Nick Hern Books

Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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The Writer

The Writer

By Ella Hickson

A young writer challenges the status quo but discovers that creative gain comes at a personal cost.

Writer's Cramp

Writer's Cramp

By John Byrne

The debut play from the author of The Slab Boys and Tutti Frutti, taking satirical swipes at Anglo-Scottish cultural pretensions.

Published in volume Scot-Free
    Written on the Heart

    Written on the Heart

    By David Edgar

    An enthralling historical drama about the creation of the King James Bible, commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company to mark its four-hundredth anniversary.

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    WROL (Without Rule of Law)

    WROL (Without Rule of Law)

    By Michaela Jeffery

    A darkly comic coming-of-age drama from an exciting Canadian playwright.

    Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights (stage version)

    By Emily Brontë Adapted by Lucy Gough

    An eminently actable, and readable, version of the well-loved story about a passionate but doomed love affair, one of the most famous and enduring love stories in the English language.

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    Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights (stage version)

    By Emily Brontë Adapted by Andrew Sheridan

    A ferocious, wild and utterly exhilarating adaptation of Emily Brontë's indelible masterpiece.

    Yaga

    Yaga

    By Kat Sandler

    A genre-bending comedy thriller that explores the legend of the wicked witch Baba Yaga through the lens of a modern-day whodunit.

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    The Years

    The Years

    By Annie Ernaux Adapted by Eline Arbo

    The official West End edition of the powerful stage adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux's critically acclaimed 'masterpiece' (Guardian), published alongside the West End production in 2025.

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    Yellow Face

    Yellow Face

    By David Henry Hwang

    A mock documentary that puts Hwang himself centre-stage as he uses the controversy over colour-blind casting for Miss Saigon and the racially motivated federal investigation of his own father to explore Asian identity and the ever-changing definition of what it is to be an American.

    Yellowfin

    Yellowfin

    By Marek Horn

    Politics and the planet collide in a fiercely original play about the limits of science, the power of myths, and the things we can't control.

    Yen

    Yen

    By Anna Jordan

    Anna Jordan's Bruntwood Prize-winning play, Yen explores a childhood lived without boundaries and the consequences of being forced to grow up on your own.

    You Stupid Darkness!

    You Stupid Darkness!

    By Sam Steiner

    An urgent play about the struggle for optimism and community amid the chaos of a world falling apart.

    You, Me and Wii

    You, Me and Wii

    By Sue Townsend

    A short play by the author of the Adrian Mole books, set in a council house in a small Leicestershire town at election time.

    You're Making A Scene: Scenes from Canadian Plays

    You're Making A Scene: Scenes from Canadian Plays

    Edited by Tony Hamill and Marion Gilsenan

    Fifty compelling scenes from Canadian plays; two-handers and three-person scenes; comedic and dramatic; from the largest mainstage hits to the smallest fringe shows.

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    Your Turn to Clean the Stair

    Your Turn to Clean the Stair

    By Rona Munro

    A comically sinister study of the tensions in an Edinburgh tenement.

    Published in volume Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue
      Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue

      Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue

      By Rona Munro

      Two plays, from the award-winning author Rona Munro.

      Yous Two

      Yous Two

      By Georgia Christou

      A moving portrayal of the conflict between personal aspiration and familial responsibility, and what happens when those you should depend on need you more than you need them.

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      Zoo and Twelve Comic Monologues for Women

      Zoo and Twelve Comic Monologues for Women

      By Lily Bevan

      A wildly inventive comedy drama about courage, female friendship and flamingos. This volume also includes twelve comic monologues for female performers.