Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
"Daddy": A Melodrama
A blistering melodrama from Jeremy O. Harris, whose play Slave Play received a record twelve nominations at the 74th Tony Awards.
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A timely play based on the true story of an imprisoned Nobel Laureate.
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A psychological drama that asks if the cycle of generational trauma can ever be broken. Can queer, Black femmes find love and belonging when the soil beneath them – and the climate around them – is hostile?
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A strikingly original play combining traditional storytelling with physical theatre, created by The Imaginary Body. Winner of a Fringe First Award at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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A definitive collection of all of Eric Bogosian's monologues, originally performed as part of his six off-Broadway solo shows.
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100 Plays for the First Hundred Days
A unique and personal response to the extraordinary events of the first hundred days of the presidency of Donald J. Trump - a play diary for each day of the presidency, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.
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Coincidences, omens and vision collide with political reality in this epic new play by the award-winning Mike Bartlett.
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15 Heroines
15 Monologues Adapted from Ovid
Drawing inspiration from Ovid, fifteen leading female and non-binary British playwrights dramatise the lives of fifteen classical heroines in a series of new monologues for the twenty-first century.
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A devised play about three couples having sex for the first time – and a country on the brink of a sexual awakening.
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By George Orwell Adapted by Nick HernA bold and powerful dramatisation of George Orwell's classic dystopia, ideal for any school, youth group or amateur company.
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By Lisa KronTwo solo pieces by the award-winning American performer, and founder member of the Five Lesbian Brothers troupe.
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2:22 – A Ghost Story
By Danny RobinsA spine-chilling, funny and scary play from the award-winning writer and broadcaster behind the hit BBC podcast The Battersea Poltergeist.
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By Jack ThorneA play set on the day that New Labour swept into government, telling three deeply personal stories of euphoria and despair.
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A hilarious, macabre love story about a pregnant couple of activists attempting to offset the carbon footprint of their unborn baby's life.
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3 Winters
A portrait of an eclectic family, held together by the courage to survive. Winner of the 2015 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
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A unique, year-long play cycle from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Topdog/Underdog. This collection of 365 impeccably crafted pieces, each with its own distinctive characters and dramatic power, is a complete work by an artist responding to her world, each and every day.
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40 Days
By Firdos AliA play exploring the impact of state violence on Black and brown children.
Published in volume Contemporary Plays by Black British WritersThe 47th
A viciously funny play offering a dazzling glimpse into the underbelly of the greatest political show on earth: the US presidential race.
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