Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Harm
A thrilling and razor-sharp twisted comedy on the corrosive effects of social media and isolation.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Little Wars
Set in the French Alps in 1940, this thrilling play – based on truth – is an enthralling, entertaining and ultimately moving portrait of seven exceptional women.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Crumbs from the Table of Joy
By Lynn NottageAn arresting, thought-provoking play about racial and social issues of the late 1950s, by the first woman to win two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama.
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The Motherhood Project
Monologues and Reflections on Motherhood
By variousA collection of dramatic monologues and real-life reflections by some of the UK's leading writers, artists and thinkers, and explores all the guilt, joy and absurdity, the regrets, pressures and taboos surrounding motherhood.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Gloria: A Life
By Emily MannEmily's Mann's play about the icon of the American feminist movement, Gloria Steinem. With a Foreword by Gloria Steinem herself.
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He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box and Other Plays
Adrienne Kennedy's acclaimed play about an interracial love affair in the 1940s, in a volume with two other plays: Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side and Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles?
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Linda Vista
By Tracy LettsPulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts dissects the midlife crisis in a play that combines humanity with humour.
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What the Constitution Means to Me
An acclaimed play tracing the effect that the US Constitution has had on four generations of women in the author's family. A finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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Amaryllis & Little Witch
By Pascal Brullemans Translated by Alexis DiamondTwo dark fairy tales from Canadian playwright Pascal Brullemans.
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Beautiful Man & Other Short Plays
By Erin ShieldsThree short plays from an award-winning Canadian, centring on the inner lives of women.
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The Breathing Hole
Stories of the Canadian Arctic intersect in this epic five-hundred-year journey led by a one-eared polar bear.
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Selfie
A smart and intense play from an award-winning Canadian playwright, about the complexities of relationships and community, and the nature of consent.
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Inside/Outside
Six Short Plays
By variousSix short plays exploring estrangement and loneliness, moving towards redemption and hope.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Guidesky and I
A funny and poignant drama about loneliness and the opportunity for connection, first performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season.
Published in volume Inside/OutsideWhen the Daffodils
By Joel TanA searching portrait of human kindness in a world that sets limits on how we care for the vulnerable. First performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season of short plays.
Published in volume Inside/OutsideUrsa Major
By Joe WhiteA heartbreakingly funny play about love, life and human connection, first performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season.
Published in volume Inside/OutsideTwo Billion Beats (short play version)
A short play about the unfairness of growing up in a world where you don't make the rules. First performed as part of Inside/Outside, a season of short plays staged at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond.
Published in volume Inside/OutsideThe Kiss
By Zoe CooperA tender, funny and beautifully observed study of lives in limbo, and a glimmer of hope for what lies ahead. First performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season.
Published in volume Inside/Outside
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