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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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Death and the Maiden

Death and the Maiden

By Ariel Dorfman

A woman seeks revenge when the man she believes to have been her torturer happens to re-enter her life.

Smelling a Rat

Smelling a Rat

By Mike Leigh

A black comedy/farce from the author of Abigail's Party, premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 1988.

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Latin American Plays

Latin American Plays

New Drama from Argentina, Cuba, Mexico and Peru

Selected by Sebastian Doggart

An essential introduction to the fascinating but largely unexplored theatre of Latin America, featuring new translations of five contemporary plays written by some the region's most exciting writers.

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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (stage version)

By Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted by David Edgar

A superb adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous story of the unassuming Dr Jekyll and his dark alter-ego Mr Hyde.

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast (Young Vic stage version)

By Laurence Boswell

A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, with music by Mick Sands drawn from traditional French folk melodies.

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Widows

Widows

By Ariel Dorfman and Tony Kushner

A smouldering political allegory about a political protest in a country ruled by a military junta. From the author of Death and the Maiden, written in collaboration with Tony Kushner, author of Angels in America.

East is East

East is East

By Ayub Khan Din

A wonderful comedy about growing up in multiracial Salford.

Nuremberg

Nuremberg

By Richard Norton-Taylor

A gripping verbatim drama using only the actual words spoken in court during the 1946 Nuremberg War Crimes Trial.

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Hotel

Hotel

By Caryl Churchill

An innovative theatre piece combining music, voices and dance, with a text by Caryl Churchill and music by Orlando Gough.

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Caryl Churchill Plays: Three

Caryl Churchill Plays: Three

By Caryl Churchill

Spanning almost ten years and embracing a remarkable range of style and subject matter, this is the third volume of Churchill's Collected Plays,

A Mouthful of Birds

A Mouthful of Birds

By Caryl Churchill and David Lan

A collaborative piece written with David Lan, combining words and dance. Inspired by Euripides' Bacchae, the play explores modern experiences of 'possession, violence and other states where people feel beside themselves'.

Published in volume Caryl Churchill Plays: Three
    Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin

    Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin

    By Enda Walsh

    The award-winning play about two warped teenagers that confirmed Enda Walsh's place in the forefront of young Irish dramatists - plus his short play, Sucking Dublin.

    Anna Weiss

    Anna Weiss

    By Mike Cullen

    An explosive, gripping and disturbing play about the phenomenon of False Memory Syndrome.

    Disco Pigs

    Disco Pigs

    By Enda Walsh

    Enda Walsh's breakthrough play, a fast and formally inventive portrait of two teenage Irish misfits

    Published in volume Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin
      Sucking Dublin

      Sucking Dublin

      By Enda Walsh

      A fierce and uncompromising short play about a group of five individuals tormented by a rape in a claustrophobic, drug-infested Dublin.

      Published in volume Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin
        The Day I Stood Still

        The Day I Stood Still

        By Kevin Elyot

        A poignantly funny drama from the author of My Night With Reg, about the heartbreak of unrequited love and the power of memories.

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        Tearing the Loom & In a Little World of Our Own

        Tearing the Loom & In a Little World of Our Own

        By Gary Mitchell

        Two plays from playwright Gary Mitchell, known for his powerful explorations of the conflicts troubling Northern Ireland.

        In a Little World of Our Own

        In a Little World of Our Own

        By Gary Mitchell

        A powerful drama about how the conflict in Northern Ireland affects whole families, and of how the violence of the streets is brought into the heart of the home.

        Published in volume Tearing the Loom & In a Little World of Our Own
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