Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Bad Boy Nietzsche! and other plays
This new anthology collects plays written and performed over six years, including Now That Communism Is Dead My Life Feels Empty!, Maria del Bosco, Panic! (How to Be Happy!), Bad Boy Nietzsche!, Bad Behavior and King Cowboy Rufus Rules the Universe!
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Two Sisters and a Piano and other plays
Nilo Cruz is the most produced Cuban-American playwright in the US and was the first dramatist of Hispanic descent to receive the Pulitzer Prize.
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The Light in the Piazza
The book and lyrics of the hit Broadway musical based on Elizabeth Spencer's 1960 novella.
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Dirty Story and other plays
Three plays from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Doubt.
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Defiance
A timely play tackling issues of race and authority within the US Marine Corps - part of a trilogy of plays, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Doubt, that explore issues of power and morality within a hallowed American institution.
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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.
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Flamingoland
A big-hearted, bittersweet comedy about mothers, sisters, love and lies.
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This Wide Night
By Chloë MossA tender portrayal of two women trying to start again after their release from prison.
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The New Electric Ballroom
By Enda WalshA dark fable of the emotionally stultifying effects of small-town life, from the author of Disco Pigs and The Walworth Farce.
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Hedda
By Lucy Kirkwood Original author Henrik IbsenA startling new version of Hedda Gabler, relocating Ibsen's nineteenth-century heroine to London in 2008.
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Caryl Churchill: Shorts
Ten short plays by Caryl Churchill, written for stage, radio and TV, selected and introduced by the author.
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The Hospital at the Time of the Revolution
A forensic insight into the adjustment of morality for the sake of conscience.
Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
Three More Sleepless Nights
An explosive short play about human interaction and love-tangled relationships.
Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
Lovesick
A therapist practices aversion therapy to rid his patients of sexual/romantic obsessions which interfere with their lives.
Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
Hot Fudge
The competitive games of various professionals and their spouses present an amoral world where money is all and lies are the only truth.
Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
Seagulls
A woman with an extraordinary gift begins to fear her powers are waning.
Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
The After-Dinner Joke
A short play satirising the charity business, written for television. First broadcast on BBC One as part of the BBC's Play for Today series.
Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
Schreber's Nervous Illness
A short play based on the memoirs of a judge who spent ten years in asylums as a schizophrenic.
Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
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