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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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Oslo

Oslo

By J. T. Rogers

A darkly funny political thriller, winner of the 2017 Tony Award for Best Play.

The Other Boleyn Girl

The Other Boleyn Girl (stage version)

By Philippa Gregory Adapted by Mike Poulton

A racy and riveting drama of intrigue at the Tudor court, based on Philippa Gregory's internationally bestselling novel.

Other Worlds

Other Worlds

By Robert Holman

A gorilla is taken for a French spy by an eighteenth-century fishing community on the isolated North Yorkshire coast, in a play that explores fears of the unknown.

Otherland

Otherland

By Chris Bush

A play exploring what it means to be true to yourself in the face of unstoppable change, from the writer of Standing at the Sky's Edge. Premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2025.

Our Few and Evil Days

Our Few and Evil Days

By Mark O'Rowe

A chilling yet deeply human story about the limits of devotion.

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Our Generation

Our Generation

By Alecky Blythe

An engrossing verbatim created from five years of interviews with twelve young people from across the UK. A captivating portrait of their teenage years as they journey into adulthood.

Our New Girl

Our New Girl

By Nancy Harris

Two plays from one of Ireland's leading dramatists.

Our New Girl & Little Dolls: two plays

Our New Girl & Little Dolls: two plays

By Nancy Harris

Two plays from one of Ireland's leading dramatists.

Out of Love

Out of Love

By Elinor Cook

A tale of friendship, love and rivalry over thirty years from award-winning playwright Elinor Cook.

Out of Sorts

Out of Sorts

By Danusia Samal

A drama about clashing cultural values and the struggle to hold it all together. Winner of the 2018 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award.

Out of Your Knowledge

Out of Your Knowledge

By Steve Waters

A short play that explores our changing attitudes towards the landscape.

The Outrun

The Outrun (stage version)

By Stef Smith Original author Amy Liptrot

The bestselling memoir brought to life in a stage adaptation premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2024.

The Overgrown Path

The Overgrown Path

By Robert Holman

An aspiring academic arrives on a Greek island to interview a reclusive scientist, in a play about history and the stories we tell each other to make sense of ourselves.

Override

Override

By Stacey Gregg

A captivating, darkly comic play that questions what it means to be human.

Overspill

Overspill

By Ali Taylor

A poetic, explosive thriller about three young men on a night out that ends in violence.

The P Word

The P Word

By Waleed Akhtar

A sharp-witted and devastating play charting the parallel lives of two gay Pakistani men as they negotiate everything from casual hook-ups to the UK's hostile environment.

Pack

Pack

By Louise Monaghan

A raw, uncompromising drama about bigotry and racism that explores the insidious rise of the British National Party. Winner of the 2012 Papatango New Writing Competition.

The Pain and the Itch

The Pain and the Itch

By Bruce Norris

A hilarious social satire about liberal hypocrisy from an American writer whose work has been staged by the world famous Steppenwolf Theatre.

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Pandas

Pandas

By Rona Munro

A romantic-comedy-thriller about the heat of love and the magic of changing perspectives.

The Panel

The Panel

By Zinnie Harris

A short play about the power politics underlying the selection of any candidate.

Papatango Plays

Papatango Plays

Three Prize-Winning Plays

By Nkenna Akunna, Tajinder Singh Hayer and Tom Powell

Three urgent and compelling plays, joint winners of the 2021 New Writing Prize awarded by acclaimed theatre company Papatango, in partnership with English Touring Theatre.

Paper

Paper

By Chris Bush

A play about family, heritage and legacy, part of Chris Bush's triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors.

Paper Knickers

Paper Knickers

By Jackie Hagan

A bold, witty monologue play exploring what it is to be an amputee, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues
    Paradise Now!

    Paradise Now!

    By Margaret Perry

    A funny and raging play about ambition, exploitation and the search for connection in a fractured world.