Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Wake Up And Smell The Coffee
A monologue by a master of the art - 100% pure high octane Bogosian.
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Waiting Room Germany
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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The Waiting List
A blackly comic monologue about a man under siege in the community where he grew up.
VS09
A sharp, fast-paced exploration of the possibilities of love, friendship and healing in the search for home. In the Multiplay Drama series.
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£7.99£6.39
Voices from Ukraine: Two Plays
Two powerful plays about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by two of Ukraine's leading playwrights.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Visitor
A short play about a schoolmaster on the verge of retirement, confronted by a mysterious young man wishing to pay his respects.
Published in volume Family: three playsThe Visit, or The Old Lady Comes to Call
By Friedrich Dürrenmatt Adapted by Tony KushnerDürrenmatt's visionary revenge play, one of the great achievements of modern German-language theatre, transported to mid-twentieth-century America by the acclaimed playwright Tony Kushner.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Virgin Trial
By Kate HennigThe second part of Kate Hennig's powerful Queenmaker Trilogy, retelling the stories of three Tudor queens of England, in contemporary settings.
- Paperback£22.99
Vincent in Brixton
A moving portrait of the young Vincent van Gogh - a hit in the West End and on Broadway.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Village
By Abi Falase and Tatenda ShamisoA punchy and provocative story about democracy, power, and how we can try to build a better world. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.
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£7.99£6.39
Victoria's Knickers
By Josh AzouzAn epic romcom telling the story of an unlikely romance between the Queen of England and a boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Premiered by the National Youth Theatre.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Version 3.0
Contemporary Asian American Plays
Edited by Chay YewA major anthology of contemporary Asian American drama, exploring the complexities of gender, sexuality, and family, and demonstrating the cultural and aesthetic diversity of the new generation of Asian American voices.
- Paperback£28.99
Vernon God Little (stage version)
By DBC Pierre Adapted by Tanya RonderA darkly riotous, superbly fast-talking adventure, adapted from the Booker Prize-winning novel.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Vermont Plays
By Annie BakerThe debut collection of celebrated American playwright Annie Baker, including her Obie award-winning play Circle Mirror Transformation.
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Venus
A bold exploration of colonisation and objectification, based on the true story of the 'Hottentot Venus'.
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The Veil
Set around a haunted house hemmed in by a restive, starving populace, The Veil weaves Ireland’s troubled colonial history into a transfixing story about the search for love, the transcendental and the circularity of time.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Vassa
By Maxim Gorky Adapted by Mike BartlettA new adaptation by Mike Bartlett of Maxim Gorky's savagely funny play, premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London.
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