Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
All honey
A play about sex, secrets and suspicion, winner of the 2017 Fishamble New Writing Award.
Tuesday
With a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth
A funny and playful drama written specifically for young people, about what happens when the world literally turns upside-down. Bilingual edition: includes the original English play with a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth, by playwright Daf James.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEPUB£10.99£8.79Mojo Mickybo
An unsentimental portrayal of innocence betrayed by communal hatred in Belfast during the 1970s.
- EPUB
£7.99£6.39
Mrs Delgado
A funny and poignant play for one actor that tells a story of desire, control, raised blinds and lowered boundaries. This edition also includes the monologue Phoenix.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEPUB£9.99£7.99The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage (stage version)
By Philip Pullman Adapted by Bryony LaveryThe stage version of Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage, which is set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy. Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt.
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£10.99£8.79There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.EPUB£10.99£8.79Spring Awakening: A Musical
By Steven Sater and Duncan SheikThe groundbreaking rock musical about teenage sexuality, with book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Duncan Sheik.
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£10.99£8.79
Phoenix
A powerful story of fire and destruction, self-deceit and the corrosion of trust.
Published in volume Mrs DelgadoMlima's Tale
By Lynn NottageA powerful and unforgettable drama about the illegal international ivory trade, from an American dramatist whose plays have captivated audiences around the world.
- Paperback£15.99
Andy's Gone
By Marie-Claude Verdier Translated by Alexis DiamondA contemporary Canadian retelling of the story of Antigone.
- Paperback£19.99
Refractions: Scenes
Edited by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard and Yvette NolanA collection of scenes from a wide range of contemporary works by Canadian playwrights, reflecting Canada's artistic landscape through a breadth of themes, styles, cultures, regions, and creative practices.
- Paperback£22.99
Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes
The archetypal student-teacher romance is cleverly turned on its head for the post-#MeToo era in this striking play by an acclaimed Canadian playwright.
- Paperback£19.99
After Life
By Jack Thorne Original author Hirokazu Kore-edaA surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live – and to die.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEPUB£9.99£7.99My Family and Other Animals (stage version)
By Gerald Durrell Adapted by Janys ChambersA delightful and inventive stage version of Gerald Durrell's well-loved memoir of a childhood growing up in Corfu.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEPUB£9.99£7.991984 (stage version)
By George Orwell Adapted by Nick HernA bold and powerful dramatisation of George Orwell's classic dystopia, ideal for any school, youth group or amateur company.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEPUB£9.99£7.99The IT
A darkly comic state-of-the-nation play exploring adolescent mental health and the rage within.
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£9.99£7.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.EPUB£9.99£7.99Straight White Men & Untitled Feminist Show: two plays
Two compassionately subversive plays about identity, by Young Jean Lee, a Korean American playwright whose work is groundbreaking, humorous and often thrillingly transgressive.
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£10.99£8.79
A Christmas Carol (Old Vic stage version)
By Charles Dickens Adapted by Jack ThorneCharles Dickens' timeless classic, brought to life in a joyous new adaptation by Jack Thorne.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEPUB£9.99£7.99Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
By Isobel McArthur Original author Jane AustenA loving and irreverent all-female adaptation of Jane Austen's unrivalled literary classic, winner of the Best Entertainment or Comedy Play at the Olivier Awards.
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