Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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On the Ceiling

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

A touching play about adolescent friendship.

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Food

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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Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?

A man falls in love with America and leaves his wife and children for fifty years of love and adventure with Sam.

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The Way Home

A spiky play about the clash between suburban and itinerant ways of life in present-day Liverpool.

The Reporter

An enthralling detective story based on the true life story of BBC reporter James Mossman.

Long Time Dead

A gripping and darkly humorous play about the camaraderie of a trio of obsessive mountaineers.

Memory

A play about division, destiny and the undimmed potency of memory itself.

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strangers, babies

The chilling story of one woman's desperate attempts at a future that's worth living.

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Someone Else's Shoes

A sharp and witty satire on the commodification of art and life.

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Tilt

A beautifully simple debut play, about a woman's search for answers to her family's self destruction.

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Carthage Must Be Destroyed

A compelling story of political intrigue, double dealing and the ruthless realities of taking a nation to war, set against the backdrop of the Third Punic War.

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The Eleventh Capital

An arresting 60-minute debut play about dislocation, manipulation and power, winner of the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright.

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Rafta, Rafta...

A hugely warm-hearted, comic tale of close-knit Indian family life in England, by the author of East is East.

So Long Life

A comedy drama portraying a ghastly family gathering with great humour and unflinching honesty.

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The Pearlfisher

An epic tale of kinship, money and desire, set amongst the Traveller people of the Scottish Highlands.

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Homers

A tough and funny play about Glaswegian orphans forcibly transplanted to the Islands.

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All Mouth

A biting comedy set in the hidden world of the voice-over artist.

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