Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Angels
A suspicious death at the workplace and loner security guard Nick Prentice is hauled in for interrogation. An uproarious underworld whodunit, Ronan O’Donnell’s single-hander reworks the hardboiled crime thriller for our times.
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By Tony KushnerA magnificent, two-part epic drama set during the Reagan years in America - now recognised as one of the greatest plays of the twentieth century.
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Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches
By Tony KushnerPart One of the two-part Angels in America, an epic drama set during the Reagan years in America - now recognised as one of the greatest plays of the twentieth century.
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Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika
By Tony KushnerThe second part of Tony Kushner's acclaimed epic drama set during the Reagan years in America.
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Animal
By Jon Bradfield With Josh HeppleA hilarious, challenging and heartbreaking play about a gay, disabled man embarking on a sexual and romantic odyssey.
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By George Orwell Adapted by Ian WooldridgeA powerful and straightforward dramatisation of Orwell's enduring parable on the perils of totalitarianism.
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By Ella HicksonA radical play set in East Berlin in 1968, unfolding with all the tension of a spy thriller and the inexorable revelations of an Ibsen drama.
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Anna in the Tropics
By Nilo CruzA poignant and poetic play set in Florida in 1929, inside a Cuban-American cigar factory, where cigars are still rolled by hand and "lectors" are employed to educate and entertain the workers. Winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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Anna Karenina (stage version)
By Leo Tolstoy Adapted by Helen EdmundsonHelen Edmundson's celebrated adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's enduring classic is a vibrant and deeply moving meditation on the nature of love.
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By Mike CullenAn explosive, gripping and disturbing play about the phenomenon of False Memory Syndrome.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Anne Boleyn
A celebration of a great English heroine, Anne Boleyn dramatises the life and legacy of Henry VIII's notorious second wife, who helped change the course of the nation's history.
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By Sophocles Adapted by Owen McCaffertyA muscular version of Sophocles' timeless masterpiece, offering a profound reflection on the nature of power, democracy and human rights.
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£9.99£7.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£9.99£7.99The Antipodes
By Annie BakerPart satire, part sacred rite, a play that asks what value stories have for a world in crisis.
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Antlia Pneumatica
A haunting tale of loss and friendship, blurring the lines between the real and surreal, from the author of Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play.
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Any Given Day
By Linda McLeanA sharply perceptive, darkly funny riff on urban isolation by one of Scotland's leading playwrights.
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A moving and unexpectedly funny play about a couple grieving the loss of their child, winner of the Best New Play award at the 2022 Offies (Off West End Awards).
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A disastrous family reunion is the occasion for a sharp and perceptive look at what has happened to 60s idealists and their children.
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£13.99£11.19Add to basketEbook£13.99£11.19The Apple Family
Scenes from Life in the Country
A critically acclaimed play cycle about loss, memory and remembrance in America's recent past.
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