Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Five Plays
Five plays by a major American playwright, all set in the author’s home state of Idaho, demonstrating his extraordinary knack for exposing, without condescension or easy moralizing, the pathos in marginalized lives.
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The Kilroys List: Volume One
97 Monologues and Scenes by Female and Trans Playwrights
A collection of monologues and scenes from The Kilroys List, a vetted collection of plays written by female and trans writers, nominated by hundreds of professional artistic directors, literary managers, professors, producers, directors, and dramaturgs.
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The Detroit Project
Three provocative dramas, Paradise Blue, Detroit ’67 and Skeleton Crew, making up a play cycle examining the sociopolitical history of Detroit.
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The List
The riveting story of a woman haunted by internal regret when she fails to critically prioritise her world
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Three Sisters
A masterful new translation of Chekhov’s exploration of yearning and disillusionment.
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Evening Plays
Three new dramas, written as a response to Dante's Divine Comedy.
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He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box and Other Plays
Adrienne Kennedy's acclaimed play about an interracial love affair in the 1940s, in a volume with two other plays: Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side and Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles?
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Is God Is / What to Send Up When It Goes Down
Two Plays
Two extraordinary plays from a bright new talent in American theatre.
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The Thanksgiving Play / What Would Crazy Horse Do?
Two Plays
Two essential plays by award-winning Native American playwright Larissa FastHorse.
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New Scottish Plays
A collection of seven plays from Scottish writers, reflecting the upsurge in Scottish playwriting in the late twentieth century.
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Caryl Churchill: Shorts
Ten short plays by Caryl Churchill, written for stage, radio and TV, selected and introduced by the author.
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Caryl Churchill Plays: Three
Spanning almost ten years and embracing a remarkable range of style and subject matter, this is the third volume of Churchill's Collected Plays,
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Enda Walsh Plays: Two
By Enda WalshThe second collection of plays from the multi-award-winning Irish playwright, including The Walworth Farce, The New Electric Ballroom, Penelope, Ballyturk and two short plays, with a Foreword by the author.
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Jack Thorne Plays: One
By Jack ThorneThe first collection of plays by one of the UK's most exciting young writers.
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Heroes of the Fourth Turning
By Will ArberyA haunting play about a group of young conservative Catholics in America encountering crises of confidence in faith, country, and self. A finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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Coming to Terms: American Plays & the Vietnam War
Edited by James Reston Jr.An inspiring and often poignant collection of plays written in the era of the Vietnam War, from some of the most revered American playwrights, reflecting on the social and political ethos of a pivotal moment for America.
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Two for the Show
Scenes for student actors
Edited by Brian KennedyA fascinating collection of short scenes for two actors. Drawn from the work of Canada's premiere playwrights, the thirty-nine different scenes have been chosen by an experienced drama teacher, with easy directions and theatre terms explained.
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Perfect Pie
A potent drama set over the course of a single afternoon. A reunion between two long-estranged women brings to light a buried memory and two teenagers' wild secret.
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Danny, King of the Basement
A heartwarming play about a boy who creates an imaginary world to deal with the instability and hardship of his daily life.
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The Drawer Boy
A multi-award winning, bitter-sweet tale of the power of storytelling, friendship, and the very thin line between truth and fiction.
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Into the Woods
By Stephen Sondheim and James LapineA modern musical twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales.
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A Dybbuk and other tales of the supernatural
By Tony Kushner and Joachim NeugroschelThe classic Yiddish tale by S. Ansky, adapted by Tony Kushner, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angels in America, and Joachim Neugroschel.
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Out From Under
Texts by women performance artists
Edited by Lenora Champagne By variousA collection of provocative, ambitious texts by women performance artists.
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