Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Airsick

A turbulent black comedy about love, loneliness and how we shape our future.

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Albert Speer

A panoramic historical drama about the man whose devotion to Hitler blinded him to the worst crime of the twentieth century, drawing closely on Gita Sereny's definitive and magisterial biography of Albert Speer.

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Albertine in Five Times

A simultaneous portrait of a woman at five different ages. Five actresses portray Albertine at different times of her life whilst conversing freely with each other and with their sister Madeleine.

    Albion

    Mike Bartlett's outstanding play, set in the ruins of a garden in rural England.

    Alcatraz

    A thrilling play about family and social care that follows 11-year-old Sandy on her daring, Christmas mission to emulate Clint Eastwood and bust her gran out of lock-up.

    Alexi Kaye Campbell Plays: One

    A collection of five plays by Alexi Kaye Campbell: The Pride, Apologia, The Faith Machine, Bracken Moor and Sunset at the Villa Thalia.

    All honey

    A play about sex, secrets and suspicion, winner of the 2017 Fishamble New Writing Award.

    Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays

      All Mouth

      A biting comedy set in the hidden world of the voice-over artist.

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      All of Us

      A passionate and timely drama that looks at the human cost of abandoning those who struggle to fit in.

      All On Her Own

      A powerfully atmospheric one-woman play, All On Her Own tells the story of Rosemary who, alone at midnight in London, has a secret burden to share that is both heartbreaking and sinister.

      Published in volume Harlequinade & All On Her Own

        All Our Children

        A moving examination of a terrifying moral dilemma, and a powerful story that shows what it takes for humanity and decency to be restored in a world that has abandoned them.

        All the Little Lights

        A poignant, moving and darkly funny play about young girls slipping through the cracks in society. Joint winner of the 2016 George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright.

        All the Way Home

        A deeply emotional comedy drama from the author of East is East, exploring the relationships we have with our roots, and with those that we love but don't always understand.

        Alligators

        A searing dramatic thriller that asks how well we actually know those closest to us, premiered at Hampstead Theatre in June 2016.

        Almost Nothing

        An unnerving short play by Brazilian playwright Marcos Barbosa.

        Published in volume Almost Nothing & At the Table

          Almost Nothing & At the Table

          Two plays

          Two tense and unnerving short plays from talented Brazilian playwright, Marcos Barbosa.

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          Aloe Aloe

          A provocative short play about parenthood and responsibility, from the author of Mr Incredible and Where Do Little Birds Go?.

          Published in volume Mr Incredible

            Alys, Always (stage version)

            A psychological thriller, adapted for the stage from Harriet Lane's gripping novel.

            Amaryllis & Little Witch

            Two dark fairy tales from Canadian playwright Pascal Brullemans.

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            The America Play and other works

            A volume of work by the innovative African-American playwright, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Topdog/Underdog.

            Among Unbroken Hearts

            A drug-taking hard man from the city returns home to the Highlands to try to recapture the innocence of his youth.

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            Amongst the Reeds

            Two friends scratch out a living on the margins of society in a play commissioned by acclaimed theatre company Clean Break.

              Amphibians

              A rite-of-passage play in which a twelve-year-old boy spends the night alone on an island.

              Published in volume The Cavalcaders and Amphibians

                Amsterdam

                A strikingly original, audacious thriller from a prize-winning Israeli writer.