Nick Hern Books

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 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.

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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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
    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.

    Steve Waters: Shorts

    Steve Waters: Shorts

    Five Plays

    By Steve Waters

    Five short plays from acclaimed playwright Steve Waters, all of them deeply personal accounts of his attempts to make sense of twenty-first-century Britain and an ever-changing world.

    The Way Home

    The Way Home

    By Chloë Moss

    A spiky play about the clash between suburban and itinerant ways of life in present-day Liverpool.

    The Way Old Friends Do

    The Way Old Friends Do

    By Ian Hallard

    A tender, laugh-out-loud comedy about two friends who form the world's first ABBA tribute band in drag.

    We Anchor in Hope

    We Anchor in Hope

    By Anna Jordan

    A play about the end of an era as a London boozer closes its doors one final time.

    We are Three Sisters

    We are Three Sisters

    By Blake Morrison

    A thrillingly atmospheric historical drama for the stage, evoking the lives of the Brontë sisters, with a nod to Chekhov's Three Sisters.

    We Happy Few

    We Happy Few

    By Imogen Stubbs

    A comedy drama about an all-female theatre company touring Britain during the darkest days of World War Two, written by the well-known actress and premiered in the West End.

    Weather Girl

    Weather Girl

    By Brian Watkins

    A blistering dark comedy about wrecking the places we love. Premiered at Summerhall during the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

    The Weir

    The Weir

    By Conor McPherson

    The spellbinding, beautifully observed hit from the master of suspenseful realism.

    The Welkin

    The Welkin

    By Lucy Kirkwood

    Lucy Kirkwood's play about a woman sentenced to hang for murder in 18th-century rural Suffolk.

    Wellington 24

    Wellington 24

    By Rachel Harper

    An upbeat and empowering World War II tale about teamwork, collaboration and beating the odds. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.

    Wendy & Peter Pan

    Wendy & Peter Pan

    By Ella Hickson Original author J.M. Barrie

    A refreshingly modern version of J.M. Barrie's much-loved story that puts the character of Wendy firmly centre stage.

    The Wexford Trilogy

    The Wexford Trilogy

    By Billy Roche

    Set in a snooker club, a betting shop and a local church, each play introduces a mix of young cornerboys, old cowboys and chancers of any age in a lyrical, poignant and often hilarious account of lost dreams and thwarted ambitions.

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    What I (Don't) Know About Autism

    What I (Don't) Know About Autism

    By Jody O'Neill

    A sometimes comic, sometimes heartbreaking journey into the world of autism, mixing narrative, song, dance and direct address to explore this contentious and often misunderstood subject matter.

    What If If Only

    What If If Only

    By Caryl Churchill

    Your partner's died, could things have been different? A short play by Caryl Churchill, published with another short piece, Air.

    What is the Custom of Your Grief?

    What is the Custom of Your Grief?

    By Timberlake Wertenbaker

    A short play by Timberlake Wertenbaker about an English schoolgirl who is befriended online by an Afghan girl after her brother is killed while on active duty in Afghanistan.

    What Love Is

    What Love Is

    By Linda McLean

    A short play about caring for your parents.

    Published in volume Sex & God
      What Shadows

      What Shadows

      By Chris Hannan

      A searing look at identity and immigration within a bitterly divided country.

      What We Know

      What We Know

      By pamela carter

      A funny, painful and deeply moving play about loss - and cooking.

      When Cows Go Boom

      When Cows Go Boom

      By Stacey Gregg

      A short play by Stacey Gregg, an oblique parable of love set against the backdrop of a horrific landscape.

      Published in volume Irish Shorts
        When the Crows Visit

        When the Crows Visit

        By Anupama Chandrasekhar

        A dark and thrilling play inspired by true events in modern-day India, exploring the themes of Ibsen's Ghosts and the cyclical nature of oppression.