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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 Wardrobe

The Wardrobe

By Sam Holcroft

A gripping journey through British history that shows how our country was shaped and how connected we are with our past. Part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.

War and Peace Gaza Piece

War and Peace Gaza Piece

By Caryl Churchill

A short play about war and family life.

Published in volume Caryl Churchill Plays: Five
    War and Peace

    War and Peace (stage version)

    By Leo Tolstoy Adapted by Helen Edmundson

    A magnificent two-play epic, adapted from Tolstoy's novel and first staged by Shared Experience.

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    The Walworth Farce

    The Walworth Farce

    By Enda Walsh

    A remarkable play about what can happen when we become stuck in the stories we tell about our lives.

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    Enda Walsh Plays: Two

    Enda Walsh Plays: Two

    By Enda Walsh

    The second collection of plays from the multi-award-winning Irish playwright, including The Walworth Farce, The New Electric Ballroom, Penelope, Ballyturk and two short plays, with a Foreword by the author.

    Enda Walsh Plays: One

    Enda Walsh Plays: One

    By Enda Walsh

    The first eight astonishing plays by 'one of the most dazzling wordsmiths of contemporary theatre'.

    Waiting Room Germany

    Waiting Room Germany

    By Klaus Pohl Translated by David Tushingham

    A raw and honest verbatim-theatre play about post-reunification Germany, commissioned in 1994 by Der Spiegel to test the mood of the new Germany.

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    The Waiting List

    The Waiting List

    By Owen McCafferty

    A blackly comic monologue about a man under siege in the community where he grew up.

    Published in volume Mojo Mickybo: Three Plays
      VS09

      VS09

      By Hayley Squires

      A sharp, fast-paced exploration of the possibilities of love, friendship and healing in the search for home. In the Multiplay Drama series.

      Voices from Ukraine: Two Plays

      Voices from Ukraine: Two Plays

      By Neda Nezhdana and Natal'ya Vorozhbit

      Two powerful plays about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by two of Ukraine's leading playwrights.

      The Visitor

      The Visitor

      By Iain Crichton Smith

      A short play about a schoolmaster on the verge of retirement, confronted by a mysterious young man wishing to pay his respects.

      Published in volume Family: three plays
        The Visit, or The Old Lady Comes to Call

        The Visit, or The Old Lady Comes to Call

        By Friedrich Dürrenmatt Adapted by Tony Kushner

        Dürrenmatt's visionary revenge play, one of the great achievements of modern German-language theatre, transported to mid-twentieth-century America by the acclaimed playwright Tony Kushner.

        Vincent in Brixton

        Vincent in Brixton

        By Nicholas Wright

        A moving portrait of the young Vincent van Gogh - a hit in the West End and on Broadway.

        The Village Church

        The Village Church

        By Tamara von Werthern

        A short play about faith, families, and fitting in.

        The Village

        The Village

        By Abi Falase and Tatenda Shamiso

        A punchy and provocative story about democracy, power, and how we can try to build a better world. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.

        Victoria's Knickers

        Victoria's Knickers

        By Josh Azouz

        An epic romcom telling the story of an unlikely romance between the Queen of England and a boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Premiered by the National Youth Theatre.

        Vernon God Little

        Vernon God Little (stage version)

        By DBC Pierre Adapted by Tanya Ronder

        A darkly riotous, superbly fast-talking adventure, adapted from the Booker Prize-winning novel.

        The Veil

        The Veil

        By Conor McPherson

        Set around a haunted house hemmed in by a restive, starving populace, The Veil weaves Ireland’s troubled colonial history into a transfixing story about the search for love, the transcendental and the circularity of time.

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