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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer

Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer

By Michel Tremblay Translated by Martin Bowman and Bill Findlay

A bold, quirky play from the renowned Quebecois writer, translated into a robust and earthy Scots.

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Mr Kolpert

Mr Kolpert

By David Gieselmann Translated by David Tushingham

A delightfully morbid black comedy with a nod to Hitchcock's Rope.

Albert Speer

Albert Speer

By David Edgar

A panoramic historical drama about the man whose devotion to Hitler blinded him to the worst crime of the twentieth century, drawing closely on Gita Sereny's definitive and magisterial biography of Albert Speer.

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Kes

Kes (stage version)

By Barry Hines Adapted by Lawrence Till

A tried-and-tested stage adaptation of Barry Hines' novel A Kestrel for a Knave, about a troubled young boy who finds and trains a kestrel.

Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays

Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays

By Marie Jones

Two plays by award-winning playwright Marie Jones: the smash hit Stones in His Pockets, and an earlier monologue A Night in November.

A Night in November

A Night in November

By Marie Jones

The multi-award-winning playwright explores the subjects of football and sectarianism, set during the 1994 World Cup.

Published in volume Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays
    Stones in His Pockets

    Stones in His Pockets

    By Marie Jones

    Hollywood comes to rural Ireland in this hilarious multi-award winner which ran for four years in London's West End.

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      The Good Samaritan

      The Good Samaritan

      By David Haig

      A provocative drama about good intentions going awry, from the well-known stage and screen actor.

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      Abandonment

      Abandonment

      By Kate Atkinson

      A play about love, death, identity and evolution, from the bestselling and highly acclaimed novelist.

      Under the Blue Sky

      Under the Blue Sky

      By David Eldridge

      A triptych of love stories in a play about unrequited affection, obsession, sex, and the possibility of being happy.

      So Long Life

      So Long Life

      By Peter Nichols

      A comedy drama portraying a ghastly family gathering with great humour and unflinching honesty.

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      Perfect Pie

      Perfect Pie

      By Judith Thompson

      A potent drama set over the course of a single afternoon. A reunion between two long-estranged women brings to light a buried memory and two teenagers' wild secret.

      Death and Taxes: Hydriotaphia & Other Plays

      Death and Taxes: Hydriotaphia & Other Plays

      By Tony Kushner

      A wide-ranging collection of work from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angels in America.

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      Cuba

      Cuba

      By Liz Lochhead

      A play written for young people to perform, about two schoolgirls and their daring response to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

      The Wexford Trilogy

      The Wexford Trilogy

      By Billy Roche

      Set in a snooker club, a betting shop and a local church, each play introduces a mix of young cornerboys, old cowboys and chancers of any age in a lyrical, poignant and often hilarious account of lost dreams and thwarted ambitions.

      Hansel and Gretel

      Hansel and Gretel (stage version)

      By Stuart Paterson

      An imaginative reworking of the children's classic, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.

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      Cinderella

      Cinderella (stage version)

      By Stuart Paterson

      A classic fairy tale with a twist, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.

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      The Force of Change

      The Force of Change

      By Gary Mitchell

      An explosively topical play about institutional corruption in Northern Ireland.

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