych of love stories in a play about unrequited affection, obsession, sex, and the possibility of being happy.

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Undesirable Elements

Undesirable Elements

Real People, Real Lives, Real Theater

By Ping Chong

A collection celebrating twenty years of Undesirable Elements, the series of community-specific theatre works that examines the lives of people living cultures, either by choice or circumstance.

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The Unfriend

The Unfriend

By Steven Moffat

Steven Moffat's hilarious satirical play about middle-class England's disastrous instinct always to appear nice.

Unholy

Unholy

By Diane Flacks

A play about the intersetion of faith and misogyny, asking if you can be a feminist as well as a believer.

Unicorn

Unicorn

By Mike Bartlett

An explicit, funny and provocative play about a married couple looking to add sparkle to their relationship. Premiered in London's West End in 2025.

Unknown Rivers

Unknown Rivers

By Chinonyerem Odimba

A poignant and life-affirming play about the extraordinary powers of female friendship.

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The Unmanageable Sisters

The Unmanageable Sisters

By Michel Tremblay Adapted by Deirdre Kinahan

A funny and furious new version of Michel Tremblay’s fêted Québécoise comedy, Les Belles-Soeurs.

The Unravelling

The Unravelling

By Fin Kennedy

A Fringe First Award-winning fable about the power of mythology to change your life.

Unravelling the Ribbon

Unravelling the Ribbon

By Mary Kelly and Maureen White

A touching and frequently hilarious play about three women whose lives are touched by breast cancer.

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The Unreturning

The Unreturning

By Anna Jordan

A compelling drama that explores the profound effect that war has on young lives.

Unscorched

Unscorched

By Luke Owen

A courageous and convincing play that sensitively tackles the important subject of child abuse. Winner of the Papatango New Writing Prize 2013.

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Unsuspecting Susan

Unsuspecting Susan

By Stewart Permutt

A monologue play about a middle-aged woman whose adult son has converted to Islam.

Published in volume Singular Female Voices
    The Unthinkable

    The Unthinkable

    By Steve Waters

    A hard-hitting play about the collapse of idealism in contemporary politics.

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    untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play

    By Kimber Lee

    A powerful, hilarious play exploding lifetimes of repeating Asian stereotypes, winner of the International Award for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2019. Published alongside its staging at the Manchester International Festival 2023.

    The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping

    The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping

    By Fin Kennedy

    A bittersweet comedy about life, love and friendship once school is long gone.