Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Where I'm From
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.
When You Cure Me
A painful – and painfully funny – play about being very young and in love – and coping with serious illness at the same time.
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A play about everyday feminism and the changing face of teenage sexuality in an online world. When they go low, we go high.
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When the Rain Stops Falling
A heartrending drama about family, betrayal and forgiveness, spanning four generations and two hemispheres. From the writer of the award-winning film Lantana.
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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.
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By Chris HannanA searing look at identity and immigration within a bitterly divided country.
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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.
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What I Meant Was
By Craig LucasA major collection from one of the most popular gay playwrights in America.
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The Whale and A Bright New Boise: two plays
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
By Billy RocheSet 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.
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Wendy & Peter Pan
By Ella Hickson Original author J. M. BarrieElla 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.
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A collection of plays from the American writer whose screenplays include Hair and Ragtime.
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Well
By Lisa KronA mother's extraordinary ability to heal a changing neighborhood, despite her inability to heal herself.
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The Welkin
Lucy Kirkwood's play about a woman sentenced to hang for murder in 18th-century rural Suffolk.
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