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Nick Hern Books

Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Blood and Ice

Blood and Ice

By Liz Lochhead

Renowned poet and dramatist Liz Lochhead tells the story of Frankenstein's creation.

Bloody Elle

Bloody Elle

By Lauryn Redding

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

Bloody Wimmin

Bloody Wimmin

By Lucy Kirkwood

A short play about the protests at Greenham Common, a political landmark in the fight for nuclear disarmament.

Blue

Blue

By Joe Ward Munrow

A disquieting and darkly funny play which shines a light on the state of mental-health services in modern Britain. In the Multiplay Drama series.

Blue Heart

Blue Heart

By Caryl Churchill

Two exhilarating and teasingly entertaining one-act plays from one of the UK's leading playwrights.

Blue Mist

Blue Mist

By Mohamed-Zain Dada

A debut play about South Asian Muslim men navigating a system that isn't built for them. Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London.

Blue Sky

Blue Sky

By Clare Bayley

An exhilarating, challenging new play by Amnesty Award-winning playwright Clare Bayley.

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Blue Stockings

Blue Stockings

By Jessica Swale

A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women’s suffrage.

Bluebirds

Bluebirds

By Vern Thiessen

A play about three nurses treating wounded Canadian soldiers in France in 1918.

Blues for an Alabama Sky

Blues for an Alabama Sky

By Pearl Cleage

A remarkable dramatic portrait of life in New York City in 1930, as the Harlem Renaissance starts to feel the bite of the Great Depression.

Bodies

Bodies

By Vivienne Franzmann

A play about the human cost of surrogacy, and what we’ll overlook to get what we want.

Bogboy

Bogboy

By Deirdre Kinahan

A short play in which two lost souls – a young heroin addict and a reclusive middle-aged farmer – discover a budding friendship in the bogs of Meath.

Bold Girls

Bold Girls

By Rona Munro

A sharply funny, moving play set during the Troubles in Northern Ireland and celebrating women’s strength under siege.

Boleros for the Disenchanted and other plays

Boleros for the Disenchanted and other plays

By José Rivera

Four new plays that interweave love and politics, from the screenwriter of The Motorcycle Diaries.

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Bombshells

Bombshells

By Joanna Murray-Smith

Six funny and perceptive monologues about the stresses of modern female life.

Bone Songs

Bone Songs

By André Gregory

A meditation on the nature of time and the importance of human relationships, by acclaimed avant-garde theatre director André Gregory.

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The Bone Sparrow

The Bone Sparrow (stage version)

By Zana Fraillon Adapted by S. Shakthidharan

A stage adaptation of Zana Fraillon's powerful and deeply moving novel about the displacement and treatment of refugees and sanctuary seekers in Australia.

Boo

Boo

By Jack Thorne

A powerful and beautifully observed short play for one actor, exploring the impact of the newly established National Health Service on working people's lives in the 1940s and 50s.

Published in volume Jack Thorne Plays: Two
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