Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
A Master Builder
Wallace Shawn's version of Henrik Ibsen's Master Builder Solness, made into a film by Jonathan Demme in 2014 — a film that is an utterly contemporary vision of Ibsen's classic play.
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Storefront Church
A compassionate morality tale about a elected official in the Bronx forced into a confrontation by the mortgage crisis, Storefront Church is the concluding part of John Patrick Shanley's 'Church and State' trilogy of plays.
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The Assembled Parties
An incisive portrait of a family grasping for stability at the dawn of a new millennium.
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Stage Kiss
Sarah Ruhl, one of America’s most widely produced playwrights, brings her unique mix of lyricism, sparkling humour and fierce intelligence to the world of romantic comedy.
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Plays from VAULT
Five new plays from VAULT Festival
An anthology comprising five of the best plays from VAULT 2016, London's biggest and most exciting arts festival.
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£18.99£15.19Add to basketEPUB£18.99£15.19The Book of Grace
Suzan-Lori Parks' fierce and intimate three-person drama, a companion piece to her Pulitzer Prize-winning play Topdog/Underdog.
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Sotto Voce
By Nilo CruzAn imaginative exploration of the power of memory, love and human connection.
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Lucy Kirkwood Plays: One
Five plays by leading playwright Lucy Kirkwood: Tinderbox, it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now, small hours, NSFW and Chimerica. With an introduction by the author.
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£18.99£15.19Add to basketEPUB£18.99£15.19The Liquid Plain
A sweeping historical saga told with lyricism and power, The Liquid Plain brings to life a group of people whose stories have been erased from history.
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Mary Page Marlowe
By Tracy LettsAn intimate and moving play about an accountant from Ohio, and her apparently humdrum life.
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Night is a Room
A searing exploration of love’s power to both ruin and remake our lives.
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Ripcord
A gloriously biting comedy set in a rest home, from the author of Good People and Rabbit Hole.
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Alexi Kaye Campbell Plays: One
A collection of five plays by Alexi Kaye Campbell: The Pride, Apologia, The Faith Machine, Bracken Moor and Sunset at the Villa Thalia.
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£18.99£15.19Add to basketEPUB£18.99£15.19Ella Hickson Plays: One
By Ella HicksonA first collection of plays by Ella Hickson.
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£18.99£15.19Add to basketEPUB£18.99£15.19Daphne's Dive
A play about what it means to be an outsider while searching for empathy and connection.
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Stephen Jeffreys: Plays
A selection of the best work of Stephen Jeffreys, including his acclaimed plays The Libertine and The Clink.
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£18.99£15.19Add to basketEPUB£18.99£15.19Huff & Stitch: two plays
Two gritty, powerful solo shows from award-winning Indigenous Canadian playwright Cliff Cardinal, exploring the lives of marginalized characters.
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100 Plays for the First Hundred Days
A unique and personal response to the extraordinary events of the first hundred days of the presidency of Donald J. Trump - a play diary for each day of the presidency, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.
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