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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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Investment Potential

Investment Potential

By Phillip McMahon

A short play about a youthful couple who can't seem to pull themselves up the rungs of the property ladder.

Published in volume Irish Shorts
    The Invincibles

    The Invincibles

    By Amanda Whittington

    A play about the Dagenham Invincibles, aka Sterling Ladies, the greatest women's football team in Britain during World War One, and their legacy in the present day.

    Invisible

    Invisible

    By Tena Štivičić

    A funny, moving and topical portrayal of the world in flux, Invisible explores the many sides of migration.

    Irish Shorts

    Irish Shorts

    Two-handers from the Abbey Theatre, Ireland

    Selected by Aideen Howard

    A collection of short plays by exciting new Irish writers, selected and introduced by the literary manager of the Abbey Theatre.

    Iron

    Iron

    By Rona Munro

    An intense psychological drama set in a women's prison, in which a mother and daughter try to break through the barriers of time, memory and punishment which separate them.

    Is God Is

    Is God Is

    By Aleshea Harris

    A revenge tale about two women seeking justice and taking control of their own narratives, colliding the ancient and the modern, the tragic and the Spaghetti Western, hip-hop and Afropunk.

    Is My Microphone On?

    Is My Microphone On?

    By Jordan Tannahill

    An urgent and lyrical play from a leading Canadian playwright, about young people questioning the choices that have been made, and the ones that they will yet be forced to make.

    Isolated But Open

    Isolated But Open

    Voices from Across The Shutdown

    By various

    Twelve new monologues written in response to the coronavirus outbreak in 2020 as part of Papatango's scheme to inspire creativity and share brilliant new stories.

    The IT

    The IT

    By Vivienne Franzmann

    A darkly comic state-of-the-nation play exploring adolescent mental health and the rage within. Winner of the Best Play for Young Audiences Award at the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards 2023.

    it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now

    it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now

    By Lucy Kirkwood

    A play about modern-day sex trafficking, joint winner of the 2010 John Whiting Award.

    It's a Wonderful Life

    It's a Wonderful Life (stage version)

    Adapted by Mary Elliott Nelson

    A joyful stage adaptation of Frank Capra's movie about a down-on-his-luck banker who feels like he's at the end of his rope, until his guardian angel pays him a visit.

    Ivy Tiller: Vicar's Daughter, Squirrel Killer

    Ivy Tiller: Vicar's Daughter, Squirrel Killer

    By Bea Roberts

    A blackly comic play that challenges our assumptions about who belongs and who thrives, and exposes the dark side of the rural idyll. Premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

    James I: The Key Will Keep the Lock

    James I: The Key Will Keep the Lock

    By Rona Munro

    The first part of The James Plays cycle, exploring the complex character of the colourful Stewart King James I – poet, lover and law-maker.

    Published in volume The James Plays
      James II: Day of the Innocents

      James II: Day of the Innocents

      By Rona Munro

      The second part of Rona Munro's The James Plays cycle, James II: Day of the Innocents depicts a violent royal playground from the perspective of the child King and his contemporaries, in a terrifying arena of sharp teeth and long knives.

      Published in volume The James Plays
        James III: The True Mirror

        James III: The True Mirror

        By Rona Munro

        The third part of Rona Munro's The James Plays cycle, James III: The True Mirror, like the King himself, is colourful and unpredictable, turning its attention to the women at the heart of the royal court.

        Published in volume The James Plays
          James IV: Queen of the Fight

          James IV: Queen of the Fight

          By Rona Munro

          A thrilling historical drama set in an uncharted period of Scottish history, with two Moorish women arriving in the dangerous world of the court of James IV.

          The James Plays

          The James Plays

          James I, II and III

          By Rona Munro

          Rona Munro's vividly imagined historical cycle brings to life three generations of Stewart kings who ruled Scotland in the tumultuous fifteenth century.

          James V: Katherine

          James V: Katherine

          By Rona Munro

          A thrilling play about a turbulent time in Scotland's history, continuing Rona Munro's series of history plays set during the reigns of Scotland's generations of Stewart kings.

          Jane Eyre

          Jane Eyre (Shared Experience stage version)

          By Charlotte Brontë Adapted by Polly Teale

          A bold and theatrically inventive adaptation of the literary classic that puts the interior life of the novel on stage.

          Jane Eyre

          Jane Eyre (stage version)

          By Charlotte Brontë Adapted by Chris Bush

          A witty and fleet-footed adaptation that lays bare the beating heart of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel, whilst staying true to its revolutionary spirit.

          Japes

          Japes

          By Simon Gray

          A funny and sardonic play about two brothers trapped in a love triangle with the woman they both love.

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          Jeeves & Wooster in 'Perfect Nonsense'

          Jeeves & Wooster in 'Perfect Nonsense'

          By The Goodale Brothers Original author P.G. Wodehouse

          An inventive, fast-paced comedy based featuring P.G. Wodehouse’s iconic double act.

          Stephen Jeffreys: Plays

          Stephen Jeffreys: Plays

          By Stephen Jeffreys

          A selection of the best work of Stephen Jeffreys, including his acclaimed plays The Libertine and The Clink.

          Jekyll & Hyde

          Jekyll & Hyde (National Youth Theatre version)

          By Evan Placey Original author Robert Louis Stevenson

          A radical re-imagining by playwright Evan Placey of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale, written for the National Youth Theatre.