Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Pussycat in Memory of Darkness
A 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.
It's a Wonderful Life (stage version)
A joyful stage adaptation of Frank Capra's movie about a down-on-his-luck banker who feels like he's at the end of his rope, until his guardian angel pays him a visit.
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By Jack ThorneA savagely funny short play about attitudes to disability and mental health.
Published in volume Jack Thorne Plays: TwoBoo
By Jack ThorneA powerful and beautifully observed short play for one actor, exploring the impact of the newly established National Health Service on working people's lives in the 1940s and 50s.
Published in volume Jack Thorne Plays: TwoTill the Stars Come Down
By Beth SteelA heartbreaking and hilarious portrayal of a larger-than-life family struggling to come to terms with a changing world.
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Gem of the Ocean
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1904. Aunt Esther, the 285-year-old fiery matriarch of 1839 Wylie Avenue, sets Citizen Barlow, a young man from Alabama, on a soaring, lyrical journey of spiritual awakening.
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Joe Turner's Come and Gone
A play about a time in American history when the sons and daughters of recently freed slaves journeyed to the industrial cities of the North in search of prosperity, a new way of life, and, essentially, their own identities.
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Seven Guitars
A play set in 1940s Pittsburgh, about the search for self-fulfillment and acceptance in a hostile world.
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Two Trains Running
A play set in a small restaurant in the Pittsburgh Hill District in 1969. Part of August Wilson's Century Cycle, his epic dramatisation of the African American experience in the twentieth century.
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Beauty and the Beast (Lyceum Theatre stage version)
A brilliant version of the classic tale, from a playwright acclaimed as 'the master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).
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Player's Angels
A play set in 1950s Nottingham, following a group of friends who work on the production line of the John Player tobacco factory.
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The Princess and the Goblin
A rich and magical play for all the family, from a master of storytelling.
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Merlin the Magnificent
The story of King Arthur, Merlin and the sword in the stone, retold by Scotland's leading writer of plays for children.
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Puss in Boots
A brilliantly inventive version of the classic tale, from the 'master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).
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The Sleeping Beauty (stage version)
A variation on the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty, by the 'master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).
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The Snow Queen
A superb children's play, drawn from the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by the 'master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).
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Come Out Eli
A verbatim play telling the story of the 2002 Hackney siege, as told by the diverse and vibrant community that experienced it.
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The Clear Road Ahead
An epic short about rebirth, from the author of Jerusalem and The Ferryman.
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