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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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By babirye bukilwa

A psychological drama that asks if the cycle of generational trauma can ever be broken. Can queer, Black femmes find love and belonging when the soil beneath them – and the climate around them – is hostile?

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Bach & Sons

Bach & Sons

By Nina Raine

A beautiful, profound and funny play about Johann Sebastian Bach, the irascible and turbulent composer, and his family business.

Bloody Elle

Bloody Elle

By Lauryn Redding

A heart-warming and belly-achingly funny story about falling in love for the very first time.

For The Grace Of You Go I

For The Grace Of You Go I

By Alan Harris

A darkly funny, quick-witted, fast-moving comedy about a man whose life is going nowhere.

Raya

Raya

By Deborah Bruce

A witty and tender play about two old flames who meet again, after thirty years, at a student reunion.

My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?)

My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?)

By Rob Madge

A joyous, chaotic, autobiographical play telling the story of actor, writer and social-media sensation Rob Madge as they set out to recreate a Disney parade they performed as a twelve-year-old for their Grandma.

The Saviour

The Saviour

By Deirdre Kinahan

A play charting the extraordinary shift in social, political and religious life in Ireland over the past thirty years.

The Merthyr Stigmatist

The Merthyr Stigmatist

By Lisa Parry

A fierce and exhilarating play about faith and truth, a hymn to community, and a testament to the power of young people.

Harm

Harm

By Phoebe Eclair-Powell

A thrilling and razor-sharp twisted comedy on the corrosive effects of social media and isolation.

Little Wars

Little Wars

By Steven Carl McCasland

Set in the French Alps in 1940, this thrilling play – based on truth – is an enthralling, entertaining and ultimately moving portrait of seven exceptional women.

Crumbs from the Table of Joy

Crumbs from the Table of Joy

By Lynn Nottage

An arresting, thought-provoking play about racial and social issues of the late 1950s, by the first woman to win two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama.

The Motherhood Project

The Motherhood Project

Monologues and Reflections on Motherhood

By various

A collection of dramatic monologues and real-life reflections by some of the UK's leading writers, artists and thinkers, and explores all the guilt, joy and absurdity, the regrets, pressures and taboos surrounding motherhood.

Gloria: A Life

Gloria: A Life

By Emily Mann

Emily's Mann's play about the icon of the American feminist movement, Gloria Steinem. With a Foreword by Gloria Steinem herself.

He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box and Other Plays

He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box and Other Plays

By Adrienne Kennedy

Adrienne Kennedy's acclaimed play about an interracial love affair in the 1940s, in a volume with two other plays: Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side and Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles?

Linda Vista

Linda Vista

By Tracy Letts

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts dissects the midlife crisis in a play that combines humanity with humour.

What the Constitution Means to Me

What the Constitution Means to Me

By Heidi Schreck

An acclaimed play tracing the effect that the US Constitution has had on four generations of women in the author's family. A finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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Amaryllis & Little Witch

Amaryllis & Little Witch

By Pascal Brullemans Translated by Alexis Diamond

Two dark fairy tales from Canadian playwright Pascal Brullemans.

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Beautiful Man & Other Short Plays

Beautiful Man & Other Short Plays

By Erin Shields

Three short plays from an award-winning Canadian, centring on the inner lives of women.

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