Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Bingo!
Just because we’re all grown up doesn’t mean we have everything figured out. As five old friends try to reclaim their high school glory days, they charge headfirst into the secrets they all tried to run so far from.
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Bird
A cutting-edge monologue that throws light on the experience of a teenager in contemporary Britain, from one of the country's most exciting young playwrights.
Bird
Winner of a Judges Award in the 2013 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, Bird is a raw, delicate and bold play about growing up in a care home, and eventually leaving it for the outside world.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Bird and other monologues for young women
By Laura LomasThree hard-hitting, distinctive monologues for young female actors, from one of the country's most exciting young playwrights.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Birds (stage version)
By Conor McPherson Original author Daphne du MaurierA suspensful, atmospheric adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's enthralling short story.
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Birds of a Kind
By Wajdi Mouawad Translated by Linda GaboriauA sweeping drama about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in which a straitlaced family is forced to confront everything they know about their identities.
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Birth and After Birth and Other Plays
By Tina HoweFour plays from the award-winning American playwright which together form a complete 'marriage cycle'.
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Biscuits for Breakfast
By Gareth FarrA tender, heartfelt drama about families – the ones we inherit and the ones we create – and the struggle to survive when times get tough.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Black Love
An explosion of form-busting storytelling, combining real-life stories, imagined worlds, and new songs inspired by an R&B heritage.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Black Milk
By Vassily Sigarev Translated by Sasha DugdaleA worm's eye view of post-Communist Russia, from the Siberian-born author of Plasticine. First performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2003.
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£10.99£8.79There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£10.99£8.79BLACK SUPERHERO
A brutal, unflinching and funny portrait of one man's life spiralling out of control, in an age where our idols are Kings and our superheroes Gods.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Blackout Songs
By Joe WhiteA compassionate and unflinching study of love, addiction and memory after a chance encounter at an AA meeting.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Blackthorn
A contemporary, lyrical love story that explores the changes and choices that pull us from the places and people we love.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Bleak Expectations
By Mark EvansA hilarious, chaotic, Dickensian caper for the stage, based on the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Bleeding Heart
A short dark comedy from Spain, in which a naive middle-aged transvestite encounters a petty thief nicknamed 'sour face'.
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The Blinding Light
A powerful play about the life of playwright August Strindberg, focusing on what he called his 'Inferno' period, when he suffered a notorious breakdown in Paris in 1896.
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£9.99£7.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£9.99£7.99Bliss
By Olivier Choinière Translated by Caryl ChurchillA wild and slippery fantasy from French-Canadian writer Olivier Choinière, translated by Caryl Churchill, exploring our insatiable appetite for private lives made public.
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£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£8.99£7.19Blister
By Laura LomasA tense relationship drama which examines how the effects of one moment can ripple through a galaxy of lives. In the Multiplay Drama series.
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£7.99£6.39
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