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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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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
    Tartuffe

    Tartuffe

    By Molière Adapted by Liz Lochhead

    A rollicking Scots version of Molière's classic of political satire and black comedy.

    Published in volume Miseryguts & Tartuffe
      Tape

      Tape

      By Stephen Belber

      An unsettling and unpredictable drama about the love-hate chemistry that endures between friends.

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      Talk Radio

      Talk Radio

      By Eric Bogosian

      A high-voltage portrait of a late-night shock jock, made into a film by Oliver Stone.

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      Talk

      Talk

      By Carl Hancock Rux

      In the age of McCarthy and the Beat poets, a controversial African-American artist, Archer Aymes, became an overnight sensation with his first book, Mother and Son. Ten years later he was found dead in a prison cell.

      Tales of the Lost Formicans and other plays

      Tales of the Lost Formicans and other plays

      By Constance Congdon

      Four plays from one of America's finest playwrights, endowed with compassion, keen insight and an unfailing comic sensibility.

      A Tale of Two Cities (stage version)

      A Tale of Two Cities (stage version)

      Adapted by Mike Poulton Original author Charles Dickens

      A thrilling, fast-paced adaptation of the classic novel, considered by Dickens 'the best story I have ever written'.

      Taken

      Taken

      By Winsome Pinnock

      A short play about a mother confronted by the child she had to give up.

      Take Me Away

      Take Me Away

      By Gerald Murphy

      A dark but very funny comedy about the collapse of a family of feckless chancers and no-hopers.

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      Take Care

      Take Care

      By Zoë Templeman-Young and Sam McLaughlin

      An astonishing, tragic and uplifting verbatim play about the care system in the UK today.

      A Table Tennis Play

      A Table Tennis Play

      By Sam Steiner

      A play about how everything and nothing changes as people bat a ball.

      Table

      Table

      By Tanya Ronder

      An epic tale of belonging, identity and the things we pass on.

      Swive [Elizabeth]

      Swive [Elizabeth]

      By Ella Hickson

      Sex is power in the reign of Elizabeth I. Ella Hickson's play explores the ways and means by which women in power negotiate patriarchal pressure in order to get their way.

      Switzerland

      Switzerland

      By Joanna Murray-Smith

      A gripping psychological thriller, filled with razor-sharp dialogue.

      Swimming to Cambodia

      Swimming to Cambodia

      By Spalding Gray

      Spalding Gray's extraordinary memoir/monologue, based on his experiences as an actor in the film The Killing Fields

      The Sweet Science of Bruising

      The Sweet Science of Bruising

      By Joy Wilkinson

      An epic tale of passion, politics and pugilism in the world of 19th-century women’s boxing.

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      Sweeney Todd

      Sweeney Todd

      By Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler

      The gruesomely fascinating musical about the 'Demon Barber of Fleet Street', one of Sondheim's greatest hits.

      Sweat

      Sweat

      By Lynn Nottage

      A topical reflection of the present and poignant outcome of America's economic decline. Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Best Play at the 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

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