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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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Jekyll and Hyde

Jekyll and Hyde (stage version)

By Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted by Neil Bartlett

An inventive, brilliantly theatrical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's darkly fascinating tale of male violence, guilt and privilege.

JERICHO

JERICHO

By MALAPROP Theatre

An off-kilter, high-energy, form-pushing play about what pro-wrestling and politics have in common.

Jerusalem

Jerusalem

By Jez Butterworth

Jez Butterworth's hugely acclaimed, prize-winning play - a comic, contemporary vision of life in England's green and pleasant land.

Jitney

Jitney

By August Wilson

A groundbreaking modern drama classic, exploring the fragile bond between eight men as they live, love and work in a racially segregated, post-Vietnam America.

Joanne

Joanne

By Deborah Bruce, Theresa Ikoko, Laura Lomas, Chinonyerem Odimba and Ursula Rani Sarma

Five of the most exciting voices in theatre explore the pressures on our public services as one young woman buckles under pressures of her own.

John

John

By Annie Baker

Annie Baker's mesmerising play about a young couple struggling to stay together.

Jonah and Otto

Jonah and Otto

By Robert Holman

A humane, funny and ultimately haunting play that explores masculinity, identity and what it means to be English.

Jonesy

Jonesy

By Tom Wells

A short play from the author of Jumpers for Goalposts.

Published in volume Jumpers for Goalposts
    Jordan

    Jordan

    By Anna Reynolds With Moira Buffini

    A short play that tells the true story of Shirley Jones, who kills her baby boy, Jordan, rather than have him taken away by his abusive father.

    Published in volume Singular Female Voices
      Joseph K

      Joseph K

      By Tom Basden Original author Franz Kafka

      A darkly comic stage adaptation of The Trial, relocating Kafka's classic novel to twenty-first-century London.

      Jude

      Jude

      By Howard Brenton

      A modern-day tale of unexpected genius and of our struggle to accommodate extraordinary talent, loosely inspired by Thomas Hardy's novel Jude the Obscure.

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      The Judge's Wife

      The Judge's Wife

      By Caryl Churchill

      A short play about justice and retribution, first seen as a BBC television drama.

      Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
        Julie Burchill Is Away

        Julie Burchill Is Away

        By Tim Fountain

        A one-woman show based on the life and writings of the provocative columnist, writer and broadcaster, Julie Burchill.

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        Jumpers for Goalposts

        Jumpers for Goalposts

        By Tom Wells

        A hilarious and heart-warming comedy about football, friendship and finding your way.

        The Jungle Book

        The Jungle Book (Birmingham Stage Company version)

        By Rudyard Kipling Adapted by Stuart Paterson

        Rudyard Kipling's classic jungle tales, in an acclaimed stage adaptation by Stuart Paterson.

        The Jungle Book

        The Jungle Book (stage version)

        By Jessica Swale and Joe Stilgoe Original author Rudyard Kipling

        Rudyard Kipling’s beloved tale of family, belonging and identity has been reimagined in this acclaimed adaptation by Jessica Swale, with original songs by Joe Stilgoe. 

        Junkyard

        Junkyard

        By Jack Thorne

        A brilliantly honest and witty coming-of-age drama, with music by Stephen Warbeck.

        Just the Three of Us

        Just the Three of Us

        By Simon Gray

        A stylish mix of the comic and the macabre, exploring ideas about love, both platonic and romantic.

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        Kabul Goes Pop: Music Television Afghanistan

        Kabul Goes Pop: Music Television Afghanistan

        By Waleed Akhtar

        A play inspired by the true story of Afghanistan's first youth music programme, exploring a world following the US invasion that is complex, contradictory and shocking – all to a soundtrack of early noughties' pop.

        Kanye the First

        Kanye the First

        By Sam Steiner

        A dazzlingly funny and original drama about identity, guilt, contemporary culture and the second coming of Kanye West.

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        katzenmusik

        katzenmusik

        By Tom Fowler

        A darkly comic story about social inequality and upheaval, told in reverse. In the Multiplay Drama series.

        Kensuke's Kingdom

        Kensuke's Kingdom (stage version)

        By Michael Morpurgo Adapted by Stuart Paterson

        The story of a young boy's fantastic adventure after being washed up on a Pacific island.

        Kes

        Kes (stage version)

        By Barry Hines Adapted by Lawrence Till

        A tried-and-tested stage adaptation of Barry Hines' novel A Kestrel for a Knave, about a troubled young boy who finds and trains a kestrel.

        Killer Joe

        Killer Joe

        By Tracy Letts

        A tense thriller that asks where the moral line is drawn in the fight for survival.