Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
The Natural Cause
A dark and disturbing portrait of mental illness, and its effects on a young family.
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Mud
A group of lonely people converge on the North Yorkshire moors, in Robert Holman's first full-length play.
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Other Worlds
A gorilla is taken for a French spy by an eighteenth-century fishing community on the isolated North Yorkshire coast, in a play that explores fears of the unknown.
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Today
From a Cambridge college to the battlefields of the Spanish Civil War, Today is a panoramic study of life, desire and the search for a fundamental self in the midst of a shifting, uncertain world.
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The Overgrown Path
An aspiring academic arrives on a Greek island to interview a reclusive scientist, in a play about history and the stories we tell each other to make sense of ourselves.
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Something Awful
A thrilling play inspired by the true-crime story of the Slenderman.
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Second Home
A play exploring the experiences of growing up mixed-race in twenty-first century Ireland.
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Madame Ovary
The heartbreaking and hilarious true story of the author's own experience of ovarian cancer.
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Take Care
An astonishing, tragic and uplifting verbatim play about the care system in the UK today.
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Heroes
A poignant exploration of fallen idols, family secrets and the human price of forgiveness.
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This is a Chair
A short play about the surreal nature of modern life.
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By Mohammad Al Attar Translated by Clem NaylorA play from Syria, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.
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By Imad Farajin Translated by Hassan AbdulrazzakA play from Palestine, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.
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Damage
By Kamal Khalladi Translated by Houda EchouafniA play from Morocco, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.
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The House (Plays from the Arab World)
By Arzé Khodr Translated by Khalid LaithA play from Lebanon, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.
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Egyptian Products
By Laila Soliman Translated by Khalid LaithA play from Egypt, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.
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Rappaccini's Daughter
By Octavio Paz Translated by Sebastian DoggartThe only play by leading Mexican poet Octavio Paz, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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