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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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The Rug Merchants of Chaos and other plays

The Rug Merchants of Chaos and other plays

By Ronald Ribman

Three astonishingly original, provocative, scathingly funny plays from the Obie award-winning American writer.

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Roundabout

Roundabout

By Lluïsa Cunillé Translated by Oscar Ceballos and Mary Peate

A play about obsession and delusion, by a major Spanish dramatist.

Ross & Rachel

Ross & Rachel

By James Fritz

A dark and uncompromising play about romance, expectation and mortality, James Fritz's Ross & Rachel takes an unflinching look at the myths of modern love.

Ross

Ross

By Terence Rattigan

Terence Rattigan's epic and probing drama about the man immortalised as Lawrence of Arabia.

Rose

Rose

By Hywel John

A heartbreaking study of heritage, grief and family, Rose is a powerful drama about a Middle-Eastern immigrant's struggle to raise his daughter 'the English way'.

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Room 303

Room 303

By Enda Walsh

A short monologue inspired by the Third Epistle of John and first produced by the Bush Theatre, London, as part of the Sixty-Six Books season in 2011.

Published in volume Enda Walsh Plays: Two
    Rodney's Wife

    Rodney's Wife

    By Richard Nelson

    A study in dissolution by a leading American playwright who has written prolifically, and with fine detail, on the perplexities of everyday living.

    Rockets and Blue Lights

    Rockets and Blue Lights

    By Winsome Pinnock

    The Alfred Fagon Award-winning play that retells British history through the prism of the slave trade.

    Rock / Paper / Scissors

    Rock / Paper / Scissors

    Three Plays

    By Chris Bush

    Three intricately interwoven plays about family, heritage and legacy, centring around a Sheffield manufacturing family.

    Rock

    Rock

    By Chris Bush

    A play about family, heritage and legacy, part of Chris Bush's triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors.

    Roaring Trade

    Roaring Trade

    By Steve Thompson

    A fast-paced and astute satire exposing just how far people go for the highest-risk jobs in the City.

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    Roald Dahl's The Twits

    Roald Dahl's The Twits (stage version)

    Adapted by Enda Walsh

    Mischievously adapted from Roald Dahl's story, acclaimed playwright Enda Walsh turns The Twits upside down and brings this revolting revolution to the stage.

    The Road to Huntsville

    The Road to Huntsville

    By Stephanie Ridings

    A short play about a writer researching women who fall in love with men on death row, who then finds herself crossing the line.

    Road Show

    Road Show

    By Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman

    Sondheim's Obie-Award-winning musical telling the real-life story of the Mizner brothers, following their fortunes from the 1890s Alaskan gold rush to the 1920s land boom.

    The River

    The River

    By Jez Butterworth

    A bewitching story from the author of global smash hit Jerusalem.

    Ripcord

    Ripcord

    By David Lindsay-Abaire

    A gloriously biting comedy set in a rest home, from the author of Good People and Rabbit Hole.

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    Riddance

    Riddance

    By Linda McLean

    A chilling emotional thriller about two men and a woman bound together by the secrets of surviving a childhood in a Glasgow tenement.

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    Ribbons

    Ribbons

    By Elaine Murphy

    A short play about a parent and child who have been concealing their true identities.

    Published in volume Irish Shorts
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