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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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Flush

Flush

By David Dipper

A brash and sexy short play about death, deceit and poker.

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Foam

Foam

By Harry McDonald

A gripping play that examines the nature of identity and the consequences of right-wing extremist ideology against the backdrop of London's skinhead and gay scenes of the 1970s and 1980s.

Folk

Folk

By Tom Wells

Surprising and poignant, Folk is a hilarious and not-so-holy story of hope, coming together and finding your feet when your world is turned upside down.

Follies

Follies

By Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman

Sondheim's landmark musical about a reunion of showgirls, with a book by James Goldman.

Food

Food

By Joel Horwood and Christopher Heimann

A play about celebrity chefs and the price you have to pay for ambition, from the Imaginary Body, the team behind the smash hit 100.

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For All I Care

For All I Care

By Alan Harris

A fast-moving, touchingly funny play about two very different women, both having a very bad day.

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For The Grace Of You Go I

For The Grace Of You Go I

By Alan Harris

A darkly funny, quick-witted, fast-moving comedy about a man whose life is going nowhere.

The Force of Change

The Force of Change

By Gary Mitchell

An explosively topical play about institutional corruption in Northern Ireland.

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Forever House

Forever House

By Glenn Waldron

A darkly comic drama of buried secrets and new beginnings, with three linked scenes all set in the same terraced house.

Forty Winks

Forty Winks

By Kevin Elyot

A heart-wrenching drama of anguish and missed opportunities.

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Four Nights in Knaresborough

Four Nights in Knaresborough

By Paul Webb

A fast and bloody black comedy that sheds light on four of the most ignored figures in English history – the knights who actually had to kill Thomas Becket.

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Four Play

Four Play

By Jake Brunger

A comic play about sex and commitment in the 21st century.

Foxfinder

Foxfinder

By Dawn King

A darkly comic, spell-binding dystopian drama, winner of the 2011 Papatango New Writing Prize.

Fragile!

Fragile!

By Tena Štivičić

A darkly humorous play about the people behind the tabloid stories of migrant workers and sex-trafficking in today's Europe.

Frankenstein

Frankenstein (stage version)

By Mary Shelley Adapted by Patrick Sandford

One of the greatest horror stories of all time, in a stage adaptation that sticks closely to Mary Shelley's original novel.

Freak

Freak

By Anna Jordan

A punchy and provocative new play by the Bruntwood Prize-winning author of Yen.

Fred & Madge

Fred & Madge

By Joe Orton

Joe Orton's brilliantly inventive and staggeringly bold first play.

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Free Outgoing

Free Outgoing

By Anupama Chandrasekhar

A play that sets the rampant technology of the modern world against the conservatism of a traditional society. The British debut of a writer from Chennai, India.

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James Fritz Plays: One

James Fritz Plays: One

By James Fritz

Six plays from a unique voice in British theatre, covering the first decade of his career. These plays confront the fault lines in our culture with thrilling imagination, an unflinching moral seriousness and a warm, compassionate sense of humour.

From Both Hips

From Both Hips

By Mark O'Rowe

A gripping drama about revenge and absolution, from the award-winning author of Howie the Rookie.

Fucking Feminists

Fucking Feminists

By Rose Lewenstein

A fiercely funny short play by Rose Lewenstein, investigating what feminism means, and what it has become.

Fugue

Fugue

By Rona Munro

A psychological horror story about a woman suffering a mental breakdown, from the award-winning author of Iron.

Published in volume Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue
    The Funeral Director

    The Funeral Director

    By Iman Qureshi

    An incisive and heartfelt play about sexuality, gender and religion in twenty-first-century Britain. Winner of the 2018 Papatango New Writing Prize.

    A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

    A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

    By Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart

    A bawdy, fast-paced, raunchy comedy musical from one of the world's most influential and innovative creators of musical theatre.