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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Enough

Enough

By Stef Smith

A poetic, unpredictable and explosive play about female friendship, and what happens when you can no longer be the woman people want.

Ensemble Works: an anthology

Ensemble Works: an anthology

Edited by Ferdinand Lewis

A collection of ensemble-created plays by major American theatre companies - the first of its kind.

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Enter A Gentleman

Enter A Gentleman

By Elizabeth Kuti

A 15-minute play based on Restoration playwright Aphra Behn's tempestuous love affair with John Hoyle.

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    Epic Love and Pop Songs

    Epic Love and Pop Songs

    By Phoebe Eclair-Powell

    A smart, funny play about love, friendship and growing up, from the author of WINK and Fury.

    Es & Flo

    Es & Flo

    By Jennifer Lunn

    A sharply observed, deeply compassionate play celebrating an older lesbian relationship, women coming together to fight for what's right, and the healing power of chosen family.

    Escaped Alone

    Escaped Alone

    By Caryl Churchill

    A play about three old friends and a neighbour having tea in the back yard, and contemplating catastrophe.

    The Essential Bogosian

    The Essential Bogosian

    By Eric Bogosian

    A collection of work by Eric Bogosian, one of America's leading performers and most original playwrights.

    Estate Walls

    Estate Walls

    By Arinzé Kene

    A play about a young writer who dreams of leaving his estate. The play that won Arinzé Kene the Most Promising Playwright at the 2011 Offies (Off West End Theatre Awards).

    Eternal Love

    Eternal Love

    The Story of Abelard and Heloise

    By Howard Brenton

    A spellbinding retelling of the passionate and legendary love story of Abelard and Heloise.

    Etiquette and Vitriol: The Food Chain and other plays

    Etiquette and Vitriol: The Food Chain and other plays

    By Nicky Silver

    A collection of plays from one of the leading comic voices of his generation, full of his characteristic razor-sharp wit and black humour.

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    Eurydice

    Eurydice

    By Sarah Ruhl

    Alice in Wonderland meets Greek myth in this playful, heart-breaking American take on a timeless tale of loss, grief and redemption.

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    Evening Plays

    Evening Plays

    By Richard Maxwell

    Three new dramas, written as a response to Dante's Divine Comedy.

    Every One

    Every One

    By Jo Clifford

    A re-imagining of Everyman, Jo Clifford's bold and haunting play tells a deeply emotional and warmly funny story of a voyage into the heart of living - and of what it means to lose the people we love.

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    Everything Not Saved

    Everything Not Saved

    By Carys D. Coburn With MALAPROP Theatre

    A play about memory, happiness, Rasputin, and dancing. And also the Queen. Premiered by MALAPROP Theatre at the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2017.

    The Evil Doers

    The Evil Doers

    By Chris Hannan

    A chaotic, violent, comic odyssey through the dismal streets of 1980s Glasgow.

    Exquisite Agony

    Exquisite Agony

    By Nilo Cruz

    A play about the heart—its passions, its failures, and its ability to connect.

    Extreme Exposure

    Extreme Exposure

    Solo Performance Texts from the Twentieth Century

    Edited by Jo Bonney

    An anthology of excerpts from the works of more than fifty solo writer/performers including: Eric Bogosian, Laurie Anderson, Lenny Bruce, Andy Kaufman, Richard Pryor and Whoopi Goldberg.

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    Eyam

    Eyam

    By Matt Hartley

    A play about an outbreak of the plague in a small Derbyshire village in 1665.

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