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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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Rockets and Blue Lights

Rockets and Blue Lights

By Winsome Pinnock

The Alfred Fagon Award-winning play that retells British history through the prism of the slave trade.

Room 303

Room 303

By Enda Walsh

A short monologue inspired by the Third Epistle of John and first produced by the Bush Theatre, London, as part of the Sixty-Six Books season in 2011.

Published in volume Enda Walsh Plays: Two
    Rose

    Rose

    By Hywel John

    A heartbreaking study of heritage, grief and family, Rose is a powerful drama about a Middle-Eastern immigrant's struggle to raise his daughter 'the English way'.

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    Ross

    Ross

    By Terence Rattigan

    Terence Rattigan's epic and probing drama about the man immortalised as Lawrence of Arabia.

    Ross & Rachel

    Ross & Rachel

    By James Fritz

    A dark and uncompromising play about romance, expectation and mortality, James Fritz's Ross & Rachel takes an unflinching look at the myths of modern love.

    Roundabout

    Roundabout

    By Lluïsa Cunillé Translated by Oscar Ceballos and Mary Peate

    A play about obsession and delusion, by a major Spanish dramatist.

    Ruined

    Ruined

    By Lynn Nottage

    A passionate, heartfelt play about surviving in a time of civil war, by a leading American dramatist. Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

    Rules for Living

    Rules for Living

    By Sam Holcroft

    A theatrically playful, dark comedy about the unwritten rules we follow in our lives.

    Rum and Vodka

    Rum and Vodka

    By Conor McPherson

    A short monologue play from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

    Run

    Run

    By Stephen Laughton

    Stephen Laughton's one-man play about a gay Jewish seventeen-year-old explores what it means to love, to lose, and how to grow from a boy into a man.

    Run (VAULT edition)

    Run (VAULT edition)

    By Stephen Laughton

    Stephen Laughton's one-man play, in the VAULT Festival version.

    Run Sister Run

    Run Sister Run

    By Chloë Moss

    A witty and heartfelt play about two sisters, exploring family, class and dependence.

    Run, Rebel

    Run, Rebel (stage version)

    By Manjeet Mann

    A fast-paced, mesmerising stage version of the prize-winning YA verse novel about a young woman beginning to take control of her life. Edition includes a range of teaching materials and resources.

    Russian Dolls

    Russian Dolls

    By Kate Lock

    Kate Lock's play about a surprising relationship between two very different women, winner of the 2015 Adrian Pagan Award.

    Rust

    Rust

    By Kenny Emson

    An ultra-contemporary, sexy and funny play that pushes the boundaries of trust, love and lust to the limit.

    Salad Day

    Salad Day

    By Deirdre Kinahan

    A short play about an elderly couple who, trapped in a nursing home, plot a daring escape into the sunshine.

    Published in volume Irish Shorts
      Salt

      Salt

      By Fiona Peek

      A modern morality tale about the corrosive effect of money, joint winner of the 2008 Bruntwood Playwriting Competition.

      Same

      Same

      By Deborah Bruce

      A play exporing the apparent gulf between the young and old, commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.

      The Same

      The Same

      By Enda Walsh

      A play about two women who meet in a psychiatric institution.

      Published in volume Medicine & The Same: two plays
        Samskara

        Samskara

        By Lanre Malaolu

        An explosive fusion of text, physical theatre and hip-hop dance exploring vulnerability, emotional trauma and what it means to be a black man in twenty-first-century Britain.

        Samuel Takes a Break

        Samuel Takes a Break

        in Male Dungeon No. 5 After a Long but Generally Successful Day of Tours

        By Rhianna Ilube

        An extraordinary, genre-blending play about colonialism, identity and the attempt to preserve the past, premiered at The Yard Theatre London in 2024.

        The Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself

        The Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself

        By Claudia Ríos Translated by Roxana Silbert

        After a young girl's suicide, her parents meet for the first time in years at the school where she died.

        Published in volume Mexican Plays
          Sandpaper on Sunburn

          Sandpaper on Sunburn

          By David Horan

          The personal becomes political in a funny and fascinating play exploring identity and family. Premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival in September 2024.

          Satin 'n' Steel

          Satin 'n' Steel

          By Amanda Whittington

          A comic two-hander about the irresistible allure of showbusiness, from the author of Be My Baby.

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