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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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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
    Low Level Panic

    Low Level Panic

    By Clare McIntyre

    A funny, unapologetic play about the effects of society's objectification of women.

    The Low Road

    The Low Road

    By Bruce Norris

    A fable of free market economics and cut-throat capitalism.

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    Loyal Women

    Loyal Women

    By Gary Mitchell

    A gripping and explosive drama from the multi-award winning playwright.

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    Lucky Seven

    Lucky Seven

    By Alexis Zegerman

    A comedy about growing up, class, love, disappointment and hope, inspired by the Seven Up television series.

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    Lynndie's Gotta Gun

    Lynndie's Gotta Gun

    By Enda Walsh

    A short play published for the first time, written during the author's time working with European theatremakers.

    The Machine Gunners

    The Machine Gunners (stage version)

    By Robert Westall Adapted by Ali Taylor

    A thrilling adaptation of the beloved, award-winning children's novel.

    Mad About the Boy

    Mad About the Boy

    By Gbolahan Obisesan

    A timely, urgent, razor-sharp drama about a teenage boy fighting to save his reputation, torn between the influence of his family, his friends and his school.

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    Mad Forest

    Mad Forest

    By Caryl Churchill

    A play written in response to the Romanian revolution of 1989, exploring the reactions of ordinary people to events.

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    Madame Bovary: Breakfast with Emma

    Madame Bovary: Breakfast with Emma

    By Gustave Flaubert Adapted by Fay Weldon

    Flaubert's masterpiece about an infidelity with tragic consequences, dramatised for Shared Experience by the acclaimed novelist.

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    Madame Ovary

    Madame Ovary

    By Rosa Hesmondhalgh

    The heartbreaking and hilarious true story of the author's own experience of ovarian cancer.

    Made in China

    Made in China

    By Mark O'Rowe

    A blackly comic drama set in a crazed, completely re-imagined Dublin underworld, full of martial arts, rogue cops and savage low-lifes. From the award-winning writer of Howie the Rookie.

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    Maggie May

    Maggie May

    By Frances Poet

    An extraordinary drama about an ordinary family who must balance the challenges of daily life whilst living with dementia.

    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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    Maisie Says She Loves Me

    Maisie Says She Loves Me

    By Jimmy Osborne

    A one-man play about love, inheritance and not letting your feelings show.

    Making Noise Quietly (short play)

    Making Noise Quietly (short play)

    By Robert Holman

    The third in Robert Holman's acclaimed trilogy of short plays, also called Making Noise Quietly.

    Published in volume Making Noise Quietly: three short plays
      Making Noise Quietly: three short plays

      Making Noise Quietly: three short plays

      By Robert Holman

      An acclaimed trilogy of plays exploring the impact of war on ordinary lives.

      The Maladies

      The Maladies

      By Carmen Nasr

      A powerful, provocative play exploring psychogenic illness amongst groups of women throughout history, premiered by the Almeida Young Company.

      MALAPROP: plays

      MALAPROP: plays

      By Carys D. Coburn With MALAPROP Theatre

      Four plays from the award-winning collective of Irish theatremakers: bold, playful, genre-spanning work, all premiered at the Dublin Fringe Festival between 2017 and 2023.

      Manon / Sandra

      Manon / Sandra

      By Michel Tremblay Translated by John Van Burek

      A controversial but humane play about an obsessively religious girl and a sex-obsessed transvestite, by the renowned Quebecois writer.

      Published in volume The Guid Sisters and other plays
        Mary

        Mary

        By Rona Munro

        A political thriller for the stage, set in the 1560s and portraying events around Mary Stuart, the troubled Queen of Scots. Part of Rona Munro's breathtaking theatrical exploration of Scottish history.

        Mary and the Hyenas

        Mary and the Hyenas

        By Maureen Lennon

        An electrifying stage play telling the story of feminist icon Mary Wollstonecraft. Premiered by Hull Truck Theatre and Pilot Theatre in 2025.

        Mary Barton

        Mary Barton (stage version)

        By Elizabeth Gaskell Adapted by Rona Munro

        Elizabeth Gaskell's panoramic novel of Victorian England, adapted for the stage by the author of Iron and The James Plays.

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        Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

        Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

        By Liz Lochhead

        A modern classic about the bitter rivalry between Mary, Queen of Scots, and her cousin and fellow ruler, Elizabeth I of England - retold by Scotland's most popular playwright.