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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Long Time Dead

A gripping and darkly humorous play about the camaraderie of a trio of obsessive mountaineers.

Whipping It Up

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

Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?

A man falls in love with America and leaves his wife and children for fifty years of love and adventure with Sam.

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Girls and Dolls

A striking play from Northern Ireland about two women and the childhood tragedy they'll never be allowed to forget.

Memory

A play about division, destiny and the undimmed potency of memory itself.

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The Indian Boy

A play about the discovery of a 'wild child', examining our mythic struggles with the wilderness inside ourselves.

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Humpty Dumpty and other plays

Three plays from one of the most singular and exhilarating commentators on American life.

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Brooklyn Boy

A funny and emotionally rich look at family, friends and fame, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Dinner with Friends.

Bone Songs

A meditation on the nature of time and the importance of human relationships, by acclaimed avant-garde theatre director André Gregory.

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365 Days/365 Plays

A unique, year-long play cycle from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Topdog/Underdog. This collection of 365 impeccably crafted pieces, each with its own distinctive characters and dramatic power, is a complete work by an artist responding to her world, each and every day.

The Jungle Book (Birmingham Stage Company version)

Rudyard Kipling's classic jungle tales, in an acclaimed stage adaptation by Stuart Paterson.

Kensuke's Kingdom (stage version)

The story of a young boy's fantastic adventure after being washed up on a Pacific island.

The Reporter

An enthralling detective story based on the true life story of BBC reporter James Mossman.

Someone Else's Shoes

A sharp and witty satire on the commodification of art and life.

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strangers, babies

The chilling story of one woman's desperate attempts at a future that's worth living.

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The Eleventh Capital

An arresting 60-minute debut play about dislocation, manipulation and power, winner of the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright.

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How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found

The award-winning play that follows one man's desperate attempts to buck the system, and asks what really makes us who we are in the 21st century.

The Things Good Men Do

Good men behaving very badly in a dark comedy about twenty-somethings in London.