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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Thérèse Raquin

Thérèse Raquin (National Theatre stage version)

By Émile Zola Adapted by Nicholas Wright

A gripping psychological thriller adapted for the stage by Émile Zola himself from his own notorious novel, in a version by Nicholas Wright.

Thérèse Raquin

Thérèse Raquin (Theatre Royal Bath stage version)

By Émile Zola Adapted by Helen Edmundson

A story of lust, madness and destruction set in the backstreets of Paris. Based on Emile Zola's classic novel.

There is a War

There is a War

By Tom Basden

A miniature epic that explores the mad savagery of war with biting black comedy, and takes us into the dark heart of a strange and surreal conflict.

There Are No Beginnings

There Are No Beginnings

By Charley Miles

A play about the women whose lives and livelihoods were affected by the murderous attacks of the Yorkshire Ripper.

Thebans

Thebans

By Liz Lochhead

The Ancient myths of the Kingdom of Thebes re-told by Scotland's foremost poet/dramatist.

That Almost Unnameable Lust

That Almost Unnameable Lust

By Rebecca Lenkiewicz

A short play about a writer holding workshops with older women in a prison.

Testing the Echo

Testing the Echo

By David Edgar

A timely, provocative and witty look at the campaign to redefine Britishness for a multicultural society.

Testimonies: Four Plays

Testimonies: Four Plays

By Emily Mann

Four significant plays from a writer whose choice of 'uncomfortable' but well-documented subjects has gained her a reputation for controversy.

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Testament

Testament

By Tristan Bernays

The dark underside of the Greatest Story Ever Told.

Terrorism

Terrorism

By The Presnyakov Brothers Translated by Sasha Dugdale

The extraordinary debut play from the Royal Court by two brothers from Siberia.

Terminus

Terminus

By Mark O'Rowe

A blackly comic vision of Dublin infested with demons.

A Tender Thing

A Tender Thing

By Ben Power

Another Romeo and another Juliet in a strikingly different love story.

Ten Tiny Toes

Ten Tiny Toes

By Esther Wilson

An uncompromising account of the heartbreaking choices faced by mothers today and what happens when a distant war comes home.

Temple

Temple

By Steve Waters

A fictional account of the 2011 Occupy London movement, set in the heart of a very British crisis – a crisis of conscience, a crisis of authority and a crisis of faith.

Teenage Dick

Teenage Dick

By Mike Lew

A darkly comic, smashed-up retelling of Richard III, Shakespeare's classic tale about the lust for power.

Teddy Ferrara

Teddy Ferrara

By Christopher Shinn

An insightful and revealing play, inspired by real events, which explores society's uncomfortable embrace of the outsider.

Tearing the Loom & In a Little World of Our Own

Tearing the Loom & In a Little World of Our Own

By Gary Mitchell

Two plays from playwright Gary Mitchell, known for his powerful explorations of the conflicts troubling Northern Ireland.

Tearing the Loom

Tearing the Loom

By Gary Mitchell

A searing portrait of a community divided against itself, set in a weaver's cottage in County Armagh at the time of the 1798 Rebellion.

Published in volume Tearing the Loom & In a Little World of Our Own
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