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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

Showing 199-216 of 1,885 items.

Kitchen

A short play from the author of Disco Pigs and The Walworth Farce.

Published in volume Arlington

    A Girl's Bedroom

    A short play from the author of Disco Pigs and The Walworth Farce.

    Published in volume Arlington

      One Thousand and One

      A short play from the author of Mr Incredible and Where Do Little Birds Go?.

      Published in volume Mr Incredible

        Aloe Aloe

        A provocative short play about parenthood and responsibility, from the author of Mr Incredible and Where Do Little Birds Go?.

        Published in volume Mr Incredible

          House

          A play about family, culture clash, memory and truth, commissioned by acclaimed theatre company Clean Break.

            Amongst the Reeds

            Two friends scratch out a living on the margins of society in a play commissioned by acclaimed theatre company Clean Break.

              Jonesy

              A short play from the author of Jumpers for Goalposts.

              Published in volume Jumpers for Goalposts

                Barbecue / Bootycandy: two plays

                Two plays by a leading African-American playwright and director, Barbecue and Bootycandy.

                • Paperback

                Ode to Joy

                A sensitive drama about the interplay between illness, addiction and love, from the acclaimed American playwright Craig Lucas.

                • Paperback

                Queers: Eight Monologues - SIGNED COPY

                By various Created by Mark Gatiss

                Queers celebrates a century of evolving social attitudes and political milestones in British gay history, as seen through the eyes of eight individuals.

                Last Letters Home

                A short monologue play for a female performer.

                Published in volume Here I Belong

                  A Christmas Carol (RSC stage version)

                  An adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic – one of the best-loved stories ever written – that rediscovers the social conscience of the timeless tale.

                  Circle Mirror Transformation

                  A quiet masterpiece tracing the lives of five strangers who come together in a community centre in Vermont, New England, for a series of creative drama classes for adults.

                  Published in volume The Vermont Plays

                    PMQ

                    A short play set in a Westminster dressing room, as Prime Minister Dave prepares for his first ever bout of Prime Minister's Questions.

                    Published in volume Ella Hickson Plays: One

                      Wilderness (short play)

                      A short play about a patient and her psychiatrist as they head into the wilderness to find out how sane any of us really are.

                        Huff & Stitch: two plays

                        Two gritty, powerful solo shows from award-winning Indigenous Canadian playwright Cliff Cardinal, exploring the lives of marginalized characters.

                        • Paperback

                        Three

                        A short play about three young Israelis caught up in a hostage situation.

                        Published in volume One Jewish Boy

                          Distant Early Warning

                          A short play set in 2053 in what was once Greenland.

                          Published in volume A Hundred Words for Snow