Nick Hern Books

Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage (stage version)

The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage (stage version)

By Philip Pullman Adapted by Bryony Lavery

The 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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The Book of Grace

The Book of Grace

By Suzan-Lori Parks

Suzan-Lori Parks' fierce and intimate three-person drama, a companion piece to her Pulitzer Prize-winning play Topdog/Underdog.

Borders

Borders

By Henry Naylor

An urgent, moving and occasionally hilarious play about the migrant crisis and the politics of the Middle East.

born bad

born bad

By debbie tucker green

A hard-hitting and original family drama.

Boudica

Boudica

By Tristan Bernays

A brand-new ancient-history play in verse that tells the story of one of Britain's most iconic women: a queen, a warrior and a rebel.

Box Clever

Box Clever

By Monsay Whitney

A moving, truthful and darkly comic play about one woman's experience of a women's refuge.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (stage version)

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (stage version)

By John Boyne Adapted by Angus Jackson

A deeply moving and thought-provoking stage play based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne.

Boys

Boys

By Ella Hickson

Four boys face the tricky transition to adulthood in Ella Hickson's riot of a play.

Boys and Girls

Boys and Girls

By Dylan Coburn Gray

A play in verse following four young people across one night in Dublin.

Boys Will Be Boys

Boys Will Be Boys

By Melissa Bubnic

An exhilarating play about a ruthless female City trader who takes on a young and ambitious protegee.

Br'er Cotton

Br'er Cotton

By Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm

A scorching play about a fourteen-year-old boy struggling to make sense of his place in an impoverished world filled with seemingly random killings of young black men.

Bracken Moor

Bracken Moor

By Alexi Kaye Campbell

A boldly theatrical tale of grief and denial, set against the economic crisis of the 1930s.

Brainstorm: The Original Playscript

Brainstorm: The Original Playscript

And a Blueprint for Creating Your Own Production

By Ned Glasier, Emily Lim and Company Three

A unique theatrical investigation into how teenagers' brains work, and why they’re designed by evolution to be the way they are.

Brazil

Brazil

By Ronan O'Donnell

A blistering monologue set in Scotland in the near future, when Europe is at war with America, and Scotland suffers collateral damage in the clash of civilisations.

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    A Breakfast of Eels

    A Breakfast of Eels

    By Robert Holman

    An intense, elusive, and quietly beautiful play about a family crisis.

    The Breathing Hole

    The Breathing Hole

    By Colleen Murphy With Siobhan Arnatsiaq-Murphy Translated by Janet Tamalik McGrath

    Stories of the Canadian Arctic intersect in this epic five-hundred-year journey led by a one-eared polar bear.

    Breed

    Breed

    By Lou Ramsden

    A sharp and savage play about the animals we are and the people we try to be.

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    A Bright Room Called Day

    A Bright Room Called Day

    By Tony Kushner

    From the author of Angels in America, A Bright Room Called Day was Kushner's first major play. Written against the backdrop of Reagan's America, it is a powerful portrayal of individual resolution in the face of political catastrophe.

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