Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer
A bold, quirky play from the renowned Quebecois writer, translated into a robust and earthy Scots.
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By David Gieselmann Translated by David TushinghamA delightfully morbid black comedy with a nod to Hitchcock's Rope.
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£10.99£8.79
Albert Speer
By David EdgarA panoramic historical drama about the man whose devotion to Hitler blinded him to the worst crime of the twentieth century, drawing closely on Gita Sereny's definitive and magisterial biography of Albert Speer.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Kes (stage version)
By Barry Hines Adapted by Lawrence TillA tried-and-tested stage adaptation of Barry Hines' novel A Kestrel for a Knave, about a troubled young boy who finds and trains a kestrel.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays
By Marie JonesTwo plays by award-winning playwright Marie Jones: the smash hit Stones in His Pockets, and an earlier monologue A Night in November.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79A Night in November
By Marie JonesThe multi-award-winning playwright explores the subjects of football and sectarianism, set during the 1994 World Cup.
Published in volume Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two PlaysStones in His Pockets
By Marie JonesHollywood comes to rural Ireland in this hilarious multi-award winner which ran for four years in London's West End.
Published in volume Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two PlaysThe Good Samaritan
By David HaigA provocative drama about good intentions going awry, from the well-known stage and screen actor.
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Abandonment
A play about love, death, identity and evolution, from the bestselling and highly acclaimed novelist.
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£11.99£9.59There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£11.99£9.59Under the Blue Sky
A triptych of love stories in a play about unrequited affection, obsession, sex, and the possibility of being happy.
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So Long Life
A comedy drama portraying a ghastly family gathering with great humour and unflinching honesty.
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Perfect Pie
A potent drama set over the course of a single afternoon. A reunion between two long-estranged women brings to light a buried memory and two teenagers' wild secret.
- Paperback£19.99
Death and Taxes: Hydriotaphia & Other Plays
By Tony KushnerA wide-ranging collection of work from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angels in America.
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Cuba
By Liz LochheadA play written for young people to perform, about two schoolgirls and their daring response to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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The Wexford Trilogy
By Billy RocheSet in a snooker club, a betting shop and a local church, each play introduces a mix of young cornerboys, old cowboys and chancers of any age in a lyrical, poignant and often hilarious account of lost dreams and thwarted ambitions.
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£15.99£12.79
Hansel and Gretel (stage version)
An imaginative reworking of the children's classic, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.
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Cinderella (stage version)
A classic fairy tale with a twist, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.
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£10.99£8.79There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
The Force of Change
An explosively topical play about institutional corruption in Northern Ireland.
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