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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Stoopud Fucken Animals

Stoopud Fucken Animals

By Joel Horwood

A pitch-black comedy complete with wickedly entertaining songs, from the Edinburgh Fringe First-winning writer of Food.

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The Container

The Container

By Clare Bayley

A harrowing, intense drama about people-trafficking, set inside a container lorry.

The Walworth Farce

The Walworth Farce

By Enda Walsh

A remarkable play about what can happen when we become stuck in the stories we tell about our lives.

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Night Time

Night Time

By Selma Dimitrijević

A hypnotic noir thriller set in a beguiling world of dream, danger and fantasy.

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The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents

The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents

By Lukas Bärfuss Translated by Neil Blackadder

The provocative story of a modern family consumed by fear and hope, by the Swiss-born Lukas Bärfuss, a rising star of contemporary German theatre.

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Fragile!

Fragile!

By Tena Štivičić

A darkly humorous play about the people behind the tabloid stories of migrant workers and sex-trafficking in today's Europe.

God of Vengeance

God of Vengeance

By Donald Margulies

Adapted from Sholom Asch's classic morality tale - a work of spellbinding power from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Dinner With Friends.

How To Curse

How To Curse

By Ian McHugh

A spellbinding debut play about 17-year-olds on the edge, with a touch of magic and mayhem.

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Unravelling the Ribbon

Unravelling the Ribbon

By Mary Kelly and Maureen White

A touching and frequently hilarious play about three women whose lives are touched by breast cancer.

Faustus

Faustus

By Rupert Goold, Ben Power and Christopher Marlowe

A radical reworking of Christopher Marlowe's classic tragedy Dr Faustus, bringing together the original story of the man who sells his soul to the devil with a startling act of provocation by 21st-century artists the Chapman Brothers.

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Last Easter

Last Easter

By Bryony Lavery

A funny, moving and provocative drama about the true nature of friendship.

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The Pearlfisher

The Pearlfisher

By Iain F. MacLeod

An epic tale of kinship, money and desire, set amongst the Traveller people of the Scottish Highlands.

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The Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself

The Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself

By Claudia Ríos Translated by Roxana Silbert

After a young girl's suicide, her parents meet for the first time in years at the school where she died.

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    Rodney's Wife

    Rodney's Wife

    By Richard Nelson

    A study in dissolution by a leading American playwright who has written prolifically, and with fine detail, on the perplexities of everyday living.

    Free Outgoing

    Free Outgoing

    By Anupama Chandrasekhar

    A play that sets the rampant technology of the modern world against the conservatism of a traditional society. The British debut of a writer from Chennai, India.

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    My Boy Jack

    My Boy Jack

    By David Haig

    The tragic story of how Rudyard Kipling sent his son to his death in the First World War.

    A Time to Keep

    A Time to Keep

    By Stephanie Dale and David Edgar

    A large-scale historical romp in the terrain between Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.

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    The Giant

    The Giant

    By Antony Sher

    A powerful, witty and moving play exploring the dark interplay between sexuality and creativity.

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