Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Crumbs from the Table of Joy
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.
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The Motherhood Project
Monologues and Reflections on Motherhood
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.
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Gloria: A Life
By Emily MannEmily's Mann's play about the icon of the American feminist movement, Gloria Steinem. With a Foreword by Gloria Steinem herself.
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He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box and Other Plays
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?
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Linda Vista
By Tracy LettsPulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts dissects the midlife crisis in a play that combines humanity with humour.
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A Strange Loop
A blistering musical about a Black, queer writer, at war with a host of demons. Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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What the Constitution Means to Me
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
By Pascal Brullemans Translated by Alexis DiamondTwo dark fairy tales from Canadian playwright Pascal Brullemans.
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Beautiful Man & Other Short Plays
By Erin ShieldsThree short plays from an award-winning Canadian, centring on the inner lives of women.
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The Breathing Hole
Stories of the Canadian Arctic intersect in this epic five-hundred-year journey led by a one-eared polar bear.
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Selfie
A smart and intense play from an award-winning Canadian playwright, about the complexities of relationships and community, and the nature of consent.
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Inside/Outside
Six Short Plays
By VariousSix short plays exploring estrangement and loneliness, moving towards redemption and hope.
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Chaos
By Laura LomasA symphony of characters searching for meaning in a complicated and unstable world. Part of the 2019 National Theatre Connections Festival.
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Stuff
By Tom WellsA play about friendship and loss – and the way people try to do the right thing for their mates when there isn't really a right thing to do. Written specifically for young people as part of the 2019 National Theatre Connections Festival.
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The Comeback
By Ben Ashenden and Alex OwenA heartwarming, joyful and dazzlingly funny exploration of bittersweet nostalgia and the enduring power of friendship.
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Treasure Island (Le Navet Bete stage version)
A rip-roaring, swashbuckling, family-friendly retelling of a classic story.
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First Time
A hilarious and heartbreaking true story that smashes through the stigma and shame of HIV, to present an uplifting and inspirational guide to staying positive in a negative world.
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15 Heroines: 15 Monologues Adapted from Ovid
By VariousDrawing inspiration from Ovid, fifteen leading female and non-binary British playwrights dramatise the lives of fifteen classical heroines in a series of new monologues for the twenty-first century.
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