Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
misterman (2001 edition)
A strange and haunting monologue from the acclaimed Irish playwright.
Tartuffe
A rollicking Scots version of Molière's classic of political satire and black comedy.
Mongoose
A strange and beguiling monologue about a loner obsessed with a malign companion called Mongoose.
Cold Comfort
A powerful monologue about an Irish labourer living in London who returns home to Belfast to have a last, drunken 'conversation' with his recently dead father.
Brazil
A blistering monologue set in Scotland in the near future, when Europe is at war with America, and Scotland suffers collateral damage in the clash of civilisations.
Jordan
A short play that tells the true story of Shirley Jones, who kills her baby boy, Jordan, rather than have him taken away by his abusive father.
The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
The alternating stories of two women (played by the same actress), both of whom 'lose' their sons - one murdered, the other a runaway.
Unsuspecting Susan
A monologue play about a middle-aged woman whose adult son has converted to Islam.
On Insomnia and Midnight
In a mountain hotel an ailing guest and nervous chambermaid strike up an uneasy friendship.
The Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself
After a young girl's suicide, her parents meet for the first time in years at the school where she died.
Seven-Eleven
Cabron (the Bastard) isn't having a good day. His scams aren't going well. Thank god for the Seven-Eleven and its constant supply of hot-dogs.
Little Certainties
Mario is missing, presumed dead. In the town of Tijuana, his brother and sister make a shocking discovery about Mario and his secrets.
Used Blood Junkyard
Làzaro, his mates and his porn-star girlfriend are 'art terrorists'... Can anything stop their killing spree?
Disco Pigs
Enda Walsh's breakthrough play, a fast and formally inventive portrait of two teenage Irish misfits
Harlequinade
A farce about a touring theatre troupe, written to accompany The Browning Version in a double-bill under the joint title, Playbill.
St Petersburg
A haunting, elliptical play by a talented writer from Northern Ireland.
The Guid Sisters
Germaine Lauzon has won a million Green Shield stamps. She invites her female friends and relations to a party to paste the stamps into the books. The temptation to pilfer the stamps is irresistible and an enormous fight breaks out.
Your Turn to Clean the Stair
A comically sinister study of the tensions in an Edinburgh tenement.