Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Maydays (2018 version)
David Edgar's landmark play about the twenty-somethings who came of age in 1968 and were drawn into revolutionary politics. Revised version staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2018.
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The Sweet Science of Bruising
An epic tale of passion, politics and pugilism in the world of 19th-century women’s boxing.
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By David EdgarTwo plays by David Edgar, written thirty-five years apart, both exploring the theme of youth and revolution.
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By Matt HartleyA play about an outbreak of the plague in a small Derbyshire village in 1665.
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By Anna JordanA compelling drama that explores the profound effect that war has on young lives.
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By William Shakespeare Adapted by Jeanie O'HareUsing Shakespeare’s orginal lines, alongside new text, Jeanie O’Hare retells The Wars of the Roses through the eyes of the extraordinary Margaret of Anjou.
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By Anna JordanA short play exploring the private worlds of strangers, living side by side but generations apart.
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Losing Venice
By Jo CliffordAn epic fable set in the faraway Spanish Golden Age, about the deranged behaviour of countries that have lost an empire and still not yet found a role.
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By Gary DugganA night of debauchery and delicate connection in a play set in the city that never sleeps.
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By Anna JordanA rollercoaster of a play for anyone that’s ever been a dick on the dance floor.
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By Chris BushA play exploring the last three decades of women in politics, asking what's changed and what still must.
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An acerbic new comedy about four forty-somethings wrestling for school places for their children.
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By Alison CarrA darkly funny, searing and tender drama about those moments when we find ourselves teetering on the edge.
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A powerful comedy-drama about a family gathering at Thanksgiving, from a gifted young American playwright.
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The Prisoner
By Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène EstienneA provocative study of what it means to be free, by the internationally acclaimed theatre director and his long-time collaborator.
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By Karen CoganAn infectious, dark comedy monologue play about the messiness of being young(ish), female and queer.
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The Half Of It
By Karen CoganA darkly lyrical monologue about a life, lived unseen. Winner of the Stewart Parker Award in 2018.
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