Nick Hern Books

Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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A Single Act

A Single Act

By Jane Bodie

A subtle and menacing play about life after a terrorist outrage.

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Singer

Singer

By Peter Flannery

An epic fable of post-war Britain, told with lurid and exhilarating energy.

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The Silence and the Noise

The Silence and the Noise

By Tom Powell

A play that beautifully captures the story of two young people on the edge. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.

Published in volume Papatango Plays
    Sight Unseen and other plays

    Sight Unseen and other plays

    By Donald Margulies

    Five plays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

    Side Effects

    Side Effects

    By Michael Weller

    Michael Weller's Fifty Words culminated in one desperate phone call. Side Effects is the story of what happened on the other end of the line.

    Published in volume Loving Longing Leaving
      Shush

      Shush

      By Elaine Murphy

      A funny and insightful play about the power of female friendship.

      Shoot the Crow

      Shoot the Crow

      By Owen McCafferty

      An endearing yet hard-hitting comic portrait of how the need to work gets in the way of living.

      Shook

      Shook

      By Samuel Bailey

      A tender and honest play examining the young men society shuts away. Winner of the 2019 Papatango New Writing Prize.

      Shipwrecked!

      Shipwrecked!

      By Donald Margulies

      A story about the nature of storytelling, based on a Victorian hoaxer's tale of being a castaway in the South Pacific - complete with buried treasure, a giant killer octopus, and cannibals.

      The Shipment and Lear: two plays

      The Shipment and Lear: two plays

      By Young Jean Lee

      Two plays by Korean-American theatre practitioner and writer Young Jean Lee, who here 'confirms herself as one of the best experimental playwrights in America' (Timeout New York).

      The Shipment

      The Shipment

      By Young Jean Lee

      The Shipment is a provocative look at African-American identity in today's not-quite post-racial society.

      Published in volume The Shipment and Lear: two plays
        Shining Souls

        Shining Souls

        By Chris Hannan

        A riotously funny comedy with a gallery of unforgettable characters, published here in a revised version alongside its revival at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, in 2003.

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        Shining City

        Shining City

        By Conor McPherson

        A brilliant, haunting play from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

        Shimmer and other texts

        Shimmer and other texts

        By John O'Keefe

        Three hard-hitting, gritty monologues.

        Shimmer

        Shimmer

        By Linda McLean

        Surrounded by rain, rivers, lochs and floods, three generations of memory and experience ebb and flow through this lyrical play.

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        Shibboleth

        Shibboleth

        By Stacey Gregg

        An exhilarating and unsentimental exploration of working-class life in Belfast.

        The Shed

        The Shed

        By Matilda Ibini

        A short monologue play exploring the power that a carer can exert over a wheelchair user's life, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

        Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues
          The Shape of the Table

          The Shape of the Table

          By David Edgar

          An urgent political play about the collapse of an Eastern Bloc government at the end of 1989. Part of David Edgar's post-Cold War trilogy of plays.

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