Nick Hern Books | Modern drama (post-1945)

Miseryguts

By Liz Lochhead Original author Molière

A Scots version of Molière's play Le Misanthrope, by 'Scotland's greatest living dramatist' Scotland on Sunday.

Published in volume Miseryguts & Tartuffe

The Sleeping Beauty

By Stuart Paterson

A variation on the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty, by the 'master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).

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The Night Heron

By Jez Butterworth

A dark, funny, spellbinding play about a group of outcasts and eccentrics gathered in the Cambridgeshire fens.

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Vincent in Brixton

By Nicholas Wright

A moving portrait of the young Vincent van Gogh - a hit in the West End and on Broadway.

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Julie Burchill Is Away

By Tim Fountain

A one-woman show based on the life and writings of the provocative columnist, writer and broadcaster, Julie Burchill.

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Mother Teresa is Dead

By Helen Edmundson

A gripping play exploring Western guilt towards the Third World, from an author well-known for her award-winning adaptations for Shared Experience and the National Theatre.

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Iron

By Rona Munro

An intense psychological drama set in a women's prison, in which a mother and daughter try to break through the barriers of time, memory and punishment which separate them.

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Wake Up And Smell The Coffee

By Eric Bogosian

A monologue by a master of the art - 100% pure high octane Bogosian.

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Closing Time

By Owen McCafferty

McCafferty's break-through play, a tender and comic portrait of love, dignity and emotional damage.

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The Browning Version

By Terence Rattigan

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.

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Harlequinade

By Terence Rattigan

A farce about a touring theatre troupe, written to accompany The Browning Version in a double-bill under the joint title, Playbill.

Published in volume The Browning Version

Homers

By Iain F. MacLeod

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

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Janet and her mother Margaret both live on Mapleview Lanes - the perfect neighbourhood with the perfect neighbours, until Lewis Chance buys a house on their street to open a group home for troubled adolescents.