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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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The People Next Door

The People Next Door

By Henry Adam

A black comedy about the post-9/11 world and what happens when someone else's global problem becomes your local one.

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Sunset Song

Sunset Song (stage version)

By Lewis Grassic Gibbon Adapted by Alastair Cording

A classic of Scots literature, brilliantly adapted for the stage.

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Airsick

Airsick

By Emma Frost

A turbulent black comedy about love, loneliness and how we shape our future.

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Madame Bovary: Breakfast with Emma

Madame Bovary: Breakfast with Emma

By Gustave Flaubert Adapted by Fay Weldon

Flaubert's masterpiece about an infidelity with tragic consequences, dramatised for Shared Experience by the acclaimed novelist.

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Almost Nothing & At the Table

Almost Nothing & At the Table

Two plays

By Marcos Barbosa Translated by Mark O'Thomas

Two tense and unnerving short plays from talented Brazilian playwright, Marcos Barbosa.

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Take Me Away

Take Me Away

By Gerald Murphy

A dark but very funny comedy about the collapse of a family of feckless chancers and no-hopers.

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Words of Advice for Young People

Words of Advice for Young People

By Ioanna Anderson

An intriguing and offbeat play about family and religion.

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The Unthinkable

The Unthinkable

By Steve Waters

A hard-hitting play about the collapse of idealism in contemporary politics.

Satin 'n' Steel

Satin 'n' Steel

By Amanda Whittington

A comic two-hander about the irresistible allure of showbusiness, from the author of Be My Baby.

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One Day All This Will Come to Nothing

One Day All This Will Come to Nothing

By Catherine Grosvenor

A dark, twisted, captivating play about living with loss.

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Improbable Frequency

Improbable Frequency

By Arthur Riordan

The smash-hit musical comedy of spies, double agents and the laws of improbability.

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Port Authority

Port Authority

By Conor McPherson

A wry, moving, funny tale of how modern man faces up to the responsibility of love, woven in monologues, from the multi-award winning author of The Weir.

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Chimps

Chimps

By Simon Block

A blisteringly funny black comedy about the perils awaiting any unsuspecting home-owner.

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Playing With Fire

Playing With Fire

By David Edgar

An epic and provocative play about multi-racial Britain, from the UK's leading political playwright.

Paul

Paul

By Howard Brenton

An irreverent and provocative drama questioning the basis of Christianity, by the author of The Romans in Britain.

On the Ceiling

On the Ceiling

By Nigel Planer

A quirky comedy about the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, from the well-known actor and writer - seen in the West End starring Ron Cook and Ralf Little.

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Christmas is Miles Away

Christmas is Miles Away

By Chloë Moss

A touching play about adolescent friendship.

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Food

Food

By Joel Horwood and Christopher Heimann

A play about celebrity chefs and the price you have to pay for ambition, from the Imaginary Body, the team behind the smash hit 100.

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