Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Singer
An epic fable of post-war Britain, told with lurid and exhilarating energy.
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The Silence and the Noise
A play that beautifully captures the story of two young people on the edge. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.
Side Effects
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.
Shush
A funny and insightful play about the power of female friendship.
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An endearing yet hard-hitting comic portrait of how the need to work gets in the way of living.
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Shook
A tender and honest play examining the young men society shuts away. Winner of the 2019 Papatango New Writing Prize.
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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.
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The Shipment and Lear: two plays
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).
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The Shipment
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 playsShining Souls
By Chris HannanA 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
A brilliant, haunting play from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.
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By Linda McLeanSurrounded by rain, rivers, lochs and floods, three generations of memory and experience ebb and flow through this lyrical play.
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Shifters
A fierce, funny and intoxicating play about the enduring power – and fragility – of memory and love. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2024.
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By Stacey GreggAn exhilarating and unsentimental exploration of working-class life in Belfast.
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A devastating play about violence, love and loss. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59The Shed
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
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