Modern Drama

A real-estate developer sets about trying to redevelop the 'blighted' Hill District of Pittsburgh in the final part of August Wilson's Century Cycle, his epic dramatisation of the African American experience in the twentieth century.

The groundbreaking rock musical about teenage sexuality, with book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Duncan Sheik.

Two early plays by the cult US playwright, Wallace Shawn.

Two plays by Korean-American theatre practitioner and writer Young Jean Lee, who here 'confirms herself as one of the best experimental playwrights in America' (Timeout New York).

An entertaining comedy-drama set in a local donut shop in the heart of one of Chicago's most diverse communities. By the Pulitzer Prize winning author of August: Osage County.

A photojournalist is at home in Brooklyn recovering from serious wounds sustained whilst out covering war-torn Iraq, but longs for the adrenalin rush of her past.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical set in a crisis-stricken suburban household, exploring how far two parents will go to keep themselves sane and their family's world intact.

A collection of five extraordinary plays exploring and reflecting contemporary life across the Near East and North Africa.

Tender, uncompromising, haunting and lyrical, these four plays together comprise a contemporary chronicle of the lives of East London's young women.

Five plays from the sensational voice of new writing for Irish theatre.

Four full-length plays and two previously unpublished shorts from the multi-award-winning author of Jerusalem.

Ten short plays by Caryl Churchill, written for stage, radio and TV, selected and introduced by the author.

Spanning almost ten years and embracing a remarkable range of style and subject matter, this is the third volume of Churchill's Collected Plays,

Three powerful political plays in one volume - with a substantial introduction by the author.

A collection of modern Spanish and Catalan plays in translations by practising English playwrights, commissioned and first staged by the Royal Court Theatre.

The fourth volume of the collected plays of one of the best playwrights alive.

A collection of plays from the acclaimed author of My Night With Reg, spanning twenty years of work from a playwright who brilliantly captured the comedy of pain.

A unique collection of five surprising and exciting plays from Mexico, in English translations, selected by the Royal Court Theatre, London.