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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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In The Heart of America and other plays

In The Heart of America and other plays

By Naomi Wallace

A five-play collection of work by an American playwright whose work has mainly premiered in Britain.

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The Clean House and other plays

The Clean House and other plays

By Sarah Ruhl

A collection of plays by the award-winning American playwright Sarah Ruhl, a dramatist with 'a unique comic voice, perspective and sense of theatre' Variety.

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Outspoken

Outspoken

A Canadian Collection of Lesbian Scenes and Monologues

Edited by Susan G. Cole

Touching on gender, sexuality, family, pop culture, and history, the pieces in this anthology range from the hilarious to the poignant, the sexy to the sincere, the truthful to the tongue-in-cheek.

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Inside/Outside: Six Plays from Palestine and the Diaspora

Inside/Outside: Six Plays from Palestine and the Diaspora

Edited by Naomi Wallace and Ismail Khalidi

The first collection of its kind, Inside/Outside: Six Plays from Palestine and the Diaspora brings together work by six dynamic Palestinian playwrights from both occupied Palestine and the Diaspora.

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Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays

Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays

By Jordan Tannahill

Three solo plays exploring the lives of three queer youths and their resilience in the face of violence and intolerance. Winner of the 2014 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama.

Plays for the Public

Plays for the Public

By Richard Foreman

A volume of plays by the founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater.

The Language Archive and Other Plays

The Language Archive and Other Plays

By Julia Cho

A new collection of plays by one of the most versatile dramatists in contemporary American theatre.

Amaryllis & Little Witch

Amaryllis & Little Witch

By Pascal Brullemans Translated by Alexis Diamond

Two dark fairy tales from Canadian playwright Pascal Brullemans.

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Beautiful Man & Other Short Plays

Beautiful Man & Other Short Plays

By Erin Shields

Three short plays from an award-winning Canadian, centring on the inner lives of women.

The Breathing Hole

The Breathing Hole

By Colleen Murphy With Siobhan Arnatsiaq-Murphy Translated by Janet Tamalik McGrath

Stories of the Canadian Arctic intersect in this epic five-hundred-year journey led by a one-eared polar bear.

Andy's Gone

Andy's Gone

By Marie-Claude Verdier Translated by Alexis Diamond

A contemporary Canadian retelling of the story of Antigone.

Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes

Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes

By Hannah Moscovitch

The archetypal student-teacher romance is cleverly turned on its head for the post-#MeToo era in this striking play by an acclaimed Canadian playwright.

Birds of a Kind

Birds of a Kind

By Wajdi Mouawad Translated by Linda Gaboriau

A sweeping drama about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in which a straitlaced family is forced to confront everything they know about their identities.

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The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures

The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures

By Tony Kushner

Tony Kushner's turbulent epic about a retired longshoreman who feels that the world has turned its back on everything he has fought for in life.

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Scorched

Scorched

By Wajdi Mouawad Translated by Linda Gaboriau

A haunting, poetic play from one of Canada's leading playwrights, Scorched is a powerful investigation of trauma and family ties.

Seventh Generation: An Anthology of Native American Plays

Seventh Generation: An Anthology of Native American Plays

Edited by Mimi Gisolfi D'Aponte

This first major collection of contemporary Native American writing for the theatre ranges from the groundbreaking work of Body Indian to the experimental performance style of Spiderwoman Theater.

Sight Unseen and other plays

Sight Unseen and other plays

By Donald Margulies

Five plays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

The Baltimore Waltz and other plays

The Baltimore Waltz and other plays

By Paula Vogel

A collection of Paula Vogel's work, surveying a remarkable decade of her writing for the stage. Her singular voice is exhilarating, comic and heartbreaking by turns.

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