Nick Hern Books

Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Bloody Wimmin

Bloody Wimmin

By Lucy Kirkwood

A short play about the protests at Greenham Common, a political landmark in the fight for nuclear disarmament.

Blue

Blue

By Joe Ward Munrow

A disquieting and darkly funny play which shines a light on the state of mental-health services in modern Britain. In the Multiplay Drama series.

Blue Heart

Blue Heart

By Caryl Churchill

Two exhilarating and teasingly entertaining one-act plays from one of the UK's leading playwrights.

Blue Mist

Blue Mist

By Mohamed-Zain Dada

A debut play about South Asian Muslim men navigating a system that isn't built for them. Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London.

Blue Sky

Blue Sky

By Clare Bayley

An exhilarating, challenging new play by Amnesty Award-winning playwright Clare Bayley.

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Blue Stockings

Blue Stockings

By Jessica Swale

A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women’s suffrage.

Bluebirds

Bluebirds

By Vern Thiessen

A play about three nurses treating wounded Canadian soldiers in France in 1918.

Blues for an Alabama Sky

Blues for an Alabama Sky

By Pearl Cleage

A remarkable dramatic portrait of life in New York City in 1930, as the Harlem Renaissance starts to feel the bite of the Great Depression.

Bodies

Bodies

By Vivienne Franzmann

A play about the human cost of surrogacy, and what we’ll overlook to get what we want.

Bogboy

Bogboy

By Deirdre Kinahan

A short play in which two lost souls – a young heroin addict and a reclusive middle-aged farmer – discover a budding friendship in the bogs of Meath.

Bold Girls

Bold Girls

By Rona Munro

A sharply funny, moving play set during the Troubles in Northern Ireland and celebrating women’s strength under siege.

Boleros for the Disenchanted and other plays

Boleros for the Disenchanted and other plays

By José Rivera

Four new plays that interweave love and politics, from the screenwriter of The Motorcycle Diaries.

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Bombshells

Bombshells

By Joanna Murray-Smith

Six funny and perceptive monologues about the stresses of modern female life.

Bone Songs

Bone Songs

By André Gregory

A meditation on the nature of time and the importance of human relationships, by acclaimed avant-garde theatre director André Gregory.

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The Bone Sparrow

The Bone Sparrow (stage version)

By Zana Fraillon Adapted by S. Shakthidharan

A stage adaptation of Zana Fraillon's powerful and deeply moving novel about the displacement and treatment of refugees and sanctuary seekers in Australia.

Boo

Boo

By Jack Thorne

A powerful and beautifully observed short play for one actor, exploring the impact of the newly established National Health Service on working people's lives in the 1940s and 50s.

Published in volume Jack Thorne Plays: Two
    The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage

    The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage (stage version)

    By Philip Pullman Adapted by Bryony Lavery

    The stage version of Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage, which is set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy. Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt.

    The Book of Grace

    The Book of Grace

    By Suzan-Lori Parks

    Suzan-Lori Parks' fierce and intimate three-person drama, a companion piece to her Pulitzer Prize-winning play Topdog/Underdog.

    Borders

    Borders

    By Henry Naylor

    An urgent, moving and occasionally hilarious play about the migrant crisis and the politics of the Middle East.

    born bad

    born bad

    By debbie tucker green

    A hard-hitting and original family drama.

    Boudica

    Boudica

    By Tristan Bernays

    A brand-new ancient-history play in verse that tells the story of one of Britain's most iconic women: a queen, a warrior and a rebel.

    The Bounds

    The Bounds

    By Stewart Pringle

    A darkly comedic tale of national divides, folk horror and the end of the world as we know it. Premiered at Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, and the Royal Court Theatre, London.

    Box Clever

    Box Clever

    By Monsay Whitney

    A moving, truthful and darkly comic play about one woman's experience of a women's refuge.

    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (stage version)

    By John Boyne Adapted by Angus Jackson

    A deeply moving and thought-provoking stage play based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne.