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NHB Modern Plays

The NHB Modern Plays series features the pick of modern and contemporary plays from leading UK and international playwrights. Championing quality, accessibility and diversity, it takes the best writing for the stage and gives it enduring life on the page.

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Elephants

Elephants

By Rose Heiney

A sharp black comedy with a tender heart that explores the paths we take in life and their repercussions on the people we love most.

The Eleventh Capital

The Eleventh Capital

By Alexandra Wood

An arresting 60-minute debut play about dislocation, manipulation and power, winner of the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright.

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Elizabeth Gordon Quinn

Elizabeth Gordon Quinn (National Theatre of Scotland version)

By Chris Hannan

A contemporary classic set during the Glasgow Rent Strike of 1915, with one of the best women's roles ever to emerge from Scottish theatre, an unforgettable tragicomic heroine with an extraordinary power to repel and attract.

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Elizabeth Gordon Quinn

Elizabeth Gordon Quinn (original Traverse Theatre version)

By Chris Hannan

A contemporary classic set during the Glasgow Rent Strike of 1915, with one of the best women's roles ever to emerge from Scottish theatre, an unforgettable tragicomic heroine with an extraordinary power to repel and attract.

Published in volume Scot-Free
    Kevin Elyot: Four Plays

    Kevin Elyot: Four Plays

    By Kevin Elyot

    A collection of plays from the acclaimed author of My Night With Reg, spanning twenty years of work from a playwright who brilliantly captured the comedy of pain.

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    Emma

    Emma (stage version)

    By Jane Austen Adapted by Doon MacKichan and Martin Millar

    A bold, witty and fresh adaptation of Jane Austen's novel which, while thoroughly modern, retains the spirit and much of the language of the original.

    The Empty Quarter

    The Empty Quarter

    By Alexandra Wood

    A play confronting the challenges we face in a foreign land, asking where, or to whom, we belong.

     
    The Encounter

    The Encounter

    By Simon McBurney and Complicite

    A solo show tracing one man's journey into the Amazon rainforest and to the limits of human consciousness, inspired by the book Amazon Beaming by Petru Popescu.

    the end of history...

    the end of history...

    By Jack Thorne

    A play about families, parenting, and gigantic clashes of values.

    England & Son

    England & Son

    By Ed Edwards

    A one-man play about disaster capitalism, empire, Thatcherite politics, stolen youth, stolen wealth and a working-class boy who just wants his dad to smile at him. First performed by the celebrated political comedian Mark Thomas in Paines Plough's Roundabout during the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

    Enough

    Enough

    By Stef Smith

    A poetic, unpredictable and explosive play about female friendship, and what happens when you can no longer be the woman people want.

    Enter A Gentleman

    Enter A Gentleman

    By Elizabeth Kuti

    A 15-minute play based on Restoration playwright Aphra Behn's tempestuous love affair with John Hoyle.

    Published in volume Fishskin Trousers
      Epic Love and Pop Songs

      Epic Love and Pop Songs

      By Phoebe Eclair-Powell

      A smart, funny play about love, friendship and growing up, from the author of WINK and Fury.

      Es & Flo

      Es & Flo

      By Jennifer Lunn

      A sharply observed, deeply compassionate play celebrating an older lesbian relationship, women coming together to fight for what's right, and the healing power of chosen family.

      Escaped Alone

      Escaped Alone

      By Caryl Churchill

      A play about three old friends and a neighbour having tea in the back yard, and contemplating catastrophe.

      Estate Walls

      Estate Walls

      By Arinzé Kene

      A play about a young writer who dreams of leaving his estate. The play that won Arinzé Kene the Most Promising Playwright at the 2011 Offies (Off West End Theatre Awards).

      Eternal Love

      Eternal Love

      The Story of Abelard and Heloise

      By Howard Brenton

      A spellbinding retelling of the passionate and legendary love story of Abelard and Heloise.

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      Every One

      Every One

      By Jo Clifford

      A re-imagining of Everyman, Jo Clifford's bold and haunting play tells a deeply emotional and warmly funny story of a voyage into the heart of living - and of what it means to lose the people we love.

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      Everything Not Saved

      Everything Not Saved

      By Carys D. Coburn With MALAPROP Theatre

      A play about memory, happiness, Rasputin, and dancing. And also the Queen. Premiered by MALAPROP Theatre at the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2017.

      The Evil Doers

      The Evil Doers

      By Chris Hannan

      A chaotic, violent, comic odyssey through the dismal streets of 1980s Glasgow.

      Eyam

      Eyam

      By Matt Hartley

      A play about an outbreak of the plague in a small Derbyshire village in 1665.

      F*ck the Polar Bears

      F*ck the Polar Bears

      By Tanya Ronder

      A raucous family drama about the cost of living the life of our dreams.

      failure project

      failure project

      By Yolanda Mercy

      A warm and witty one-person play exploring grief, the strings attached to success, and what it means to 'fail'. Premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2024.

      Fair

      Fair

      By Joy Wilkinson

      A powerful drama about the potent appeal of far right policies to young people in the UK.

      Published in volume Fair & Felt Effects: two plays