Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Miss You Like Hell
A musical about the barriers and the bonds of family, and the complexities of immigration in today's America.
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Hedda Gabler & Sirens: Elektra in Bosnia
Two Plays
Two plays from the leading Canadian playwright.
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Robert Holman Plays: One
Five plays from Robert Holman's first decade of playwriting.
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Jez Butterworth Plays: Two
Three extraordinary plays by one of the most audacious and talented playwrights of our times: Jerusalem, The River and The Ferryman. Plus his short film The Clear Road Ahead, and a conversation with playwright Simon Stephens.
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Antlia Pneumatica
A haunting tale of loss and friendship, blurring the lines between the real and surreal, from the author of Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play.
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How to Transcend a Happy Marriage
By Sarah RuhlA deliciously adventurous play that confronts the question of whether monogamy is enough to ensure a happy marriage.
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Exquisite Agony
By Nilo CruzA play about the heart—its passions, its failures, and its ability to connect.
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Illyria
It is 1958. In the midst of a building boom in New York City, Joe Papp and his colleagues are facing pressure from the city’s elite as they continue their free Shakespeare in Central Park.
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Gloria: A Life
By Emily MannEmily's Mann's play about the icon of the American feminist movement, Gloria Steinem. With a Foreword by Gloria Steinem herself.
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Contemporary Plays by Black British Writers
By Travis Alabanza, Firdos Ali, Natasha Gordon, debbie tucker green, Arinzé Kene and Chinonyerem Odimba Selected by Natalie IbuAn anthology of six brilliant plays, celebrating a multiplicity of stories authored by Black playwrights in the UK over the last decade. Selected and introduced by leading theatre director Natalie Ibu.
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Rock / Paper / Scissors
Three Plays
By Chris BushThree intricately interwoven plays about family, heritage and legacy, centring around a Sheffield manufacturing family.
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Jack Thorne Plays: Two
By Jack ThorneFive plays from 'Britain's hottest playwright and screenwriter' (The Times), showcasing his extraordinary ability to combine electrifying dialogue with heartfelt warmth, candour and humour. Plus two short plays and a revealing introduction by the author.
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Ensemble Works: an anthology
Edited by Ferdinand LewisA collection of ensemble-created plays by major American theatre companies - the first of its kind.
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Quiet in the Land
Set in and around an Amish Community in the Autumn of 1917.
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Einstein's Gift
A Canadian play based on the life and work of Nobel Laureate Dr Fritz. Haber, who risked everything for a country that never accepted him, but used his work to murder millions.
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Marsha Norman: Four Plays
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'night, Mother comes an unforgettable collection of plays.
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Driving Miss Daisy
By Alfred UhryThe Pulitzer Prize-winning play which became the Oscar-winning film - a delicate depiction of racial tensions and of growing old.
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The Secret Garden (musical version)
By Marsha Norman Original author Frances Hodgson BurnettThe complete book and lyrics of Norman's Tony Award-winning Broadway musical adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved children's classic.
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Tales of the Lost Formicans and other plays
Four plays from one of America's finest playwrights, endowed with compassion, keen insight and an unfailing comic sensibility.
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Etiquette and Vitriol: The Food Chain and other plays
By Nicky SilverA collection of plays from one of the leading comic voices of his generation, full of his characteristic razor-sharp wit and black humour.
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Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll
The full text of cult performer Eric Bogosian's solo show, attacking the dark underbelly of the American dream with blistering accuracy.
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Michael Weller: Five Plays
A collection of plays from the American writer whose screenplays include Hair and Ragtime.
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References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot and other plays
By José RiveraThree surreal plays by the influential Puerto Rican playwright, author of Marisol.
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