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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Moment

An explosive drama about how one terrible moment can change lives irrevocably.

Beauty and the Beast (National Theatre stage version)

Lucy Kirkwood's delightful version of the classic fairytale, first seen in a production devised and directed by Katie Mitchell at the National Theatre for Christmas 2010.

truth and reconciliation

A play about the aftermath of violence, in conflicts around the world from Rwanda to Northern Ireland, and from Zimbabwe to Bosnia.

Terminus

A blackly comic vision of Dublin infested with demons.

The Haunting

A spine-chilling play based on several original ghost stories by Charles Dickens.

The Kitchen Sink

An irresistibly funny and tender play about big dreams and small changes.

Swallows and Amazons (stage version)

A wonderfully theatrical adaptation of the much-loved children's classic, with songs by Neil Hannon.

Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches

Part One of the two-part Angels in America, an epic drama set during the Reagan years in America - now recognised as one of the greatest plays of the twentieth century.

The Skriker

An extraordinary collision of ancient fairytale and fractured urban England.

Passing Places

A road movie for the stage, following two young Scottish lads on their trip from dislocation to location.

Anna Weiss

An explosive, gripping and disturbing play about the phenomenon of False Memory Syndrome.

Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin

The award-winning play about two warped teenagers that confirmed Enda Walsh's place in the forefront of young Irish dramatists - plus his short play, Sucking Dublin.

Tearing the Loom & In a Little World of Our Own

Two plays from playwright Gary Mitchell, known for his powerful explorations of the conflicts troubling Northern Ireland.

The Female of the Species

A deliciously wicked comedy that proves that the female of the species is not only deadlier, but funnier than the male.

Treasure Island (stage version)

A fresh and genuinely thrilling adaptation of the classic tale, and one that keeps close to Stevenson's original story.

Big White Fog

A poignant family drama set in Chicago against a backdrop of the Great Depression and the inescapable racism of the times.

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The Browning Version

Rattigan's well-loved play about an unpopular schoolmaster who snatches a last shred of dignity from the collapse of his career and his marriage.

Honour

An unsettling play about infidelity seen from the perspective of the three women involved: the wife, the lover and the daughter.