Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Wretch
An ex-teacher and an ex-junkie meet on a night bus during long, dark nights of homelessness.
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Woyzeck
The multi-award-winning Jack Thorne breathes new life into Georg Büchner's existential masterpiece, Woyzeck, one of the most extraordinary plays ever written.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Wormwood
A poetic and heart-rending play written in response to the tenth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.
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World Music
By Steve WatersA subtle and topical play about European attitudes to Africa.
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World Factory: The Game
By Zoë Svendsen and Simon DawA participative theatre experience about global consumer capitalism, offering readers the opportunity to play – as individuals or in teams – the managers of a clothing factory in China.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99Words of Advice for Young People
An intriguing and offbeat play about family and religion.
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Word-Play
A play about what happens when a Prime Minister ad-libs on live TV, exploring how language seeps into public consciousness and reverberates with far-reaching consequences that will last for generations. Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Wonder of Sex
A delightfully wacky comedy about the facts of life, from the fictional 'National Theatre of Brent'.
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Wonder Boy
By Ross WillisA play about the power of finding your own voice, revolving around a twelve-year-old boy with a stammer. Winner of the Best Play Award at the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Women, Power and Politics: Then
Four plays
By variousA collection of wide-ranging and ambitious short plays reflecting the complexities of women and political power in the United Kingdom.
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Five plays
By variousA collection of wide-ranging and ambitious short plays reflecting the complexities of women and political power in the United Kingdom.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39The Women of Llanrumney
By Azuka OforkaA powerful, searing drama that explores the impact of slavery and the lives of women who experienced it. Premiered at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.
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£10.99£8.79Pre-orderEbook£10.99£8.79Available soonWomen Centre Stage: Eight Short Plays By and About Women
By various Edited by Sue ParrishA collection of short plays curated by Sue Parrish, Artistic Director of Sphinx Theatre.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Woman Caught Unaware
By Annie FoxA searing examination of the culture of body-shaming, exploring how images of women are represented in art and social media.
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (stage version)
By Joan Aiken Adapted by Russ TunneyA thrilling, funny and spectacular adaptation of Joan Aiken's classic children's novel, perfectly suited to performance by theatre companies and drama groups of any size.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Wolves Are Coming For You
By Joel HorwoodA play for two actors – or many more – exploring just how much wild we're comfortable with.
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By Ross WillisA wildly imaginative, irreverent look at life in and after the care system.
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By Paloma Pedrero Translated by Roxana SilbertA luminous tale from Spain, about a young woman who returns to her rural village home to await her Parisian lover.
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