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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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Oedipus

Oedipus

By Robert Icke Original author Sophocles

Sophocles' epic tragedy transformed into an essential, explosive human thriller by visionary director Robert Icke.

Oil

Oil

By Ella Hickson

An explosive play that drills deep into the world's relationship with this finite resource.

Old Bridge

Old Bridge

By Igor Memic

An epic love story exploring the impact of a war that Europe forgot, and the love and loss of those who lived through it. Winner of the 2020 Papatango New Writing Prize.

Old Fools

Old Fools

By Tristan Bernays

A surprising and touching tale about a couple, their experience of Alzheimer’s, and their enduring efforts to hold their relationship together through the years.

An Old Song, Half Forgotten

An Old Song, Half Forgotten

By Deirdre Kinahan

A short play about the life and soul of an older actor living in care with Alzheimer's disease.

On Insomnia and Midnight

On Insomnia and Midnight

By Edgar Chías Translated by David Johnston

In a mountain hotel an ailing guest and nervous chambermaid strike up an uneasy friendship.

Published in volume Mexican Plays
    On Such As We

    On Such As We

    By Billy Roche

    A heart-warming play set in a small town in southern Ireland - from the award-winning writer of The Wexford Trilogy.

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    On the Beach

    On the Beach

    By Steve Waters

    Part of The Contingency Plan, Steve Waters' epic portrait of an England of the near future, in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods.

    Published in volume The Contingency Plan
      On the Ceiling

      On the Ceiling

      By Nigel Planer

      A quirky comedy about the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, from the well-known actor and writer - seen in the West End starring Ron Cook and Ralf Little.

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      Once Upon A Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia

      Once Upon A Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia

      By Josh Azouz

      A brutally comic play about home and identity, marriage and survival, blood and feathers.

      Once: The Musical

      Once: The Musical

      By Enda Walsh By (composer) Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová

      An extraordinary, Tony Award-winning musical about love, friendship and music. Based on the Academy Award-winning film.

      The One

      The One

      By Vicky Jones

      A viciously funny play about a couple trapped in a destructive cycle of love and lust. Winner of the 2013 Verity Bargate Award.

      One Day All This Will Come to Nothing

      One Day All This Will Come to Nothing

      By Catherine Grosvenor

      A dark, twisted, captivating play about living with loss.

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      One Fine Day

      One Fine Day

      By Nicholas Wright

      A play about the gulf that separates Britain and Black Africa.

      Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five Plays
        One For Sorrow

        One For Sorrow

        By Cordelia Lynn

        Following an attack on London, a family let a stranger into their house. Cordelia Lynn's play explores community and the limits of tolerance.

        One Good Beating

        One Good Beating

        By Linda McLean

        A blackly comic short play about a grown-up brother and sister who exact revenge on their violent father.

        One Jewish Boy

        One Jewish Boy

        By Stephen Laughton

        A bittersweet comedy addressing anti-Semitism through one young family's struggle against prejudice.

        One Thousand and One

        One Thousand and One

        By Camilla Whitehill

        A short play from the author of Mr Incredible and Where Do Little Birds Go?.

        Published in volume Mr Incredible
          One Way Street

          One Way Street

          By David Greig

          A one-man show set in eastern Berlin in 1995, in which Flannery tells us his life story in the form of a guide to the city.

          Open

          Open

          By Christopher Adams and Timothy Allsop

          A frank, refreshing romance that draws on interviews, conversation and private correspondence to explore the authors' real-life open marriage.

          Orca

          Orca

          By Matt Grinter

          An incisive, unflinching insight into what makes a community tolerate the unthinkable. Winner of the 2016 Papatango New Writing Prize.

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          Orchids in the Moonlight

          Orchids in the Moonlight

          By Carlos Fuentes Translated by Sebastian Doggart

          Set in Venice the day Orson Welles died, this extraordinary play by a leading Mexican writer stretches the imagination with artistic reveries and supernatural fantasies.

          Original Death Rabbit

          Original Death Rabbit

          By Rose Heiney

          A painfully funny play, shining a light on one woman's struggle with the dark side of the internet

          Orlando

          Orlando (stage version)

          By Virginia Woolf Adapted by Neil Bartlett

          A sparkling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's famous fantasy, premiered in the West End with Golden Globe winner Emma Corrin leading an ensemble company.