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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 Mystae

The Mystae

By Nick Whitby

An exhilarating coming-of-age story that explores the intensity of adolescent relationships.

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The Naked Eye

The Naked Eye

By Jez Butterworth

A short monologue play from the author of Jerusalem.

Published in volume Jez Butterworth Plays: One
    Natives

    Natives

    By Glenn Waldron

    A play about a generation of unlikely heroes that celebrates coming of age online in a chaotic world.

    The Natural Cause

    The Natural Cause

    By Robert Holman

    A dark and disturbing portrait of mental illness, and its effects on a young family.

    Nell Gwynn

    Nell Gwynn

    By Jessica Swale

    Jessica Swale's play Nell Gwynn charts the rise of an unlikely heroine, from her roots in Coal Yard Alley to her success as Britain’s most celebrated actress, and her hard-won place in the heart of the king.

    The Nest

    The Nest

    By Franz Xaver Kroetz Translated by Conor McPherson

    A fable about the moral and environmental cost of our materialistic nesting instincts.

    Never Have I Ever

    Never Have I Ever

    By Deborah Frances-White

    An explosive, savagely funny first play by Deborah Frances-White, comedian, screenwriter and host of the global hit podcast The Guilty Feminist.

    Never So Good

    Never So Good

    By Howard Brenton

    A fascinating portrait of Harold Macmillan in an epic play about the decline of British fortunes in the middle of the twentieth century.

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    The New Electric Ballroom

    The New Electric Ballroom

    By Enda Walsh

    A dark fable of the emotionally stultifying effects of small-town life, from the author of Disco Pigs and The Walworth Farce.

     
    New Labour

    New Labour

    By Marcelo Dos Santos

    A comedy drama about being young, working in a shit job, living in debt, and all the funny and sad things you do to cope.

    The New Real

    The New Real

    By David Edgar

    An epic, panoramic play about how the political fault-line has been redrawn. Premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company and Headlong in 2024.

    next to normal

    next to normal

    By Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey

    The West End edition of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical.

    Nice Fish

    Nice Fish

    By Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins

    A sublimely playful, profound and very funny play, by celebrated actor Mark Rylance and Minnesotan contemporary prose poet Louis Jenkins.

    The Night Alive

    The Night Alive

    By Conor McPherson

    An inimitably warm and stylish play that deftly mines the humanity to be found in the most unlikely of situations.

    The Night Heron

    The Night Heron

    By Jez Butterworth

    A dark, funny, spellbinding play about a group of outcasts and eccentrics gathered in the Cambridgeshire fens.

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    A Night in November

    A Night in November

    By Marie Jones

    The multi-award-winning playwright explores the subjects of football and sectarianism, set during the 1994 World Cup.

    Published in volume Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays
      Night of the Assassins

      Night of the Assassins

      By José Triana Translated by Sebastian Doggart

      Three siblings plot to kill their parents in this controversial masterpiece from a major Cuban poet and playwright.

      Night Time

      Night Time

      By Selma Dimitrijević

      A hypnotic noir thriller set in a beguiling world of dream, danger and fantasy.

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      The Nightclub

      The Nightclub

      By Chloe Todd Fordham

      A short play about three very different women at a gay nightclub in Orlando, who are caught up in a terrifying hate crime.

      The Nightingales

      The Nightingales

      By William Gaminara

      A funny, touching and thought-provoking comedy drama about the members of a village choir.

      Nightwatchman

      Nightwatchman

      By Prasanna Puwanarajah

      A British Sri Lankan cricketer prepares for the innings of her life for England against Sri Lanka at Lord’s.

      Nine Lessons and Carols

      Nine Lessons and Carols

      Stories for a Long Winter

      By Chris Bush and Maimuna Memon

      A play about connection and isolation, forged during the Covid pandemic, exploring what we hold on to in troubled times.

      Nine Night

      Nine Night

      By Natasha Gordon

      A touching and very funny exploration of the rituals of family, set amidst a traditional Jamaican Nine Night wake.

      Nineteen Ninety-Two

      Nineteen Ninety-Two

      By Lisa McGee

      A short play about two brothers biding their time to savour revenge - but how can they be sure they've got the right girl?

      Published in volume Irish Shorts