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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

Showing 289-306 of 1,893 items.

Hue & Cry

A short play in which two Dublin cousins, Damian and Kevin, are reunited for a family funeral in a highly charged encounter full of disillusion, denial and dark laughter.

An Old Song, Half Forgotten

A short play about the life and soul of an older actor living in care with Alzheimer's disease.

Wild Notes

A play exploring the impact of colonialism through a meeting between Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave and abolitionist who visited Ireland in the 1840s, and a young Irishwoman hoping to emigrate to the country he's running from.

This is a Chair

A short play about the surreal nature of modern life.

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Withdrawal

A play from Syria, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

603

A play from Palestine, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

Damage

A play from Morocco, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

The House

By Arzé Khodr Translated by Khalid Laith

A play from Lebanon, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

Egyptian Products

By Laila Soliman Translated by Khalid Laith

A play from Egypt, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

Rappaccini's Daughter

The only play by leading Mexican poet Octavio Paz, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Valued Friends

A comedy of manners about the property market.

Interruptions

A boldly innovative drama exploring ideas about democracy, politics and leadership.

Estate Walls

A play about a young writer who dreams of leaving his estate. The play that won Arinzé Kene the Most Promising Playwright at the 2011 Offies (Off West End Theatre Awards).

Notes on Falling Leaves

A poignant, elegiac short play from the author of East is East.

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Here We Go

A short play about death by Caryl Churchill.

Pigs and Dogs

A short, startling play about Uganda's 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Act and what lies behind it.

Mehndi Night

A touching family tale about resentment and forgiveness on the night before a wedding.

Stolen Secrets

From the heart of London's East End, Stolen Secrets are urban fairytales, bold, lyrical and gruesome, that can be performed individually or together for maximum shock value.