Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Beautiful Eyes
A short play about a family divided by politics, first performed in the week of Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017.
The Beautiful Future is Coming
A fresh, fast-paced and funny play covering 250 years of climate crisis. At Bristol Old Vic in 2025.
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Beautiful Man & Other Short Plays
By Erin ShieldsThree short plays from an award-winning Canadian, centring on the inner lives of women.
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Beauty and the Beast (National Theatre stage version)
By Lucy Kirkwood and Katie MitchellLucy Kirkwood's delightful version of the classic fairytale, first seen in a production devised and directed by Katie Mitchell at the National Theatre for Christmas 2010.
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Beauty and the Beast (Lyceum Theatre stage version)
A brilliant version of the classic tale, from a playwright acclaimed as 'the master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).
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Beauty and the Beast
A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Beauty of the Father
By Nilo CruzA play infused by the spirit and language of Lorca, about what we will sacrifice in the name of love.
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Becky Nurse of Salem
By Sarah RuhlA wry, innovative reckoning with the legacy of the Salem witch trials, from one of America's foremost playwrights.
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A Bed of Roses
An acerbic and funny play about middle-class hypocrisy and universal apathy.
Published in volume Inventing the Truth: Devising and Directing for the Theatre
bedbound
By Enda WalshA ferocious two-hander about a father-daughter relationship gone horribly and terrifyingly wrong.
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bedbound & misterman: two plays
By Enda WalshTwo early plays from the acclaimed Irish writer Enda Walsh.
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Before It Rains
Funny, brave and beautifully told, Before It Rains is a tale of parenthood, protection and provocation set on a proud, forgotten Cardiff estate.
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Before You Say Anything
By Carys D. Coburn With MALAPROP TheatreA play that questions how everyone can be safe at the same time. A time-travelling set of interweaving stories exploring injustice, freedom and bravery.
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Beginning
A sharp and astute two-hander that takes an intimate look at the first fragile moments of risking your heart and taking a chance.
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Being Friends
The first of the three plays that make up Robert Holman's acclaimed dramatic trilogy Making Noise Quietly.
Published in volume Making Noise Quietly: three short plays
Belfry
By Billy RocheA deeply moving tale about what lies beneath the surface of everyday lives.
Published in volume The Wexford Trilogy
Belleville
By Amy HerzogAmy Herzog's devastating play about an American newlywed couple who move to a boho neighbourhood in Paris, only for their relationship to begin to unravel.
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Bellringers
By Daisy HallA comic and deeply moving play about being young at the end of the world. Premiered at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Hampstead Theatre, London.
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Belongings
From the deserts of a modern war to the battleground of a family kitchen, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's explosive play delves into one woman's quest for identity and a place she can call home.
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Berlin Bertie
An intimate and at times savagely funny psychological study of two sisters, one of who has made her home in East Berlin and one who has stayed on in their native London.
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Better Days Better Knights
A sweet-hearted tale of a washed-up knight-of-old, from the grandfather of modern Scottish playwriting.
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Between Worlds: Contemporary Asian-American Plays
Edited by Misha BersonA collection of contemporary Asian-American plays.
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Beyond Victims and Villains
Contemporary Plays by Disabled Playwrights
Edited by Victoria Ann LewisThe first of its kind - an anthology that explores how disabled artists depict the world they inhabit with their disabilities.
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