Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Cuba
A play written for young people to perform, about two schoolgirls and their daring response to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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The Wexford Trilogy
Set in a snooker club, a betting shop and a local church, each play introduces a mix of young cornerboys, old cowboys and chancers of any age in a lyrical, poignant and often hilarious account of lost dreams and thwarted ambitions.
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Hansel and Gretel (stage version)
An imaginative reworking of the children's classic, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.
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Cinderella (stage version)
A classic fairy tale with a twist, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.
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The Force of Change
An explosively topical play about institutional corruption in Northern Ireland.
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Belfry
A deeply moving tale about what lies beneath the surface of everyday lives.
Poor Beast in the Rain
A slice of small-town life, set in a betting shop in Wexford. Part of Billy Roche's acclaimed Wexford Trilogy.
I Just Stopped By To See The Man
A play about the myth surrounding an old blues singer, from the author of The Libertine.
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Between Worlds: Contemporary Asian-American Plays
A collection of contemporary Asian-American plays.
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Japes
A funny and sardonic play about two brothers trapped in a love triangle with the woman they both love.
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The Cavalcaders and Amphibians
By Billy RocheTwo plays from the author of The Wexford Trilogy.
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Emma (stage version)
A bold, witty and fresh adaptation of Jane Austen's novel which, while thoroughly modern, retains the spirit and much of the language of the original.
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Amphibians
By Billy RocheA rite-of-passage play in which a twelve-year-old boy spends the night alone on an island.
Published in volume The Cavalcaders and Amphibians
The Cavalcaders
By Billy RocheA rousing, comic play set in an old-fashioned cobbler's shop in small-town southern Ireland.
Published in volume The Cavalcaders and Amphibians
Mouth to Mouth
By Kevin ElyotAt a homecoming party for Dennis and Laura's teenage son, the reappearance of an old family friend throws up secrets from the past and paves the way for fresh disaster.
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In Praise of Love
An almost unbearably moving story of veiled emotions running deep, based on the true life situation of Rex Harrison's wife, Kay Kendall, and her early death from cancer.
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The Red Letter Plays (US edition)
Two haunting riffs on Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter, by a leading American playwright.
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Made in China
By Mark O'RoweA blackly comic drama set in a crazed, completely re-imagined Dublin underworld, full of martial arts, rogue cops and savage low-lifes. From the award-winning writer of Howie the Rookie.
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Among Unbroken Hearts
By Henry AdamA drug-taking hard man from the city returns home to the Highlands to try to recapture the innocence of his youth.
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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
By Lisa KronTwo solo pieces by the award-winning American performer, and founder member of the Five Lesbian Brothers troupe.
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In The Heart of America and other plays
A five-play collection of work by an American playwright whose work has mainly premiered in Britain.
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bedbound & misterman: two plays
By Enda WalshTwo early plays from the acclaimed Irish writer Enda Walsh.
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Midden
By Morna ReganA sharp, funny, moving story of five women across three generations, and a prodigal daughter's return.
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