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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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No Naughty Bits

No Naughty Bits

By Steve Thompson

A gloriously funny play about the nature of comedy, the operation of censorship, and the complex misunderstandings implicit in the Anglo-American relationship.

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No Particular Order

No Particular Order

By Joel Tan

A startling and apocalyptic play that charts the fate of a society under a despot, through the lives of bureaucrats, soldiers, ornithologists and tour guides.

No Romance

No Romance

By Nancy Harris

A tender and funny tale about our secret selves, and our search for connection in a fractured world.

Nora : A Doll's House

Nora : A Doll's House

By Stef Smith Original author Henrik Ibsen

A bold new version of Ibsen's brutal portrayal of womanhood.

The Normal Heart

The Normal Heart

By Larry Kramer

Larry Kramer's ground-breaking play about the 1980s AIDS crisis, published in a new edition alongside the major National Theatre revival in 2021.

Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey (stage version)

By Jane Austen Adapted by Tim Luscombe

A delightful stage version of Jane Austen's earliest novel, her mock-Gothic Romance.

Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey (stage version)

By Zoe Cooper Original author Jane Austen

A playful and surprising reimagining of Jane Austen's novel, infused with the spirit of the original, and fizzing with imagination and humour.

Not a Game for Boys

Not a Game for Boys

By Simon Block

A razor-sharp comedy about three cabbies competing in a local table tennis league.

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Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen

Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen

By Caryl Churchill

A short play set in a dystopian future, where a couple in a tower block hide from the violence and pollution outside.

Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
    Notes for First Time Astronauts

    Notes for First Time Astronauts

    By Tom Wells

    A comic monologue warning of the perils of self-abuse in zero gravity conditions.

    Published in volume Me, As A Penguin
      Notes from a Small Island

      Notes from a Small Island (stage version)

      By Bill Bryson Adapted by Tim Whitnall

       

      A stage adaptation of Bill Bryson's smash-hit memoir, one of the nation's most beloved books, and a brilliant dissection of the enduring quirks of our small island.

      Notes on Falling Leaves

      Notes on Falling Leaves

      By Ayub Khan Din

      A poignant, elegiac short play from the author of East is East.

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      Noughts & Crosses

      Noughts & Crosses (RSC stage version)

      By Malorie Blackman Adapted by Dominic Cooke

      An electrifying, bittersweet love story with echoes of Romeo and Juliet, set in a society divided by racial bigotry and a world rocked by terrorism. 

      Noughts & Crosses

      Noughts & Crosses (Pilot Theatre stage version)

      By Sabrina Mahfouz Original author Malorie Blackman

      An award-winning stage adaptation of Malorie Blackman's acclaimed novel, a captivating drama of love, revolution and what it means to grow up in a divided world.

      Now This Is Not The End

      Now This Is Not The End

      By Rose Lewenstein

      A poignant play set in London and Berlin, exploring the meaning of legacy, identity and our sense of belonging, through the eyes of three generations of women.

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      Now, I See

      Now, I See

      By Lanre Malaolu

      A powerful fusion of movement, song and text, exploring identity, forgiveness and nature's capacity to heal. Part of a groundbreaking trilogy about being a Black man in contemporary Britain.

      NSFW

      NSFW

      By Lucy Kirkwood

      A sharp comedy about power games and privacy in the media and beyond.

      A Number

      A Number

      By Caryl Churchill

      A fascinating meditation on human cloning, personal identity and the conflicting claims of nature and nurture.

      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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      nut

      nut

      By debbie tucker green

      A play about a woman who wants to withdraw from the world.

      O go my Man

      O go my Man

      By Stella Feehily

      A satirical comedy of modern manners set in contemporary Dublin. Joint winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for 2006-07.

      Mark O'Rowe Plays: One

      Mark O'Rowe Plays: One

      By Mark O'Rowe

      Five plays from the sensational voice of new writing for Irish theatre.

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      Octopolis

      Octopolis

      By Marek Horn

      A fascinating and funny play for two actors – and one octopus – exploring love, grief and what makes us human.

      An Octoroon

      An Octoroon

      By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

      The Obie Award-winning play about race and identity in America today.