Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Space Girl
An action-packed play for young performers and audiences, bursting with songs and imagination, celebrating curiosity, resilience and exploration. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by young people.
- Ebook
£7.99£6.39
The Southbury Child
A darkly comic play exploring family and community, the savage divisions of contemporary society and the rituals that punctuate our lives.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Sound Inside
By Adam RappA riveting play exploring the limits of what one person can ask of another.
- Paperback£19.99
Sotto Voce
By Nilo CruzAn imaginative exploration of the power of memory, love and human connection.
- Paperback£18.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Sorry, You're Not a Winner
A powerful and striking play that explores aspiration, social mobility and getting caught between classes.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Sons of the Prophet
Stephen Karam's award-winning drama - a blackly comic play about dealing with loss - published alongside its European premiere at Hampstead Theatre.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven and Other Plays
A collection of plays from the experimental writer-director Young Jean Lee.
- Paperback£21.99
A Song for Ella Grey (stage version)
By David Almond Adapted by Zoe CooperA magical retelling of the Orpheus myth, full of music, sound and storytelling, adapted from the novel by David Almond. Premiered by Pilot Theatre on UK tour in 2024.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Somewhere Out There You
By Nancy HarrisA romantic comedy with a twist, playfully unravelling the love stories we weave for ourselves. First performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, as part of Dublin Theatre Festival.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Something Awful
A thrilling play inspired by the true-crime story of the Slenderman.
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£4.99£3.99
Someone Else's Shoes
By Drew PautzA sharp and witty satire on the commodification of art and life.
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£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Some Of Us Exist In The Future
An utterly original, wryly funny play about one woman's search for a place to belong in a world that's not all it seems. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.
Published in volume Papatango PlaysSome Demon
A grippingly authentic play about living with an eating disorder, winner of the 2023 Papatango New Writing Prize.
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£10.99£8.79Pre-orderEbook£10.99£8.79Available soonThe Solid Life of Sugar Water
By Jack ThorneAn intimate, tender play about loss, hurt and rediscovery, from acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Jack Thorne.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer
A bold, quirky play from the renowned Quebecois writer, translated into a robust and earthy Scots.
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£9.99£7.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£9.99£7.99soft animals
A tender and unflinching story about motherhood, self-destruction and the way women help each other heal.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59So Long Life
A comedy drama portraying a ghastly family gathering with great humour and unflinching honesty.
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£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
So Here We Are
By Luke NorrisA play about what can happen when nothing happens, a compassionate look at young lives cut short and a touching portrait of childhood friendships under strain in adult life.
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£13.99£11.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£13.99£11.19
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