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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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The Lament for Arthur Cleary

The Lament for Arthur Cleary

By Dermot Bolger

Bestselling novelist Dermot Bolger transposes an old story of love and death to modern-day Dublin.

Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald
    Low in the Dark

    Low in the Dark

    By Marina Carr

    A witty and absurdist play that dismantles the myths of motherhood and exposes the sexism of language and religious imagery.

    Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald
      Misogynist

      Misogynist

      By Michael Harding

      A powerful anatomy of misogyny, by 'one of the most significant new Irish writers of his generation' (Sunday Times).

      Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald
        The Hamster Wheel

        The Hamster Wheel

        By Marie Jones

        When one partner in a marriage becomes unable to look after themselves and is completely dependent on the other, what happens to the relationship between them?

        Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald
          Berlin Bertie

          Berlin Bertie

          By Howard Brenton

          An intimate and at times savagely funny psychological study of two sisters, one of who has made her home in East Berlin and one who has stayed on in their native London.

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          Pentecost

          Pentecost

          By David Edgar

          A valuable mural is discovered in a church in war-torn Eastern Europe. Part of David Edgar's trilogy of plays about post-Communist Eastern Europe.

          Your Turn to Clean the Stair

          Your Turn to Clean the Stair

          By Rona Munro

          A comically sinister study of the tensions in an Edinburgh tenement.

          Published in volume Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue
            The Maiden Stone

            The Maiden Stone

            By Rona Munro

            A wild and fantastical tale about a group of women struggling to get by in the harsh world of north-east Scotland in the early nineteenth century.

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            Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue

            Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue

            By Rona Munro

            Two plays, from the award-winning author Rona Munro.

            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
              Reader

              Reader

              By Ariel Dorfman

              A compulsive, gripping and intense play from the author of Death and the Maiden.

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              A Little Night Music

              A Little Night Music

              By Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler

              An utterly sophisticated and charming musical boasting such numbers as 'Send in the Clowns' and 'A Weekend in the Country'.

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              Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness (incl. Slavs!)

              Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness (incl. Slavs!)

              By Tony Kushner

              A collection of essays, poems, a prayer and a play from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angels in America.

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              The Shakespeare Revue

              The Shakespeare Revue

              By Christopher Luscombe and Malcolm McKee

              An enchanting collection of witty music and skits about the Bard, devised for and first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

              Waiting Room Germany

              Waiting Room Germany

              By Klaus Pohl Translated by David Tushingham

              A raw and honest verbatim-theatre play about post-reunification Germany, commissioned in 1994 by Der Spiegel to test the mood of the new Germany.

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              Stanley

              Stanley

              By Pam Gems

              A brilliant and painfully truthful portrait of Stanley Spencer, the wayward genius of modern British painting.

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              The Thickness of Skin

              The Thickness of Skin

              By Clare McIntyre

              An intricate, tender play about the obligations we have to one another, and those we would rather not.

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              According to Hoyle

              According to Hoyle

              By William Gaminara

              A comedy drama about male friendship in which five old friends meet for a traditional evening of poker.

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