Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Yellowfin
Politics and the planet collide in a fiercely original play about the limits of science, the power of myths, and the things we can't control.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEPUB£9.99£7.99The Long Song (stage version)
By Andrea Levy Adapted by Suhayla El-BushraThe story of a young slave girl who lives through the final turbulent days of slavery on a sugar plantation in 19th-century Jamaica. Adapted from Andrea Levy's award-winning novel.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEPUB£9.99£7.99Metamorphoses
An entertaining and provocative new play inspired by Ovid's powerful collection of myths.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEPUB£10.99£8.79Duck Duck Goose
A viscerally charged play, full of moral ambiguity and psychological complexity, examining the nature of consent, trust and trial by social media.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEPUB£9.99£7.99The Normal Heart
By Larry KramerLarry Kramer's ground-breaking play about the 1980s AIDS crisis, published in a new edition alongside the major National Theatre revival in 2021.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEPUB£10.99£8.79Emilia
A riotous, witty reclaiming of the life of Emilia Bassano, poet, mistress, mother, and exceptional woman – widely considered the 'Dark Lady' of Shakespeare's sonnets.
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What If If Only
Your partner's died, could things have been different? A short play by Caryl Churchill, published with another short piece, Air.
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A raw, funny, bittersweet play about the complexities of masculinity, depression and therapy.
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A resonant and surreal short piece published alongside What If If Only.
Published in volume What If If OnlyMum
A raw and real exploration of early motherhood, from the award-winning writer of Emilia.
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Anything is Possible if You Think About It Hard Enough
A moving and unexpectedly funny play about a couple grieving the loss of their child, winner of the Best New Play award at the 2022 Offies (Off West End Awards).
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEPUB£9.99£7.99The Ballad of Maria Marten
A thrilling play based on the nineteenth-century Red Barn Murder in Suffolk, rediscovering the lost story of the murder victim, Maria Marten.
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A revenge tale about two women seeking justice and taking control of their own narratives, colliding the ancient and the modern, the tragic and the Spaghetti Western, hip-hop and Afropunk.
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Contemporary Plays by Black British Writers
By Travis Alabanza, Firdos Ali, Natasha Gordon, debbie tucker green, Arinzé Kene and Chinonyerem Odimba Selected by Natalie IbuAn anthology of six brilliant plays, celebrating a multiplicity of stories authored by Black playwrights in the UK over the last decade. Selected and introduced by leading theatre director Natalie Ibu.
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£18.99£15.19Add to basketEPUB£18.99£15.19The Lodger
An enlightening, cathartic and acerbic new play about identity, maturity and reconciliation.
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By Stuart SladeA touching drama about a teenage girl diagnosed with a brain tumour, an unexpectedly optimistic portrayal of love and the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit.
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A timely, unsettling and powerful play from one of the UK's most prominent trans voices.
Published in volume Contemporary Plays by Black British Writers40 Days
By Firdos AliA play exploring the impact of state violence on Black and brown children.
Published in volume Contemporary Plays by Black British Writers
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