Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Port Authority

A wry, moving, funny tale of how modern man faces up to the responsibility of love, woven in monologues, from the multi-award winning author of The Weir.

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Poppy + George

A romantic drama with music inspired by the days of music hall and beyond, from the author of the modern classic Kindertransport.

Pop Music

A rollercoaster of a play for anyone that’s ever been a dick on the dance floor.

Poor Beast in the Rain

A slice of small-town life, set in a betting shop in Wexford. Part of Billy Roche's acclaimed Wexford Trilogy.

Published in volume The Wexford Trilogy

    The Political History of Smack and Crack

    An angry and passionate play chronicling the fallout for communities crushed by the heroin epidemic at the height of Thatcherism.

    Poisoned Polluted

    A stark, bold, powerful and poetic drama looking at the effects on adult life of childhood trauma and the cycles of drug abuse.

    Poison

    By Lot Vekemans Translated by Rina Vergano

    An extraordinary play by Dutch writer Lot Vekemans that asks a simple question: is it ever possible to move on?

    PMQ

    A short play set in a Westminster dressing room, as Prime Minister Dave prepares for his first ever bout of Prime Minister's Questions.

    Published in volume Ella Hickson Plays: One

      Plays from VAULT 6

      Five new plays from VAULT Festival

      An anthology of five of the best plays from VAULT Festival 2023, London's leading festival of live performance.

      Plays from VAULT 5

      Five new plays from VAULT Festival

      This anthology, the fifth from Nick Hern Books, comprises five of the best plays from VAULT Festival 2020, London's biggest and most exciting arts festival.

      Plays from VAULT 4

      Seven new plays from VAULT Festival

      An anthology of seven of the best plays from VAULT Festival 2019, London's biggest and most exciting arts festival.

      Plays from VAULT 3

      Five new plays from VAULT Festival

      An anthology of five of the best plays from VAULT 2018, London’s biggest and most exciting arts festival.

      Plays from VAULT 2

      Five new plays from VAULT Festival

      An anthology of five of the best plays from VAULT 2017, London's biggest and most exciting arts festival.

      Plays from VAULT

      Five new plays from VAULT Festival

      An anthology comprising five of the best plays from VAULT 2016, London's biggest and most exciting arts festival.

      Plays From the Boom Box Galaxy

      An anthology of performance texts from the hip-hop generation.

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      Plays from the Arab World

      Edited by Elyse Dodgson

      A collection of five extraordinary plays exploring and reflecting contemporary life across the Near East and North Africa.

      Plays for the Public

      A volume of plays by the founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater.

      Playing With Fire

      An epic and provocative play about multi-racial Britain, from the UK's leading political playwright.