Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Gut
A taut psychological thriller that explores who we can trust with our children – and whether it’s more dangerous not to trust at all.
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By Josh AzouzTwo plays showcasing the exciting and distinctive voice of Josh Azouz.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Women Centre Stage: Eight Short Plays By and About Women
By various Edited by Sue ParrishA collection of short plays curated by Sue Parrish, Artistic Director of Sphinx Theatre.
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Following an attack on London, a family let a stranger into their house. Cordelia Lynn's play explores community and the limits of tolerance.
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By Tracy LettsA tense thriller that asks where the moral line is drawn in the fight for survival.
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How to Spot an Alien
A play for young people (age five and up) to watch, read and perform, about one confused alien, two brave kids and a busted spaceship.
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A contemporary, lyrical love story that explores the changes and choices that pull us from the places and people we love.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Snatches: Moments from 100 Years of Women's Lives
Eight Monologues
Created by Vicky Featherstone By variousA collection of monologues that document, remember and bear witness to a century of struggle for progress and equality for women in the United Kingdom.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39The Funeral Director
By Iman QureshiAn incisive and heartfelt play about sexuality, gender and religion in twenty-first-century Britain. Winner of the 2018 Papatango New Writing Prize.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Queen Margaret
By William Shakespeare Adapted by Jeanie O'HareUsing Shakespeare’s orginal lines, alongside new text, Jeanie O’Hare retells The Wars of the Roses through the eyes of the extraordinary Margaret of Anjou.
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By Sam SteinerAn urgent play about the struggle for optimism and community amid the chaos of a world falling apart.
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Citysong and other plays
The Verity Bargate Award-winning play about three generations of a Dublin family, plus two other plays: Boys and Girls and Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane.
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£12.99£10.39There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£12.99£10.39The Three Musketeers (stage version)
By John Nicholson and Le Navet BeteA riotously comic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel, originally performed by physical-comedy theatre company Le Navet Bete.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Daughterhood
A beautiful, ferocious play about the bonds that tie us, and how we sometimes need to break them.
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A play exploring the turbulent teenage years of a Nottingham girl looking for love in all the wrong places.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Captain Corelli's Mandolin (stage version)
By Louis de Bernières Adapted by Rona MunroRona Munro's adaptation of Louis de Bernières' much-loved epic novel, set on an idyllic Greek island in 1941.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Fleabag: The Special Edition
A special edition of the outrageously funny, blazingly forthright stage play, featuring exclusive bonus material.
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A play about the women whose lives and livelihoods were affected by the murderous attacks of the Yorkshire Ripper.
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