Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Coram Boy (stage version)
A heartbreaking tale of orphans, angels, murder and music - dramatised from the Whitbread award-winning novel set in 18th-century England.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Cord
A poignant and visceral examination of the challenges of being a parent. Premiered at The Bush Theatre, London, in April 2024.
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£10.99£8.79Pre-orderEbook£10.99£8.79Available soonCornermen
By Oli ForsythAn exhilarating play about human triumph, ambition, self-doubt, and pride, set in the world of boxing.
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£9.99£7.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£9.99£7.99Corrina, Corrina
By Chloë MossA gripping theatrical thriller set at sea, exploring power dynamics, superstitions and revenge, and what happens when we think no one is watching.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Cosmic Scallies
By Jackie HaganA witty and touching new play about class, friendship and absence.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Cost of Living
Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, an exquisitely original, honest and deftly funny play that explores our need to connect and be loved regardless of the gulfs that disability, race, class, and wealth place between us.
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£11.99£9.59
Cotton Wool
By Ali TaylorA gripping and darkly comic tale of young lives on the edge. Winner of the 2009 Meyer-Whitworth Award.
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£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Cougar
A startling play about what – and who – we consume.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99The Country House
A witty and compelling play that takes a piercing look at a family of performers coming to terms with the roles they play in each other’s lives.
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The Crack in the Emerald
New Irish Plays
Edited by David GrantFour Irish plays from the late 1980s, selected and introduced by David Grant of the Dublin Theatre Festival.
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£15.99£12.79There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Cressida
A comedy drama set in the seedily glamorous world of 17th-century London theatre.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Crestfall
By Mark O'RoweA play about love in a dog-eat-dog world, told in Mark O’Rowe’s unique rhythmic style.
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£7.99£6.39
Crime and Punishment (stage version)
By Fyodor Dostoyevsky Adapted by Chris HannanAn exciting, fresh and accessible adaptation of Dostoyevsky's masterful novel.
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£12.99£10.39There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.A4 Spiral-bound£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39CripTales: Six Monologues
By various Curated by Mat FraserSix fictional monologues portraying some very real experiences of disabled people in Britain, commissioned to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.
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£10.99£8.79There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£10.99£8.79The Crocodile
By Tom Basden Original author Fyodor DostoyevskyA ferociously funny, eye-poppingly theatrical play about art, animals and what happens when you try to take on the system from within... a crocodile.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Crocodiles
Lee Mattinson's extraordinary play, bringing to life a dystopian, modern-fairytale town where fact and fiction weave as tightly and snag as easily as granny's knitting.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Crossings
A play with live music, waltzing and unexpected connections, exploring how we return, resettle and adapt.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99The Crown Jewels
By Simon NyeA riotous comedy based on the scarcely believable true story of the greatest heist of all time: the theft of the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. From the creator of TV's Men Behaving Badly and The Durrells.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79
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