Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Handbagged
The hit play about Queen Elizabeth, Margaret Thatcher, handbags, hairspray and sensible shoes.
- Paperback£9.99
Is God Is / What to Send Up When It Goes Down
Two Plays
Two extraordinary plays from a bright new talent in American theatre.
- Paperback£21.99
The Thanksgiving Play / What Would Crazy Horse Do?
Two Plays
Two essential plays by award-winning Native American playwright Larissa FastHorse.
- Paperback£21.99
Trouble in Mind
A radical satire of racism in theatre, widely considered the masterpiece of actress and playwright Alice Childress.
- Paperback£19.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Girl from the North Country
The extraordinary musical by Conor McPherson, set in a 1930s Minnesota guesthouse, full of hope, heartbreak and soul, featuring the iconic songbook of Bob Dylan.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Happy Meal
By Tabby LambA joyful trans rom-com for the stage, following two initial strangers on their journeys from teen to adult; from MySpace to TikTok; from cis to trans...
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Trials
By Dawn KingA searing play set in a near-future world, where those responsible for the climate emergency are being judged by a younger generation.
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£10.99£8.79There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.A4 Spiral-bound£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Voices from Ukraine: Two Plays
By Neda Nezhdana and Natal'ya VorozhbitTwo powerful plays about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by two of Ukraine's leading playwrights.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Take the Rubbish Out, Sasha
By Natal'ya Vorozhbit Translated by Sasha DugdaleA powerful play about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by one of Ukraine's leading playwrights.
Published in volume Voices from Ukraine: Two PlaysPussycat in Memory of Darkness
By Neda Nezhdana Translated by John FarndonA powerful play about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by one of Ukraine's leading playwrights.
Published in volume Voices from Ukraine: Two PlaysFeeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen
A dark and biting one-man show about vulnerability, intimacy, ego and truth.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Age is a Feeling
By Haley McGeeA gripping one-person play that wrestles with the glorious and melancholy uncertainties of human life, from the author of The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain
By Sami IbrahimA poetic fable for the stage, about an impenetrable immigration system that mirrors our own.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59All of Us
A passionate and timely drama that looks at the human cost of abandoning those who struggle to fit in.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Little Women (stage version)
By Louisa May Alcott Adapted by Anne-Marie CaseyA joyful and spirited adaptation of one of the best-loved novels of all time.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Chasing Hares
A play about resistance and dignity in the face of global exploitation. Winner of Theatre Uncut's Political Playwriting Award.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Pennyroyal
By Lucy RoslynA heartrending new play about sisterhood and motherhood; enduring love, and regrets many years in the making.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79A-Typical Rainbow
By JJ GreenAn uplifting play about the experience of growing up neurodivergent and queer in early 2000s Britain, based on real events from the perspective of the writer and the autistic community.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79
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