Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
The Last Witch
A play about the last woman to be executed for witchcraft in Scotland, The Last Witch explores the psychological rifts that can divide close communities and drive families apart.
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JP Miller's 1962 film Days of Wine and Roses, adapted brilliantly for the stage by Owen McCafferty.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59The Grain Store
By Natal'ya Vorozhbit Translated by Sasha DugdaleA play about a small rural community that dares to stand up to Stalin as he launches the first of his Five-Year Plans.
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£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£8.99£7.19The Drunks
By Mikhail and Vyacheslav Durnenkov Translated by Nina RaineA darkly comic and freewheeling epic that gets to the heart of small-town politics and what it means to please all of the people all of the time.
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2nd May 1997
By Jack ThorneA play set on the day that New Labour swept into government, telling three deeply personal stories of euphoria and despair.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Speaking in Tongues
A powerful study of infidelity and interwoven lives, filmed as the award-winning Lantana.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now
A play about modern-day sex trafficking, joint winner of the 2010 John Whiting Award.
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By Liz LochheadRenowned poet and dramatist Liz Lochhead tells the story of Frankenstein's creation.
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By Ben PowerAnother Romeo and another Juliet in a strikingly different love story.
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Mrs Klein
A play about the controversial psychoanalyst Melanie Klein, a haunting and poignant study of mother-daughter relationships.
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A simple and delightfully inventive re-telling of the stories from the Arabian Nights.
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By Fiona PeekA modern morality tale about the corrosive effect of money, joint winner of the 2008 Bruntwood Playwriting Competition.
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Cling To Me Like Ivy
A sassy, offbeat comedy-drama about rebelling against your roots.
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£8.99£7.19Add to basketEbook£8.99£7.19Disconnect
An urgent exposé of the realities behind the international call centre.
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A funny, painful and deeply moving play about loss - and cooking.
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The Fever Chart: Three Visions of the Middle East
Three multifaceted works exploring the urgency and complexity of the Middle East’s political landscape, through the voices and bodies of the people who inhabit it.
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Road Show
By Stephen Sondheim and John WeidmanSondheim's Obie-Award-winning musical telling the real-life story of the Mizner brothers, following their fortunes from the 1890s Alaskan gold rush to the 1920s land boom.
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Arthur & George (stage version)
By Julian Barnes Adapted by David EdgarThe gripping story of the sensational, real-life case in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle found himself playing detective.
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