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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Whipping It Up

A quick-witted satirical farce set in the Whips' office at Westminster.

Fragile!

A darkly humorous play about the people behind the tabloid stories of migrant workers and sex-trafficking in today's Europe.

A Christmas Carol (Derby Playhouse stage version)

An acclaimed dramatisation of Dickens' well-loved Christmas story - more faithful to the original than any other published version.

Our New Girl

A startling psychological drama about the darker side of modern parenthood.

David Copperfield (stage version)

One of Dickens's best-loved and most autobiographical stories, brilliantly and faithfully dramatised by Alastair Cording.

Making Noise Quietly: three short plays

An acclaimed trilogy of plays exploring the impact of war on ordinary lives.

Mustafa

A vivid and compelling thriller about belief and retribution.

55 Days

A gripping historical play that dramatises a crucial moment of English history.

Great Expectations (stage version)

Jo Clifford's beautifully simple adaptation of one of Dickens's best-loved novels brings it thrillingly to life for the stage.

The Authorised Kate Bane

A painfully comic excavation of a family history asks if there is an authorised version of the past - or just the one we can live with.

Three Birds

A startling and darkly comic drama about childhood, family and fantasy. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize 2011.

Boys

Four boys face the tricky transition to adulthood in Ella Hickson's riot of a play.

Passion Play

Peter Nichols's modern classic - a provocative comedy about sex, love and infidelity.

Shush

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

The Herd

A witty and heartfelt play about a family falling apart – and pulling together – when life doesn't turn out quite the way they imagined.

Crime and Punishment (stage version)

An exciting, fresh and accessible adaptation of Dostoyevsky's masterful novel.

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To Sir, With Love (stage version)

An uplifting story of the triumph of love, inspiration and hope against all odds, laced with the song and dance of austere, 1940s Britain. 

Drawing the Line

A vivid telling of the chaotic story of the partition that shaped the modern world.