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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Yous Two

Yous Two

By Georgia Christou

A moving portrayal of the conflict between personal aspiration and familial responsibility, and what happens when those you should depend on need you more than you need them.

Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue

Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue

By Rona Munro

Two plays from the award-winning author Rona Munro.

Your Turn to Clean the Stair

Your Turn to Clean the Stair

By Rona Munro

A comically sinister study of the tensions in an Edinburgh tenement.

Published in volume Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue
    You, Me and Wii

    You, Me and Wii

    By Sue Townsend

    A short play by the author of the Adrian Mole books, set in a council house in a small Leicestershire town at election time.

    You Stupid Darkness!

    You Stupid Darkness!

    By Sam Steiner

    An urgent play about the struggle for optimism and community amid the chaos of a world falling apart.

    Yen

    Yen

    By Anna Jordan

    Anna Jordan's Bruntwood Prize-winning play, Yen explores a childhood lived without boundaries and the consequences of being forced to grow up on your own.

    Yellow Face

    Yellow Face

    By David Henry Hwang

    A mock documentary that puts Hwang himself centre-stage as he uses the controversy over colour-blind casting for Miss Saigon and the racially motivated federal investigation of his own father to explore Asian identity and the ever-changing definition of what it is to be an American.

    Wuthering Heights (2020 stage version)

    Wuthering Heights (2020 stage version)

    By Emily Brontë Adapted by Andrew Sheridan

    A ferocious, wild and utterly exhilarating adaptation of Emily Brontë's indelible masterpiece.

    Wuthering Heights (2011 stage version)

    Wuthering Heights (2011 stage version)

    By Emily Brontë Adapted by Lucy Gough

    An eminently actable, and readable, version of the well-loved story about a passionate but doomed love affair, one of the most famous and enduring love stories in the English language.

    Written on the Heart

    Written on the Heart

    By David Edgar

    An enthralling historical drama about the creation of the King James Bible, commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company to mark its four-hundredth anniversary.

    Writer's Cramp

    Writer's Cramp

    By John Byrne

    The debut play from the author of The Slab Boys and Tutti Frutti, taking satirical swipes at Anglo-Scottish cultural pretensions.

    Published in volume Scot-Free
      The Writer

      The Writer

      By Ella Hickson

      A young writer challenges the status quo but discovers that creative gain comes at a personal cost.

      Nicholas Wright: Five Plays

      Nicholas Wright: Five Plays

      By Nicholas Wright

      A rich selection of work from the late 1970s and 1980s, introduced by the playwright.

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      Wretch

      Wretch

      By Rebecca Walker

      An ex-teacher and an ex-junkie meet on a night bus during long, dark nights of homelessness.

      Woyzeck

      Woyzeck

      By Georg Büchner Adapted by Jack Thorne

      The multi-award-winning Jack Thorne breathes new life into Georg Büchner's existential masterpiece, Woyzeck, one of the most extraordinary plays ever written.

      Wormwood

      Wormwood

      By Catherine Czerkawska

      A poetic and heart-rending play written in response to the tenth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.

      World Music

      World Music

      By Steve Waters

      A subtle and topical play about European attitudes to Africa.

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      World Factory: The Game

      World Factory: The Game

      By Zoë Svendsen and Simon Daw

      A participative theatre experience about global consumer capitalism, offering readers the opportunity to play – as individuals or in teams – the managers of a clothing factory in China.

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