Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Germ Free Adolescent
A fierce, funny and irreverent OCD love story that asks: what exactly is 'normal' anyway?
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A poignant and life-affirming play about the extraordinary powers of female friendship.
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A dark and thrilling play inspired by true events in modern-day India, exploring the themes of Ibsen's Ghosts and the cyclical nature of oppression.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99The Antipodes
By Annie BakerPart satire, part sacred rite, a play that asks what value stories have for a world in crisis.
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God's Dice
Science and religion go head to head in this electric tragicomedy: a ferociously funny battle for power, fame and followers.
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By Maxim Gorky Adapted by Mike BartlettA new adaptation by Mike Bartlett of Maxim Gorky's savagely funny play, premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London.
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Two plays
By Arinzé KeneTwo plays, both set in contemporary inner-city London, showcasing the remarkable poetic and theatrical imagination of writer/performer Arinzé Kene.
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A play about the women whose lives and livelihoods were affected by the murderous attacks of the Yorkshire Ripper.
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By Zia AhmedA tender, funny, lyrical debut play about finding love and holding onto it with everything you've got, premiered by Paines Plough and Tamasha.
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By Frances PoetA big-hearted, hilarious drama about what it means to entwine our lives with another, told by four resilient, witty Glaswegian characters.
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A drama about clashing cultural values and the struggle to hold it all together. Winner of the 2018 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award.
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By Nancy HarrisA drama about a Dublin artist haunted by a mysterious accident in her past.
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By Giles Foden Adapted by Steve WatersAn electrifying thriller about corruption and complicity, adapted from Giles Foden's multi-award-winning novel.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Kenneth Lonergan: Three Plays
A collection of plays by the acclaimed film director, playwright and screenwriter: This Is Our Youth, The Waverly Gallery and Lobby Hero.
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By Anna JordanA play about the end of an era as a London boozer closes its doors one final time.
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A girl made of glass. Gods and murders. A serial killer's friends. And a secret in a bottle. Four stories by Caryl Churchill.
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By Nancy HarrisA powerful drama about the first ladies of France and America, as their husbands clash over an international crisis.
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