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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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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.

The Beacon

A drama about a Dublin artist haunted by a mysterious accident in her past.

The Last King of Scotland (stage version)

An electrifying thriller about corruption and complicity, adapted from Giles Foden's multi-award-winning novel.

Kenneth 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.

We Anchor in Hope

A play about the end of an era as a London boozer closes its doors one final time.

Glass. 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.

Two Ladies

A powerful drama about the first ladies of France and America, as their husbands clash over an international crisis.

Amsterdam

By Maya Arad Yasur Translated by Eran Edry

A strikingly original, audacious thriller from a prize-winning Israeli writer.

LIT

A play exploring the turbulent teenage years of a Nottingham girl looking for love in all the wrong places.

Wild Swimming

A kaleidoscopic exploration of cultural progress, an interrogation of gender and privilege, and a wilfully ignorant history of English Literature.

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) (2019 edition)

By Isobel McArthur Original author Jane Austen

A loving and irreverent all-female adaptation of Jane Austen's unrivalled literary classic.

How Love Is Spelt

A fresh, funny and playful tale of growing up and finding yourself in the city.

Hedda Tesman

By Cordelia Lynn Original author Henrik Ibsen

A reworking of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, asking what we inherit, what we endure and how we carry our history.

Fleabag: The Special Edition

A special edition of the outrageously funny, blazingly forthright stage play, featuring exclusive bonus material.

Appropriate

A gripping play about ghosts and the legacies we are left with.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin (stage version)

Rona Munro's adaptation of Louis de Bernières' much-loved epic novel, set on an idyllic Greek island in 1941.

The Secret River (stage version)

A deeply moving and unflinching journey into Australia's dark history, adapted from Kate Grenville's acclaimed novel.

Collapsible

A funny, furious monologue about holding on in this collapsing world.