Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Fair
A powerful drama about the potent appeal of far right policies to young people in the UK.
Felt Effects
A play that unearths the seismic relationship between two half-sisters and their mother when they are forced together in the A&E ward of the local hospital. Joint-winner of the 2004 Verity Bargate Award.
Tearing the Loom
A searing portrait of a community divided against itself, set in a weaver's cottage in County Armagh at the time of the 1798 Rebellion.
In a Little World of Our Own
A powerful drama about how the conflict in Northern Ireland affects whole families, and of how the violence of the streets is brought into the heart of the home.
Fifty Words
A searingly honest, beautifully observed portrait of marriage.
Side Effects
Michael Weller's Fifty Words culminated in one desperate phone call. Side Effects is the story of what happened on the other end of the line.
Do Not Disturb
Two ex-lovers meet up after an 11-year gap for a nerve-jangling reunion.
Enter A Gentleman
A 15-minute play based on Restoration playwright Aphra Behn's tempestuous love affair with John Hoyle.
Time Spent on Trains
A 15-minute play about childhood, disability and spending time on trains.
Wolf Hall (stage version)
The first part of Mike Poulton's two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. A thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.
Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)
The second part of Mike Poulton's two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. A thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.
Fabulation
In Fabulation, playwright Lynn Nottage reimagines Esther (the character from her companion play, Intimate Apparel) as Undine, the public relations diva of today, who spirals downward from her swanky Manhattan office to her roots back in Brooklyn.
The Shipment
The Shipment is a provocative look at African-American identity in today's not-quite post-racial society.
Lear
Young Jean Lee's Lear is an alternative re-working of Shakespeare's celebrated tragedy, focusing on the king's three daughters.
The Middlemarch Trilogy: Dorothea's Story
Part of The Middlemarch Trilogy, adapted from George Eliot's novel by Geoffrey Beevers. Three interconnected plays, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside.
The Middlemarch Trilogy: The Doctor's Story
Part of The Middlemarch Trilogy, adapted from George Eliot's novel by Geoffrey Beevers. Three interconnected plays, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside.
The Middlemarch Trilogy: Fred and Mary's Story
Part of The Middlemarch Trilogy, adapted from George Eliot's novel by Geoffrey Beevers. Three interconnected plays, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside.
James I: The Key Will Keep the Lock
The first part of The James Plays cycle, exploring the complex character of the colourful Stewart King James I – poet, lover and law-maker.