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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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The Real Deal

The Real Deal

By Tom Wentworth

A short monologue play exploring the issue of benefits fraud, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues
    Three Sisters

    Three Sisters

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

    A masterful new translation of Chekhov’s exploration of yearning and disillusionment.

    Evening Plays

    Evening Plays

    By Richard Maxwell

    Three new dramas, written as a response to Dante's Divine Comedy.

    Exquisite Agony

    Exquisite Agony

    By Nilo Cruz

    A play about the heart—its passions, its failures, and its ability to connect.

    Illyria

    Illyria

    By Richard Nelson

    It is 1958. In the midst of a building boom in New York City, Joe Papp and his colleagues are facing pressure from the city’s elite as they continue their free Shakespeare in Central Park.

    The Language Archive and Other Plays

    The Language Archive and Other Plays

    By Julia Cho

    A new collection of plays by one of the most versatile dramatists in contemporary American theatre.

    The Sound Inside

    The Sound Inside

    By Adam Rapp

    A riveting play exploring the limits of what one person can ask of another.

    Noughts & Crosses

    Noughts & Crosses (Pilot Theatre stage version)

    By Sabrina Mahfouz Original author Malorie Blackman

    An award-winning stage adaptation of Malorie Blackman's acclaimed novel, a captivating drama of love, revolution and what it means to grow up in a divided world.

    Three Kings

    Three Kings

    By Stephen Beresford

    A heartbreaking and hilarious play for a solo actor about fathers and sons, the gifts and burdens of inheritance, and the unfathomable puzzle of human relationships. 

    The Last of the Pelican Daughters

    The Last of the Pelican Daughters

    By The Wardrobe Ensemble

    A comedy about four sisters trying to come to terms with their mother's death.

    Bright. Young. Things.

    Bright. Young. Things.

    By Georgia Christou

    A funny, fast-paced play about identity, truth and the challenge of finding out who you really are. Part of Platform, an initiative from Tonic Theatre in partnership with Nick Hern Books, aimed at achieving greater gender equality in theatre.

    Heavy Weather

    Heavy Weather

    By Lizzie Nunnery

    A powerful, timely play featuring songs, about one girl taking control of her destiny in a world teetering on the brink. Part of Platform, an initiative aimed at achieving greater gender equality in theatre.

    Isolated But Open

    Isolated But Open

    Voices from Across The Shutdown

    By various

    Twelve new monologues written in response to the coronavirus outbreak in 2020 as part of Papatango's scheme to inspire creativity and share brilliant new stories.

    Maggie May

    Maggie May

    By Frances Poet

    An extraordinary drama about an ordinary family who must balance the challenges of daily life whilst living with dementia.

    Jez Butterworth Plays: Two

    Jez Butterworth Plays: Two

    By Jez Butterworth

    Three extraordinary plays by one of the most audacious and talented playwrights of our times: Jerusalem, The River and The Ferryman. Plus his short film The Clear Road Ahead, and a conversation with playwright Simon Stephens.

    Daughter

    Daughter

    By Adam Lazarus

    A darkly satirical monologue about fatherhood, love and toxic masculinity.

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    The Clear Road Ahead

    The Clear Road Ahead

    By Jez Butterworth

    An epic short about rebirth, from the author of Jerusalem and The Ferryman.

    Published in volume Jez Butterworth Plays: Two
      Run Sister Run

      Run Sister Run

      By Chloë Moss

      A witty and heartfelt play about two sisters, exploring family, class and dependence.

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