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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Belfry

Belfry

By Billy Roche

A deeply moving tale about what lies beneath the surface of everyday lives.

Published in volume The Wexford Trilogy
    Poor Beast in the Rain

    Poor Beast in the Rain

    By Billy Roche

    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
      I Just Stopped By To See The Man

      I Just Stopped By To See The Man

      By Stephen Jeffreys

      A play about the myth surrounding an old blues singer, from the author of The Libertine.

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      Between Worlds: Contemporary Asian-American Plays

      Between Worlds: Contemporary Asian-American Plays

      Edited by Misha Berson

      A collection of contemporary Asian-American plays.

      • Paperback£16.99
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      Japes

      Japes

      By Simon Gray

      A funny and sardonic play about two brothers trapped in a love triangle with the woman they both love.

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      The Cavalcaders and Amphibians

      The Cavalcaders and Amphibians

      By Billy Roche

      Two plays from the author of The Wexford Trilogy.

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      Emma

      Emma (stage version)

      By Jane Austen Adapted by Doon MacKichan and Martin Millar

      A bold, witty and fresh adaptation of Jane Austen's novel which, while thoroughly modern, retains the spirit and much of the language of the original.

      Amphibians

      Amphibians

      By Billy Roche

      A rite-of-passage play in which a twelve-year-old boy spends the night alone on an island.

      Published in volume The Cavalcaders and Amphibians
        The Cavalcaders

        The Cavalcaders

        By Billy Roche

        A rousing, comic play set in an old-fashioned cobbler's shop in small-town southern Ireland.

        Published in volume The Cavalcaders and Amphibians
          Mouth to Mouth

          Mouth to Mouth

          By Kevin Elyot

          At a homecoming party for Dennis and Laura's teenage son, the reappearance of an old family friend throws up secrets from the past and paves the way for fresh disaster.

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          In Praise of Love

          In Praise of Love

          By Terence Rattigan

          An almost unbearably moving story of veiled emotions running deep, based on the true life situation of Rex Harrison's wife, Kay Kendall, and her early death from cancer.

          The Red Letter Plays

          The Red Letter Plays (US edition)

          By Suzan-Lori Parks

          Two haunting riffs on Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter, by a leading American playwright.

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          Made in China

          Made in China

          By Mark O'Rowe

          A blackly comic drama set in a crazed, completely re-imagined Dublin underworld, full of martial arts, rogue cops and savage low-lifes. From the award-winning writer of Howie the Rookie.

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          Among Unbroken Hearts

          Among Unbroken Hearts

          By Henry Adam

          A drug-taking hard man from the city returns home to the Highlands to try to recapture the innocence of his youth.

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          The Mystery of Irma Vep and other plays

          The Mystery of Irma Vep and other plays

          By Charles Ludlam

          Five exotic plays from the famous Ridiculous Theatre of New York.

           
          2.5 Minute Ride & 101 Humiliating Stories

          2.5 Minute Ride & 101 Humiliating Stories

          By Lisa Kron

          Two solo pieces by the award-winning American performer, and founder member of the Five Lesbian Brothers troupe.

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          In The Heart of America and other plays

          In The Heart of America and other plays

          By Naomi Wallace

          A five-play collection of work by an American playwright whose work has mainly premiered in Britain.

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          bedbound & misterman: two plays

          bedbound & misterman: two plays

          By Enda Walsh

          Two early plays from the acclaimed Irish writer Enda Walsh.

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