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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays

SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays

By Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

Two sweet and saucy comedies from an award-winning Irish playwright.

SAUCE

SAUCE

By Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

A play about death and rebirth, from an award-winning Irish playwright.

Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays
    Saturday at the Commodore

    Saturday at the Commodore

    By Rona Munro

    A short solo play from the award-winning Scottish playwright, in which an Aberdonian woman remembers a painful teenage betrayal.

    Published in volume Scot-Free
      Satin 'n' Steel

      Satin 'n' Steel

      By Amanda Whittington

      A comic two-hander about the irresistible allure of showbusiness, from the author of Be My Baby.

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      The Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself

      The Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself

      By Claudia Ríos Translated by Roxana Silbert

      After a young girl's suicide, her parents meet for the first time in years at the school where she died.

      Published in volume Mexican Plays
        Samuel Takes a Break

        Samuel Takes a Break

        in Male Dungeon No. 5 After a Long but Generally Successful Day of Tours

        By Rhianna Ilube

        An extraordinary, genre-blending play about colonialism, identity and the attempt to preserve the past, premiered at The Yard Theatre London in 2024.

        Samskara

        Samskara

        By Lanre Malaolu

        An explosive fusion of text, physical theatre and hip-hop dance exploring vulnerability, emotional trauma and what it means to be a black man in twenty-first-century Britain.

        Same

        Same

        By Deborah Bruce

        A play exporing the apparent gulf between the young and old, commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.

        The Same

        The Same

        By Enda Walsh

        A play about two women who meet in a psychiatric institution.

        Published in volume Medicine & The Same: two plays
          Salt

          Salt

          By Fiona Peek

          A modern morality tale about the corrosive effect of money, joint winner of the 2008 Bruntwood Playwriting Competition.

          Salad Day

          Salad Day

          By Deirdre Kinahan

          A short play about an elderly couple who, trapped in a nursing home, plot a daring escape into the sunshine.

          Published in volume Irish Shorts
            Salaam. Peace: An Anthology of Middle Eastern-American Drama

            Salaam. Peace: An Anthology of Middle Eastern-American Drama

            Edited by Holly Hill and Dina Amin

            A groundbreaking anthology containing a collection of new plays by American writers of a variety of Middle Eastern backgrounds, from artists born in Egypt and Iran, to Israeli- and Palestinian-Americans.

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            Rust

            Rust

            By Kenny Emson

            An ultra-contemporary, sexy and funny play that pushes the boundaries of trust, love and lust to the limit.

            Russian Dolls

            Russian Dolls

            By Kate Lock

            Kate Lock's play about a surprising relationship between two very different women, winner of the 2015 Adrian Pagan Award.

            Run, Rebel

            Run, Rebel (stage version)

            By Manjeet Mann

            A fast-paced, mesmerising stage version of the prize-winning YA verse novel about a young woman beginning to take control of her life. Edition includes a range of teaching materials and resources.

            Run Sister Run

            Run Sister Run

            By Chloë Moss

            A witty and heartfelt play about two sisters, exploring family, class and dependence.

            Run

            Run

            By Stephen Laughton

            Stephen Laughton's one-man play about a gay Jewish seventeen-year-old explores what it means to love, to lose, and how to grow from a boy into a man.

            Rum and Vodka

            Rum and Vodka

            By Conor McPherson

            A short monologue play from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

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