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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Danny, King of the Basement

Danny, King of the Basement

By David S. Craig

A heartwarming play about a boy who creates an imaginary world to deal with the instability and hardship of his daily life.

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The Drawer Boy

The Drawer Boy

By Michael Healey

A multi-award winning, bitter-sweet tale of the power of storytelling, friendship, and the very thin line between truth and fiction.

Into the Woods

Into the Woods

By Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

A modern musical twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales.

A Dybbuk and other tales of the supernatural

A Dybbuk and other tales of the supernatural

By Tony Kushner and Joachim Neugroschel

The classic Yiddish tale by S. Ansky, adapted by Tony Kushner, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angels in America, and Joachim Neugroschel.

Out From Under

Out From Under

Texts by women performance artists

Edited by Lenora Champagne By various

A collection of provocative, ambitious texts by women performance artists.

Pacific Overtures

Pacific Overtures

By Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman

Exploring the opening up of Japan to American influence and using motifs from Japanese theatre and music, this is one of Sondheim's most adventurous musicals.

Assassins

Assassins

By Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman

A dark and funny look at the end of the American dream - Stephen Sondheim lifts musical theatre to new heights of brilliance.

The Essential Bogosian

The Essential Bogosian

By Eric Bogosian

A collection of work by Eric Bogosian, one of America's leading performers and most original playwrights.

Gypsy

Gypsy

By Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents and Jule Styne

One of the greatest musicals of all time, with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.

Company

Company (US edition)

By Stephen Sondheim and George Furth

Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's iconic musical comedy about life, love and marriage.

Getting Away With Murder

Getting Away With Murder

By Stephen Sondheim and George Furth

A compellingly original comedy thriller, and Sondheim's first ever non-musical play.

Venus

Venus

By Suzan-Lori Parks

A bold exploration of colonisation and objectification, based on the true story of the 'Hottentot Venus'.

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Extreme Exposure

Extreme Exposure

Solo Performance Texts from the Twentieth Century

Edited by Jo Bonney

An anthology of excerpts from the works of more than fifty solo writer/performers including: Eric Bogosian, Laurie Anderson, Lenny Bruce, Andy Kaufman, Richard Pryor and Whoopi Goldberg.

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Death and Taxes: Hydriotaphia & Other Plays

Death and Taxes: Hydriotaphia & Other Plays

By Tony Kushner

A wide-ranging collection of work from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angels in America.

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Culture Clash in Americca

Culture Clash in Americca

By Culture Clash

A second collection of work by the award-winning Latino comedy trio.

Beyond Victims and Villains

Beyond Victims and Villains

Contemporary Plays by Disabled Playwrights

Edited by Victoria Ann Lewis

The first of its kind - an anthology that explores how disabled artists depict the world they inhabit with their disabilities.

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Brooklyn Boy

Brooklyn Boy

By Donald Margulies

A funny and emotionally rich look at family, friends and fame, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Dinner with Friends.

Doubt

Doubt

By John Patrick Shanley

The hit Broadway play, filmed in 2008 with Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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