Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Out of Sorts
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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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99The Beacon
By Nancy HarrisA drama about a Dublin artist haunted by a mysterious accident in her past.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99The Last King of Scotland (stage version)
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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£17.99£14.39Add to basketEbook£17.99£14.39We Anchor in Hope
By Anna JordanA play about the end of an era as a London boozer closes its doors one final time.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp.
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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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Two Ladies
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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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Amsterdam
By Maya Arad Yasur Translated by Eran EdryA strikingly original, audacious thriller from a prize-winning Israeli writer.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79LIT
A play exploring the turbulent teenage years of a Nottingham girl looking for love in all the wrong places.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Wild Swimming
By Marek HornA kaleidoscopic exploration of cultural progress, an interrogation of gender and privilege, and a wilfully ignorant history of English Literature.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) (2019 edition)
By Isobel McArthur Original author Jane AustenA loving and irreverent all-female adaptation of Jane Austen's unrivalled literary classic.
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£10.99£8.79
How Love Is Spelt
By Chloë MossA fresh, funny and playful tale of growing up and finding yourself in the city.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Hedda Tesman
By Cordelia Lynn Original author Henrik IbsenA reworking of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, asking what we inherit, what we endure and how we carry our history.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Fleabag: The Special Edition
A special edition of the outrageously funny, blazingly forthright stage play, featuring exclusive bonus material.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Captain Corelli's Mandolin (stage version)
By Louis de Bernières Adapted by Rona MunroRona Munro's adaptation of Louis de Bernières' much-loved epic novel, set on an idyllic Greek island in 1941.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39The Secret River (stage version)
By Kate Grenville Adapted by Andrew BovellA deeply moving and unflinching journey into Australia's dark history, adapted from Kate Grenville's acclaimed novel.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Collapsible
A funny, furious monologue about holding on in this collapsing world.
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