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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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F*ck the Polar Bears

F*ck the Polar Bears

By Tanya Ronder

A raucous family drama about the cost of living the life of our dreams.

Fabulation

Fabulation

By Lynn Nottage

In Fabulation, playwright Lynn Nottage reimagines Esther (the character from her companion play, Intimate Apparel) as Undine, the public relations diva of today, who spirals downward from her swanky Manhattan office to her roots back in Brooklyn.

Published in volume Intimate Apparel & Fabulation: Two Plays
    Fair

    Fair

    By Joy Wilkinson

    A powerful drama about the potent appeal of far right policies to young people in the UK.

    Published in volume Fair & Felt Effects: two plays
      Fair & Felt Effects: two plays

      Fair & Felt Effects: two plays

      By Joy Wilkinson

      Two plays that combine innovative dramatic form with a rare emotional power.

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      A Fair Country

      A Fair Country

      By Jon Robin Baitz

      A play in the tradition of Arthur Miller: an impassioned exploration of the impact of politics on an American family.

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      The Faith Machine

      The Faith Machine

      By Alexi Kaye Campbell

      Travelling from America to Britain to a remote Greek island, The Faith Machine explores the relationship between faith and capitalism and asks fundamental questions about the true meaning of love.

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      The Fall

      The Fall

      By James Fritz

      A funny, moving and candid look at young people's relationships to older people, confronting the frightening prospect of ageing in a country undergoing crises of housing and care.

      Family: three plays

      Family: three plays

      By Riccardo Galgani, Linda McLean and Iain Crichton Smith

      A triptych of short plays on the theme of family from three generations of Scottish writers.

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      Fanboy

      Fanboy

      By Joe Sellman-Leava

      A five-star hit at the Edinburgh Fringe, Fanboy is a love-hate letter to pop culture and nostalgia, about a thirty-something, self-confessed nerd obsessed with Star Wars and Nintendo.

      Fanny

      Fanny

      By Calum Finlay

      A fun and irreverent new comedy about Fanny Mendelssohn, brother of Felix, a talented composer in her own right. Premiered at The Watermill Theatre, Newbury, in May 2024.

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      Fanny & Alexander

      Fanny & Alexander (stage version)

      By Ingmar Bergman Adapted by Stephen Beresford

      Ingmar Bergman’s magical study of childhood, family and love.

      Fanny and Faggot

      Fanny and Faggot

      By Jack Thorne

      A two-part play presenting two distinct moments in the life of Mary Bell, the eleven-year-old Newcastle girl who was convicted of the manslaughter of two toddlers in 1968.

      Far Away

      Far Away

      By Caryl Churchill

      A brilliant and unsettling play from one of the UK's leading dramatists.

      Far from the Madding Crowd

      Far from the Madding Crowd (stage version)

      By Thomas Hardy Adapted by Mark Healy

      A smouldering adaptation of Thomas Hardy's enduring novel about a spirited and feisty young woman who finds herself playing mistress in a man's world.

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      Far Gone

      Far Gone

      By John Rwothomack

      A profoundly moving play about a young Ugandan boy's journey from childhood innocence to child soldier, seen through the eyes of those that love him and those that betray him.

      Farm Hall

      Farm Hall

      By Katherine Moar

      A stage play based on the true story of six of Germany's top nuclear scientists, detained at a stately home in the Cambridge countryside in the summer of 1945, with no idea that their every word is being overheard.

      Fast

      Fast

      By Fin Kennedy

      An ensemble play for teenage performers created by award-winning playwright Fin Kennedy.

      Fast Labour

      Fast Labour

      By Steve Waters

      A powerful play about the growing culture of human exploitation in the UK, delving below the surface to reveal a personal account of life as a migrant worker.

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