Nick Hern Books

Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Stolen Secrets

Stolen Secrets

By Fin Kennedy

From the heart of London's East End, Stolen Secrets are urban fairytales, bold, lyrical and gruesome, that can be performed individually or together for maximum shock value.

Still

Still

By Frances Poet

Frances Poet's play is a cathartic story of life, loss and joy, full of tenderness and humour, as five Edinburgh souls stagger towards each other and are transformed.

Steel

Steel

By Chris Bush

A play exploring the last three decades of women in politics, asking what's changed and what still must.

The Steamie

The Steamie

By Tony Roper

A celebration of women's work in a Glasgow wash-house set on Hogmanay.

Published in volume Scot-Free
    Staying Alive

    Staying Alive

    By Kat Roberts

    A darkly funny and achingly tender play about the death of a child.

    Start Swimming

    Start Swimming

    By James Fritz

    A play about occupation, revolution and what the future holds for today’s youth.

    The Starry Messenger

    The Starry Messenger

    By Kenneth Lonergan

    A bittersweet exploration of love, hope and the mysteries of the cosmos.

    Stanley

    Stanley

    By Pam Gems

    A brilliant and painfully truthful portrait of Stanley Spencer, the wayward genius of modern British painting.

    Staging Coyote's Dream: An Anthology of First Nations Drama in English

    Staging Coyote's Dream: An Anthology of First Nations Drama in English

    Edited by Monique Mojica and Ric Knowles

    Staging Coyote's Dream brings together ten major plays by First Nations playwrights living in Canada and the United States.

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    Stage Kiss

    Stage Kiss

    By Sarah Ruhl

    Sarah Ruhl, one of America’s most widely produced playwrights, brings her unique mix of lyricism, sparkling humour and fierce intelligence to the world of romantic comedy.

    Stacy & Fanny and Faggot: two plays

    Stacy & Fanny and Faggot: two plays

    By Jack Thorne

    Two troubled, disturbing but bleakly funny plays from a leading writer of Channel 4's Shameless and Skins.

    Stacy

    Stacy

    By Jack Thorne

    A darkly confessional monologue for one male performer and a slide projector.

    St Petersburg and other plays

    St Petersburg and other plays

    By Declan Feenan

    Three haunting, elliptical plays by a talented writer from Northern Ireland.

    St Petersburg

    St Petersburg

    By Declan Feenan

    A haunting, elliptical play by a talented writer from Northern Ireland.

    Published in volume St Petersburg and other plays
      St Nicholas

      St Nicholas

      By Conor McPherson

      An eccentric, teasing yarn from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

      Spunk

      Spunk

      By George C. Wolfe

      A dazzlingly entertaining dramatisation of three stories by the celebrated black iconoclast, Zora Heale Hurston: a rich folk tapestry of rural and urban black America in the 20th century.

      Spring Awakening: A Musical

      Spring Awakening: A Musical

      By Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik

      The groundbreaking rock musical about teenage sexuality, with book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Duncan Sheik.

      Spooky Action at a Distance

      Spooky Action at a Distance

      By Eve Leigh

      A hard-hitting, poignant play about anti-immigration sentiment in Britain today. In the Multiplay Drama series.

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