Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Bright. Young. Things.
A funny, fast-paced play about identity, truth and the challenge of finding out who you really are. Part of Platform, an initiative from Tonic Theatre in partnership with Nick Hern Books, aimed at achieving greater gender equality in theatre.
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A powerful, timely play featuring songs, about one girl taking control of her destiny in a world teetering on the brink. Part of Platform, an initiative aimed at achieving greater gender equality in theatre.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Isolated But Open
Voices from Across The Shutdown
By variousTwelve new monologues written in response to the coronavirus outbreak in 2020 as part of Papatango's scheme to inspire creativity and share brilliant new stories.
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Maggie May
By Frances PoetAn extraordinary drama about an ordinary family who must balance the challenges of daily life whilst living with dementia.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Jez Butterworth Plays: Two
Three extraordinary plays by one of the most audacious and talented playwrights of our times: Jerusalem, The River and The Ferryman. Plus his short film The Clear Road Ahead, and a conversation with playwright Simon Stephens.
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£18.99£15.19Add to basketEbook£18.99£15.19Daughter
By Adam LazarusA darkly satirical monologue about fatherhood, love and toxic masculinity.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99The Clear Road Ahead
An epic short about rebirth, from the author of Jerusalem and The Ferryman.
Published in volume Jez Butterworth Plays: TwoRun Sister Run
By Chloë MossA witty and heartfelt play about two sisters, exploring family, class and dependence.
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By Mel PennantA play about two mothers united in sorrow, sharing the hardship of protecting their sons – one in life, and one in death.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Antlia Pneumatica
A haunting tale of loss and friendship, blurring the lines between the real and surreal, from the author of Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play.
- Paperback£18.99
How to Transcend a Happy Marriage
By Sarah RuhlA deliciously adventurous play that confronts the question of whether monogamy is enough to ensure a happy marriage.
- Paperback£18.99
Plays for the Public
A volume of plays by the founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater.
- Paperback£24.99
Concord Floral
The Decameron meets I Know What You Did Last Summer in a supernatural thriller of suburban teenagers fleeing a mysterious plague, from an award-winning Canadian playwright.
- Paperback£22.99
Mother's Daughter
By Kate HennigThe stunning third part of Kate Hennig's powerful Queenmaker Trilogy, retelling the stories of three Tudor queens of England, in contemporary settings.
- Paperback£22.99
The Virgin Trial
By Kate HennigThe second part of Kate Hennig's powerful Queenmaker Trilogy, retelling the stories of three Tudor queens of England, in contemporary settings.
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Other Side of the Game
A debut play by a Canadian playwright, giving voices to Black women who organise communities, support their incarcerated loved ones, and do battle with institutions. Winner of the 2019 Governor General's Literary Award.
- Paperback£22.99
Unholy
By Diane FlacksA play about the intersetion of faith and misogyny, asking if you can be a feminist as well as a believer.
- Paperback£22.99
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