Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Sleep Deprivation Chamber
A gripping examination of the conflicting realities of the black experience of twentieth-century America.
- Paperback£10.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
The Slaves of Solitude (stage version)
A fascinating blend of dark hilarity and melancholy, woven from Patrick Hamilton’s much-loved story about an improbable heroine in wartime Britain.
- Paperback
£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Slave Play
A play that rips apart history to shed new light on the nexus of race, gender, and sexuality in twenty-first-century America.
- Paperback
£10.99£8.79
Slave Play (West End edition)
A play that rips apart history to shed new light on the nexus of race, gender, and sexuality in twenty-first-century America. New edition published alongside the West End production in 2024.
- Paperback
£10.99£8.79
Skyscraper Lullaby
By James FritzA powerful drama about two parents trying to come to terms with the disappearance of their toddler, written and first performed as an audio drama for Audible Original.
- Ebook
£6.99£5.59
Skunk
By Zawe AshtonA surreal, dreamlike and hilarious play exploring the pressures and transformations that happen to teenagers as they grow up. In the Multiplay Drama series.
- Ebook
£7.99£6.39
The Skriker
An extraordinary collision of ancient fairytale and fractured urban England.
- Paperback
£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Skin & Liars: Two Plays
By Dennis FoonTwo plays from one of Canada's leading writers and directors of theatre for young people.
- Paperback£14.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Sixty Five Miles
By Matt HartleyA devastating drama about family and the ties that bind us together. Winner of the Under-26 Award at the 2005 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.
- Paperback
£9.99£7.99
The Six-Days World
An emotionally involving family play that evokes the poignancy and the poison of the festive season - from the award-winning writer of The Sugar Wife.
- Paperback
£8.99£7.19
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Headlong version)
Pirandello's classic play, updated for the twenty-first century by Headlong.
- Paperback
£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Six Acts of Love
A bittersweet play about the rich complexities of life, love and death.
- Paperback
£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Sister Suzie Cinema
The Collected Poems and Performances 1976-1986
By Lee BreuerA 'doo-wop opera' inspired by Lee Breuer's coming of age amidst the pop culture of the 50s.
- Paperback£10.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Singular Male Voices
Three plays for one (male) actor, each giving voice to a character in extremis.
- Paperback
£12.99£10.39There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
A Single Act
By Jane BodieA subtle and menacing play about life after a terrorist outrage.
- Paperback
£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Newsletter Sign UpSign up to our newsletter for the latest titles, competitions and special offers...