Nick Hern Books

Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Stop/Over

Stop/Over

By Gary Duggan

A night of debauchery and delicate connection in a play set in the city that never sleeps.

Stoopud Fucken Animals

Stoopud Fucken Animals

By Joel Horwood

A pitch-black comedy complete with wickedly entertaining songs, from the Edinburgh Fringe First-winning writer of Food.

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stoning mary

stoning mary

By debbie tucker green

Mysterious yet compelling, bewildering yet intoxicating, a play that mixes poetic rhythms with vernacular phrases, rap-song repetitions with complex psychology.

Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays

Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays

By Marie Jones

Two plays by award-winning playwright Marie Jones: the smash hit Stones in His Pockets, and an earlier monologue A Night in November.

Stones in His Pockets

Stones in His Pockets

By Marie Jones

Hollywood comes to rural Ireland in this hilarious multi-award winner which ran for four years in London's West End.

Published in volume Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays
    Stolen Secrets

    Stolen Secrets

    By Fin Kennedy

    From the heart of London's East End, Stolen Secrets are urban fairytales, bold, lyrical and gruesome, that can be performed individually or together for maximum shock value.

    Still

    Still

    By Frances Poet

    Frances Poet's play is a cathartic story of life, loss and joy, full of tenderness and humour, as five Edinburgh souls stagger towards each other and are transformed.

    Steel

    Steel

    By Chris Bush

    A play exploring the last three decades of women in politics, asking what's changed and what still must.

    The Steamie

    The Steamie

    By Tony Roper

    A celebration of women's work in a Glasgow wash-house set on Hogmanay.

    Published in volume Scot-Free
      Staying Alive

      Staying Alive

      By Kat Roberts

      A darkly funny and achingly tender play about the death of a child.

      Start Swimming

      Start Swimming

      By James Fritz

      A play about occupation, revolution and what the future holds for today’s youth.

      The Starry Messenger

      The Starry Messenger

      By Kenneth Lonergan

      A bittersweet exploration of love, hope and the mysteries of the cosmos.

      Stanley

      Stanley

      By Pam Gems

      A brilliant and painfully truthful portrait of Stanley Spencer, the wayward genius of modern British painting.

      Staging Coyote's Dream: An Anthology of First Nations Drama in English

      Staging Coyote's Dream: An Anthology of First Nations Drama in English

      Edited by Monique Mojica and Ric Knowles

      Staging Coyote's Dream brings together ten major plays by First Nations playwrights living in Canada and the United States.

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      Stage Kiss

      Stage Kiss

      By Sarah Ruhl

      Sarah Ruhl, one of America’s most widely produced playwrights, brings her unique mix of lyricism, sparkling humour and fierce intelligence to the world of romantic comedy.

      Stacy & Fanny and Faggot: two plays

      Stacy & Fanny and Faggot: two plays

      By Jack Thorne

      Two troubled, disturbing but bleakly funny plays from a leading writer of Channel 4's Shameless and Skins.

      Stacy

      Stacy

      By Jack Thorne

      A darkly confessional monologue for one male performer and a slide projector.

      St Petersburg and other plays

      St Petersburg and other plays

      By Declan Feenan

      Three haunting, elliptical plays by a talented writer from Northern Ireland.

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