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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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soft animals

soft animals

By Holly Robinson

A tender and unflinching story about motherhood, self-destruction and the way women help each other heal.

So Long Life

So Long Life

By Peter Nichols

A comedy drama portraying a ghastly family gathering with great humour and unflinching honesty.

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So Here We Are

So Here We Are

By Luke Norris

A 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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Snuff

Snuff

By Davey Anderson

A short play about an Iraqi War veteran.

Snowflake

Snowflake

By Mike Bartlett

An epic story about generational conflict, fathers and daughters, and whether we're living in the best or worst of times.

The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen

By Stuart Paterson

A superb children's play, drawn from the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by the 'master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).

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Snatches: Moments from 100 Years of Women's Lives

Snatches: Moments from 100 Years of Women's Lives

Eight Monologues

Created by Vicky Featherstone By various

A collection of monologues that document, remember and bear witness to a century of struggle for progress and equality for women in the United Kingdom.

The Snail House

The Snail House

By Richard Eyre

A play about a government medical advisor, knighted for his role during the pandemic, whose life begins to unravel at his own lavish birthday party.

Smelling a Rat

Smelling a Rat

By Mike Leigh

A black comedy/farce from the author of Abigail's Party, premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 1988.

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Small Tragedy

Small Tragedy

By Craig Lucas

A remarkably funny, sharply articulated missive about tragedy in the contemporary world.

The Small Things

The Small Things

By Enda Walsh

A fierce and devastating fable about enforced silence.

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Small Island

Small Island (English Mastery Secondary set text)

By Andrea Levy Adapted by Helen Edmundson

A stage version of Andrea Levy's epic novel tracing the tangled history of Jamaica and Britain - set text edition for the English Mastery Secondary programme.

Small Island

Small Island (stage version)

By Andrea Levy Adapted by Helen Edmundson

Andrea Levy's epic novel tracing the tangled history of Jamaica and Britain, adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson.

The Small Hours

The Small Hours

By Katherine Soper

A National Theatre Connections play about teenagers, nightlife, and the small choices that have momentous consequences.

small hours

small hours

By Lucy Kirkwood and Ed Hime With Katie Mitchell

A collaborative theatre piece created by playwrights Lucy Kirkwood and Ed Hime with theatre director Katie Mitchell, dissecting the claustrophobic world of a new mother struggling to cope on her own.

small

small

By Holly Robinson

A compassionate and probing play about youth and aging, nostalgia and regret, and the dangers of refusing to get old. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.

slope

slope

By pamela carter

An intimate and hedonistic examination of a nineteenth-century love triangle between the poets Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud, and Verlaine's young wife, Mathilde.

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty (stage version)

By Rufus Norris

The classic tale of Sleeping Beauty's curse – as seen through the eyes of the fairy who curses her.

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