Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
The Monument
A powerful play exploring the ambiguities of morality and justice in a time of war when a young soldier is convicted of war crimes.
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Lion in the Streets
The spirit of a girl who was killed in tragic circumstances delves into the secret lives of her neighbours as she searches for her killer.
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Mom, Dad, I'm Living With A White Girl
A Chinese son must tell his parents he has moved in with his white girlfriend. In a counter-narrative, the play explodes Asian stereotypes in a B-movie spoof called 'Wrath of the Yellow Claw'.
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Coastal Disturbances: Four Plays
Four plays by Tina Howe: Coastal Disturbances, Museum, The Art of Dining and Painting Churches.
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Between Worlds: Contemporary Asian-American Plays
A collection of contemporary Asian-American plays.
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The Substance of Fire and other plays
This collection contains Jon Robin Baitz's debut play, The Film Society, alongside two more recent works: The End of the Day and the title play, The Substance of Fire.
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Moon Marked and Touched by the Sun
Plays by African-American Women
A collection of plays by African-American women.
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The Mammary Plays
How I Learned to Drive & The Mineola Twins
Two plays by a leading American dramatist, which together provide mirror-image investigations of coming of age in the sixties.
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Trying to Find Chinatown
David Henry Hwang is known for exploring the complex relationships which bridge Eastern and Western culture in modern America. It is a subject that has long haunted American drama: how, in a land of immigrants, does one deal with one's heritage and construct a sense of identity.
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The Mystery of Irma Vep and other plays
Five exotic plays from the famous Ridiculous Theatre of New York.
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2.5 Minute Ride & 101 Humiliating Stories
Two solo pieces by the award-winning American performer, and founder member of the Five Lesbian Brothers troupe.
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Prelude to a Kiss and other plays
A collection of work by one of America's most important and influential playwrights.
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Luna Park: short plays and monologues
A collection of work from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, featuring three decades' worth of short plays, one-acts and monologues.
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Reckless and other plays
A 'greatest hits' volume by one of the best-known gay playwrights in the US.
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Richard Maxwell: Plays 1996-2000
The first collection of work by one of America's most important, vital and original young voices, including Boxing 2000, Caveman and the OBIE-Award winning House.
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Humpty Dumpty and other plays
Three plays from one of the most singular and exhilarating commentators on American life.
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Dirty Story and other plays
Three plays from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Doubt.
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Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven and Other Plays
A collection of plays from the experimental writer-director Young Jean Lee.
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