Nick Hern Books

Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Wake Up And Smell The Coffee

Wake Up And Smell The Coffee

By Eric Bogosian

A monologue by a master of the art - 100% pure high octane Bogosian.

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Enda Walsh Plays: One

Enda Walsh Plays: One

By Enda Walsh

The first eight astonishing plays by 'one of the most dazzling wordsmiths of contemporary theatre'.

Enda Walsh Plays: Two

Enda Walsh Plays: Two

By Enda Walsh

The second collection of plays from the multi-award-winning Irish playwright, including The Walworth Farce, The New Electric Ballroom, Penelope, Ballyturk and two short plays, with a Foreword by the author.

The Walworth Farce

The Walworth Farce

By Enda Walsh

A remarkable play about what can happen when we become stuck in the stories we tell about our lives.

War and Peace

War and Peace (stage version)

By Leo Tolstoy Adapted by Helen Edmundson

A magnificent two-play epic, adapted from Tolstoy's novel and first staged by Shared Experience.

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War and Peace Gaza Piece

War and Peace Gaza Piece

By Caryl Churchill

A short play about war and family life.

Published in volume Caryl Churchill Plays: Five
    The Wardrobe

    The Wardrobe

    By Sam Holcroft

    A gripping journey through British history that shows how our country was shaped and how connected we are with our past. Part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.

    The Wasp

    The Wasp

    By Morgan Lloyd Malcolm

    A twisting two-hander, a psychological thriller from the acclaimed author of Emilia.

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    Water by the Spoonful

    Water by the Spoonful

    By Quiara Alegría Hudes

    A Pulitzer Prize-winning play about family, community and uncertainty.

    Steve Waters: Shorts

    Steve Waters: Shorts

    Five Plays

    By Steve Waters

    Five short plays from acclaimed playwright Steve Waters, all of them deeply personal accounts of his attempts to make sense of twenty-first-century Britain and an ever-changing world.

    The Way Home

    The Way Home

    By Chloë Moss

    A spiky play about the clash between suburban and itinerant ways of life in present-day Liverpool.

    The Way Old Friends Do

    The Way Old Friends Do

    By Ian Hallard

    A tender, laugh-out-loud comedy about two friends who form the world's first ABBA tribute band in drag.

    The Way We Live Now: American plays and the AIDS crisis

    The Way We Live Now: American plays and the AIDS crisis

    Edited by M. Elizabeth Osborn

    A collection of dramatic material - plays, extracts from plays and dramatic adaptations - concerning the AIDS epidemic.

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    We Anchor in Hope

    We Anchor in Hope

    By Anna Jordan

    A play about the end of an era as a London boozer closes its doors one final time.

    We are Three Sisters

    We are Three Sisters

    By Blake Morrison

    A thrillingly atmospheric historical drama for the stage, evoking the lives of the Brontë sisters, with a nod to Chekhov's Three Sisters.

    We Happy Few

    We Happy Few

    By Imogen Stubbs

    A comedy drama about an all-female theatre company touring Britain during the darkest days of World War Two, written by the well-known actress and premiered in the West End.

    We're Gonna Die

    We're Gonna Die

    By Young Jean Lee

    A life-affirming, humorous show of songs and monologues drawing on real-life experiences, about the one thing we all have in common: we're gonna die. Audio CD included.

    Weather Girl

    Weather Girl

    By Brian Watkins

    A blistering dark comedy about wrecking the places we love. Premiered at Summerhall during the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

    The Weir

    The Weir

    By Conor McPherson

    The spellbinding, beautifully observed hit from the master of suspenseful realism.

    The Welkin

    The Welkin

    By Lucy Kirkwood

    Lucy Kirkwood's play about a woman sentenced to hang for murder in 18th-century rural Suffolk.

    Well

    Well

    By Lisa Kron

    A play about a mother's extraordinary ability to heal a changing neighbourhood, despite her inability to heal herself.

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    Michael Weller: Five Plays

    Michael Weller: Five Plays

    By Michael Weller

    A collection of plays from the American writer whose screenplays include Hair and Ragtime.

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    Wellington 24

    Wellington 24

    By Rachel Harper

    An upbeat and empowering World War II tale about teamwork, collaboration and beating the odds. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.

    Wendy & Peter Pan

    Wendy & Peter Pan

    By Ella Hickson Original author J.M. Barrie

    A refreshingly modern version of J.M. Barrie's much-loved story that puts the character of Wendy firmly centre stage.