Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
The Welkin
Lucy Kirkwood's play about a woman sentenced to hang for murder in 18th-century rural Suffolk.
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The spellbinding, beautifully observed hit from the master of suspenseful realism.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79We're Gonna Die
A life-affirming, humorous show of songs and monologues drawing on real-life experiences, about the one thing we all have in common: we're gonna die. Audio CD included.
- Paperback£22.99
We Happy Few
A comedy drama about an all-female theatre company touring Britain during the darkest days of World War Two, written by the well-known actress and premiered in the West End.
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£13.99£11.19Add to basketEbook£13.99£11.19We are Three Sisters
Against the backdrop of a windswept northern village, three remarkable young women live their lives brightly.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99We Anchor in Hope
By Anna JordanA play about the end of an era as a London boozer closes its doors one final time.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99The Way We Live Now: American plays and the AIDS crisis
Edited by M. Elizabeth OsbornA collection of dramatic material - plays, extracts from plays and dramatic adaptations - concerning the AIDS epidemic.
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The Way Old Friends Do
By Ian HallardA tender, laugh-out-loud comedy about two friends who form the world's first ABBA tribute band in drag.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Way Home
By Chloë MossA spiky play about the clash between suburban and itinerant ways of life in present-day Liverpool.
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£8.99£7.19
Steve Waters: Shorts
Five Plays
By Steve WatersFive short plays from acclaimed playwright Steve Waters, all of them deeply personal accounts of his attempts to make sense of twenty-first-century Britain and an ever-changing world.
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£12.99£10.39
Water by the Spoonful
A Pulitzer Prize-winning play about family, community and uncertainty.
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The Wasp
A twisting two-hander, a psychological thriller from the acclaimed author of Emilia.
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The Wardrobe
By Sam HolcroftA gripping journey through British history that shows how our country was shaped and how connected we are with our past. Part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79War and Peace Gaza Piece
A short play about war and family life.
Published in volume Caryl Churchill Plays: FiveWar and Peace (stage version)
By Leo Tolstoy Adapted by Helen EdmundsonA magnificent two-play epic, adapted from Tolstoy's novel and first staged by Shared Experience.
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£12.99£10.39There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£12.99£10.39The Walworth Farce
By Enda WalshA remarkable play about what can happen when we become stuck in the stories we tell about our lives.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Enda Walsh Plays: Two
By Enda WalshThe second collection of plays from the multi-award-winning Irish playwright, including The Walworth Farce, The New Electric Ballroom, Penelope, Ballyturk and two short plays, with a Foreword by the author.
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£19.99£15.99Add to basketEbook£19.99£15.99Enda Walsh Plays: One
By Enda WalshThe first eight astonishing plays by 'one of the most dazzling wordsmiths of contemporary theatre'.
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