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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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Felt Effects

Felt Effects

By Joy Wilkinson

A play that unearths the seismic relationship between two half-sisters and their mother when they are forced together in the A&E ward of the local hospital. Joint-winner of the 2004 Verity Bargate Award.

Published in volume Fair & Felt Effects: two plays
    The Female of the Species

    The Female of the Species

    By Joanna Murray-Smith

    A deliciously wicked comedy that proves that the female of the species is not only deadlier, but funnier than the male.

    The Ferryman

    The Ferryman

    By Jez Butterworth

    Preparations for the annual harvest on a farm in County Armagh in the 1980s are interrupted by a visitor. Winner of the Evening Standard Theatre Award and Tony Award for Best Play, and the Critics' Circle, Olivier and WhatsOnStage Awards for Best New Play.

    The Fever Syndrome

    The Fever Syndrome

    By Alexis Zegerman

    A vivid and thrilling play about a pioneering and successful IVF innovator and his brilliantly dysfunctional family.

    Fibres

    Fibres

    By Frances Poet

    A big-hearted, hilarious drama about what it means to entwine our lives with another, told by four resilient, witty Glaswegian characters.

    Finsbury Park

    Finsbury Park

    By Stephen Jeffreys

    A short autobiographical monologue, first performed as part of the Come to Where I'm From festival at the Park Theatre, London, in 2016.

    Firebird

    Firebird

    By Phil Davies

    A searing thriller about the naivety of youth and how easily it can be exploited.

    First Person Shooter

    First Person Shooter

    By Paul Jenkins

    A funny and foreboding play about what happens when gaming and military technology collide.

    First Run

    First Run

    New Plays by New Writers

    Edited by Kate Harwood

    Five significant debut plays – first staged in the UK in the late eighties – from writers who have gone on to establish their reputations in major theatres.

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    First Time

    First Time

    By Nathaniel J Hall

    A hilarious and heartbreaking true story that smashes through the stigma and shame of HIV, to present an uplifting and inspirational guide to staying positive in a negative world.

    The Fishermen

    The Fishermen (stage version)

    By Chigozie Obioma Adapted by Gbolahan Obisesan

    A powerful allegory of brotherhood, vengeance and fate set in a small Nigerian town. Adapted from the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel.

    Fishskin Trousers

    Fishskin Trousers

    By Elizabeth Kuti

    A haunting play about loss and grief, set in the mists of Suffolk. Also contains the short plays Enter A Gentleman and Time Spent on Trains.

    Five Characters in Search of a Good Night's Sleep

    Five Characters in Search of a Good Night's Sleep

    By Mike Alfreds, Sonja Linden and Various

    A devised play exploring the experience of sleeplessness and its impact on people's lives.

    Five Years with the White Man

    Five Years with the White Man

    By Eloka Obi and Saul Boyer

    A startling play about satirist ABC Merriman-Labor, the greatest Black Briton ever to have been forgotten.

    Fixer

    Fixer

    By Lydia Adetunji

    An unsettling, intelligent and savagely funny play about oil geopolitics and the price of human life.

    Flamingoland

    Flamingoland

    By Deborah McAndrew

    A big-hearted, bittersweet comedy about mothers, sisters, love and lies.

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    The Flea

    The Flea

    By James Fritz

    A riotous play about the Cleveland Street Scandal of 1889. Premiered at The Yard, London, in October 2023.

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    Fleabag: The Original Play

    Fleabag: The Original Play

    By Phoebe Waller-Bridge

    The outrageously funny play that became the wildly successful and 'utterly riveting' (Guardian) BBC television series.

    Fleabag: The Special Edition

    Fleabag: The Special Edition

    By Phoebe Waller-Bridge

    A special edition of the outrageously funny, blazingly forthright stage play, featuring exclusive bonus material.

    Fleabag: The Welsh Edition

    Fleabag: The Welsh Edition

    By Phoebe Waller-Bridge Adapted by Branwen Davies

    A Welsh language adaptation of the hit play by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, first staged by Theatr Clwyd in 2023.

    Flesh and Bone

    Flesh and Bone

    By Elliot Warren

    A vivid and fast-paced ride through a working-class London estate, fusing Shakespeare-inspired lyricism with Cockney accents.

    The Flick

    The Flick

    By Annie Baker

    Annie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about three cinema attendants - 'Wondrous, devastating, hilarious, and infinitely touching. A play to be treasured' New York Times.

    Flights

    Flights

    By John O'Donovan

    A haunting and funny play about bereavement, brotherhood and breaking away from your past.

    Flights and Sink: Two Plays

    Flights and Sink: Two Plays

    By John O'Donovan

    Two plays about contemporary life in Ireland, from award-winning writer John O'Donovan.

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