Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Wonder Boy
A play about the power of finding your own voice, revolving around a twelve-year-old boy with a stammer. Winner of the Best Play Award at the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99The Bone Sparrow (stage version)
By Zana Fraillon Adapted by S. ShakthidharanA stage adaptation of Zana Fraillon's powerful and deeply moving novel about the displacement and treatment of refugees and sanctuary seekers in Australia.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Sorry, You're Not a Winner
A powerful and striking play that explores aspiration, social mobility and getting caught between classes.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Our Generation
An engrossing verbatim created from five years of interviews with twelve young people from across the UK. A captivating portrait of their teenage years as they journey into adulthood.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Bacon
An unflinching and unexpectedly humorous play about masculinity, sexuality and power, through the dizzying lens of youth.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Small Island (stage version)
By Andrea Levy Adapted by Helen EdmundsonAndrea Levy's epic novel tracing the tangled history of Jamaica and Britain, adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Far Gone
A profoundly moving play about a young Ugandan boy's journey from childhood innocence to child soldier, seen through the eyes of those that love him and those that betray him.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Two Billion Beats
An insightful, heartfelt coming-of-age story and a blazing account of inner-city, British-Asian teenage life.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays
Two sweet and saucy comedies from an award-winning Irish playwright.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39SAUCE
A play about death and rebirth, from an award-winning Irish playwright.
Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two PlaysAll honey
A play about sex, secrets and suspicion, winner of the 2017 Fishamble New Writing Award.
Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two PlaysTuesday
With a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth
By Alison Carr Translated by Daf JamesA funny and playful drama written specifically for young people, about what happens when the world literally turns upside-down. Bilingual edition: includes the original English play with a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth, by playwright Daf James.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Little Dolls
By Nancy HarrisA short play about a woman seeking help from a therapist to overcome a traumatic episode in her past.
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Mojo Mickybo
An unsentimental portrayal of innocence betrayed by communal hatred in Belfast during the 1970s.
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Mrs Delgado
A funny and poignant play for one actor that tells a story of desire, control, raised blinds and lowered boundaries. This edition also includes the monologue Phoenix.
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£9.99£7.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£9.99£7.99The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage (stage version)
By Philip Pullman Adapted by Bryony LaveryThe stage version of Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage, which is set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy. Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Spring Awakening: A Musical
By Steven Sater and Duncan SheikThe groundbreaking rock musical about teenage sexuality, with book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Duncan Sheik.
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£10.99£8.79
Phoenix
A powerful story of fire and destruction, self-deceit and the corrosion of trust.
Published in volume Mrs Delgado
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