Nick Hern Books

Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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The Domino Effect

The Domino Effect

By Fin Kennedy

The Domino Effect is an ensemble play for teenage performers created by award-winning playwright Fin Kennedy.

The Domino Effect and other plays for teenagers

The Domino Effect and other plays for teenagers

By Fin Kennedy

A second collection of plays by Fin Kennedy, author of How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found and The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping and other plays.

Don't Start Me to Talking...

Don't Start Me to Talking...

Plays of Struggle and Liberation

By John O'Neal

A collection of nine plays by the acclaimed performer and civil rights activist John O'Neal.

Dora: A Case of Hysteria

Dora: A Case of Hysteria

By Kim Morrissey

A satirical feminist play debunking Sigmund Freud's theories about hysteria.

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Dorian

Dorian

By Phoebe Eclair-Powell and Owen Horsley Original author Oscar Wilde

A thrilling stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, following one man's descent from glorious debauchery to epic self-destruction.

Doris Day

Doris Day

By E V Crowe

A short play about two police officers and their different expectations of the job.

Double Feature: One

Double Feature: One

By Sam Holcroft and D C Moore

Double Feature brings together – in two volumes of paired short plays – four of the most exciting new voices in UK theatre, in their first commissions for the National Theatre.

Double Feature: Two

Double Feature: Two

By Prasanna Puwanarajah and Tom Basden

Double Feature brings together – in two volumes of paired short plays – four of the most exciting new voices in UK theatre, in their first commissions for the National Theatre.

Doubt

Doubt

By John Patrick Shanley

The hit Broadway play, filmed in 2008 with Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Downstate

Downstate

By Bruce Norris

A provocative play about four men convicted of sex crimes, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Clybourne Park.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (stage version)

By Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted by David Edgar

A superb adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous story of the unassuming Dr Jekyll and his dark alter-ego Mr Hyde.

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Dracula

Dracula (stage version)

By Bram Stoker Adapted by Liz Lochhead

Acclaimed poet and playwright Liz Lochhead's Dracula stays refreshingly close to Bram Stoker's classic novel.

Dracula: The Bloody Truth

Dracula: The Bloody Truth

By John Nicholson and Le Navet Bete

A comic retelling of the story of Dracula, from John Nicholson and Exeter-based theatre company Le Navet Bete.

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The Drawer Boy

The Drawer Boy

By Michael Healey

A multi-award winning, bitter-sweet tale of the power of storytelling, friendship, and the very thin line between truth and fiction.

Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane

Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane

By Dylan Coburn Gray

A play about losing someone close to you, about the human need to remember and connect.

Drawing the Line

Drawing the Line

By Howard Brenton

A vivid telling of the chaotic story of the partition that shaped the modern world.

The Dream Collector

The Dream Collector

By Fin Kennedy

An ensemble play for teenage performers created by award-winning playwright Fin Kennedy.

Dream Pill

Dream Pill

By Rebecca Prichard

A short play about two children forced into prostitution.

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