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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Passion

Passion

By Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

A one-act musical about a sickly woman's love for a handsome young army captain.

Pounding Nails In The Floor With My Forehead

Pounding Nails In The Floor With My Forehead

By Eric Bogosian

Scorching social commentary aimed at the contemporary urban and suburban scene, from one of America's greatest standups.

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Pentecost

Pentecost

By David Edgar

A valuable mural is discovered in a church in war-torn Eastern Europe. Part of David Edgar's trilogy of plays about post-Communist Eastern Europe.

Your Turn to Clean the Stair

Your Turn to Clean the Stair

By Rona Munro

A comically sinister study of the tensions in an Edinburgh tenement.

Published in volume Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue
    Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue

    Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue

    By Rona Munro

    Two plays, from the award-winning author Rona Munro.

    Fugue

    Fugue

    By Rona Munro

    A psychological horror story about a woman suffering a mental breakdown, from the award-winning author of Iron.

    Published in volume Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue
      The Maiden Stone

      The Maiden Stone

      By Rona Munro

      A wild and fantastical tale about a group of women struggling to get by in the harsh world of north-east Scotland in the early nineteenth century.

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      Tales of the Lost Formicans and other plays

      Tales of the Lost Formicans and other plays

      By Constance Congdon

      Four plays from one of America's finest playwrights, endowed with compassion, keen insight and an unfailing comic sensibility.

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      Reader

      Reader

      By Ariel Dorfman

      A compulsive, gripping and intense play from the author of Death and the Maiden.

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      A Little Night Music

      A Little Night Music

      By Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler

      An utterly sophisticated and charming musical boasting such numbers as 'Send in the Clowns' and 'A Weekend in the Country'.

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      Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness (incl. Slavs!)

      Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness (incl. Slavs!)

      By Tony Kushner

      A collection of essays, poems, a prayer and a play from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angels in America.

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      The Shakespeare Revue

      The Shakespeare Revue

      By Christopher Luscombe and Malcolm McKee

      An enchanting collection of witty music and skits about the Bard, devised for and first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

      Raised in Captivity

      Raised in Captivity

      By Nicky Silver

      The story of two siblings reunited at their mother's funeral.

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      Into the Woods

      Into the Woods

      By Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

      A modern musical twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales.

      Waiting Room Germany

      Waiting Room Germany

      By Klaus Pohl Translated by David Tushingham

      A raw and honest verbatim-theatre play about post-reunification Germany, commissioned in 1994 by Der Spiegel to test the mood of the new Germany.

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      Stanley

      Stanley

      By Pam Gems

      A brilliant and painfully truthful portrait of Stanley Spencer, the wayward genius of modern British painting.

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      The Thickness of Skin

      The Thickness of Skin

      By Clare McIntyre

      An intricate, tender play about the obligations we have to one another, and those we would rather not.

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      According to Hoyle

      According to Hoyle

      By William Gaminara

      A comedy drama about male friendship in which five old friends meet for a traditional evening of poker.

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