Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
The Approach
Both psychological puzzle and quietly devastating tragedy, Mark O'Rowe's The Approach explores the inner lives of three women as they desperately try to make sense of their world.
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By Henry NaylorThree timely one-act plays, showing the brutal and bloody impact of the current Middle Eastern crisis on ordinary people: The Collector, Echoes and Angel.
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A simple and delightfully inventive re-telling of the stories from the Arabian Nights.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Arabian Nights (Young Vic stage version)
A simple and delightfully inventive re-telling of the stories from the Arabian Nights.
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Arlington
By Enda WalshA strange, tender love story from the author of Disco Pigs and The Walworth Farce.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Around the World in 80 Days (stage version)
By Laura Eason Original author Jules VerneLaura Eason's celebrated adaptation of Jules Verne's classic novel, a dazzling escapade that packs in more than fifty unforgettable characters.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Arrival
A taut family drama about obsession, betrayal and the human need to belong.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99The Art of Illusion
By Alexis Michalik Translated by Waleed AkhtarThe award-winning French play, in an English translation by Waleed Akhtar, published alongside the premiere at Hampstead Theatre, London.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Artefacts
Sixteen-year-old Kelly has never known her Dad. It turns out he's from Iraq, which her mum never mentioned, and he's brought an ancient Mesopotamian vase as some kind of present. But Kelly doesn't want a vase, she wants her dad to stay and get to know her. It's not the reunion either of them expected and for Kelly it's the beginning of an epic and dangerous journey.
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Arthur & George (stage version)
By Julian Barnes Adapted by David EdgarThe gripping story of the sensational, real-life case in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle found himself playing detective.
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£8.99£7.19As the Beast Sleeps
The explosive contradictions of life in Northern Ireland ignite this drama of suspense and violence.
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Asking for It (stage version)
A powerful adaptation of Louise O'Neill's devastating novel about the experience of a young woman whose life is changed forever by a horrific act of violence.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59The Aspidistra Code
By Mark O'RoweA sinister but comic drama of honour and violence, from the award-winning author of Howie the Rookie.
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The Assassination of Katie Hopkins
By Chris Bush and Matt WinkworthA smart, witty new musical by Chris Bush and Matt Winkworth about truth, celebrity and public outrage.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Assassins
By Stephen Sondheim and John WeidmanA dark and funny look at the end of the American dream - Stephen Sondheim lifts musical theatre to new heights of brilliance.
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The Assembled Parties
An incisive portrait of a family grasping for stability at the dawn of a new millennium.
- Paperback£18.99
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