Nick Hern Books

Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Where I'm From

Where I'm From

By Laura Lomas

A monologue first performed by Laura Lomas at Nottingham Playhouse on 22 July 2010 as part of Paines Plough's 'Come To Where I'm From' season.

Published in volume Bird and other monologues for young women
    When You Cure Me

    When You Cure Me

    By Jack Thorne

    A painful – and painfully funny – play about being very young and in love – and coping with serious illness at the same time.

    When They Go Low

    When They Go Low

    By Natalie Mitchell

    A play about everyday feminism and the changing face of teenage sexuality in an online world. When they go low, we go high.

    When the Rain Stops Falling

    When the Rain Stops Falling

    By Andrew Bovell

    A heartrending drama about family, betrayal and forgiveness, spanning four generations and two hemispheres. From the writer of the award-winning film Lantana.

    When the Crows Visit

    When the Crows Visit

    By Anupama Chandrasekhar

    A dark and thrilling play inspired by true events in modern-day India, exploring the themes of Ibsen's Ghosts and the cyclical nature of oppression.

    When Cows Go Boom

    When Cows Go Boom

    By Stacey Gregg

    A short play by Stacey Gregg.

    Published in volume Irish Shorts
      What We Know

      What We Know

      By pamela carter

      A funny, painful and deeply moving play about loss - and cooking.

      What Shadows

      What Shadows

      By Chris Hannan

      A searing look at identity and immigration within a bitterly divided country.

      What Love Is

      What Love Is

      By Linda McLean

      A short play by Linda McLean.

      Published in volume Sex & God
        What is the Custom of Your Grief?

        What is the Custom of Your Grief?

        By Timberlake Wertenbaker

        A short play by Timberlake Wertenbaker about an English schoolgirl who is befriended online by an Afghan girl after her brother is killed while on active duty in Afghanistan.

        What I Meant Was

        What I Meant Was

        By Craig Lucas

        A major collection from one of the most popular gay playwrights in America.

        The Whale and A Bright New Boise: two plays

        The Whale and A Bright New Boise: two plays

        By Samuel D. Hunter

        Two plays from an American playwright whose bighearted and funny plays explore the quiet desperation running through many American lives.

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        The Wexford Trilogy

        The Wexford Trilogy

        By Billy Roche

        Set in a snooker club, a betting shop and a local church, each play introduces a mix of young cornerboys, old cowboys and chancers of any age in a lyrical, poignant and often hilarious account of lost dreams and thwarted ambitions.

        Wendy & Peter Pan

        Wendy & Peter Pan

        By Ella Hickson Original author J. M. Barrie

        Ella Hickson's version of J.M. Barrie's much-loved story puts the character of Wendy firmly centre stage, in an adaptation that is refreshingly modern but never loses the charm of the original.

        Michael Weller: Five Plays

        Michael Weller: Five Plays

        By Michael Weller

        A collection of plays from the American writer whose screenplays include Hair and Ragtime.

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        Well

        Well

        By Lisa Kron

        A mother's extraordinary ability to heal a changing neighborhood, despite her inability to heal herself.

        The Welkin

        The Welkin

        By Lucy Kirkwood

        Lucy Kirkwood's play about a woman sentenced to hang for murder in 18th-century rural Suffolk.

        The Weir

        The Weir

        By Conor McPherson

        The spellbinding, beautifully observed hit from the master of suspenseful realism.

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