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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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Women, Power and Politics: Now

Women, Power and Politics: Now

Five plays

By Various

A collection of wide-ranging and ambitious short plays reflecting the complexities of women and political power in the United Kingdom.

Women, Power and Politics: Then

Women, Power and Politics: Then

Four plays

By Various

A collection of wide-ranging and ambitious short plays reflecting the complexities of women and political power in the United Kingdom.

Wonder Boy

Wonder Boy

By Ross Willis

A play about the power of finding your own voice, revolving around a twelve-year-old boy with a stammer. Winner of the Best Play Award at the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards.

The Wonder of Sex

The Wonder of Sex

By Patrick Barlow

A delightfully wacky comedy about the facts of life, from the fictional 'National Theatre of Brent'.

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Word-Play

Word-Play

By Rabiah Hussain

A play about what happens when a Prime Minister ad-libs on live TV, exploring how language seeps into public consciousness and reverberates with far-reaching consequences that will last for generations. Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London.

Words of Advice for Young People

Words of Advice for Young People

By Ioanna Anderson

An intriguing and offbeat play about family and religion.

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World Factory: The Game

World Factory: The Game

By Zoë Svendsen and Simon Daw

A participative theatre experience about global consumer capitalism, offering readers the opportunity to play – as individuals or in teams – the managers of a clothing factory in China.

World Music

World Music

By Steve Waters

A subtle and topical play about European attitudes to Africa.

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Wormwood

Wormwood

By Catherine Czerkawska

A poetic and heart-rending play written in response to the tenth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.

Woyzeck

Woyzeck

By Georg Büchner Adapted by Jack Thorne

The multi-award-winning Jack Thorne breathes new life into Georg Büchner's existential masterpiece, Woyzeck, one of the most extraordinary plays ever written.

Wretch

Wretch

By Rebecca Walker

An ex-teacher and an ex-junkie meet on a night bus during long, dark nights of homelessness.

Nicholas Wright: Five Plays

Nicholas Wright: Five Plays

By Nicholas Wright

A rich selection of work by leading playwright Nicholas Wright, introduced by the playwright.

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The Writer

The Writer

By Ella Hickson

A young writer challenges the status quo but discovers that creative gain comes at a personal cost.

Writer's Cramp

Writer's Cramp

By John Byrne

The debut play from the author of The Slab Boys and Tutti Frutti, taking satirical swipes at Anglo-Scottish cultural pretensions.

Published in volume Scot-Free
    Written on the Heart

    Written on the Heart

    By David Edgar

    An enthralling historical drama about the creation of the King James Bible, commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company to mark its four-hundredth anniversary.

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    Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights (stage version)

    By Emily Brontë Adapted by Lucy Gough

    An eminently actable, and readable, version of the well-loved story about a passionate but doomed love affair, one of the most famous and enduring love stories in the English language.

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    Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights (stage version)

    By Emily Brontë Adapted by Andrew Sheridan

    A ferocious, wild and utterly exhilarating adaptation of Emily Brontë's indelible masterpiece.

    The Years

    The Years

    By Annie Ernaux Adapted by Eline Arbo

    The official West End edition of the powerful stage adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux's critically acclaimed 'masterpiece' (Guardian), published alongside the West End production in 2025.

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    Yellowfin

    Yellowfin

    By Marek Horn

    Politics and the planet collide in a fiercely original play about the limits of science, the power of myths, and the things we can't control.

    Yen

    Yen

    By Anna Jordan

    Anna Jordan's Bruntwood Prize-winning play, Yen explores a childhood lived without boundaries and the consequences of being forced to grow up on your own.

    You Stupid Darkness!

    You Stupid Darkness!

    By Sam Steiner

    An urgent play about the struggle for optimism and community amid the chaos of a world falling apart.

    You, Me and Wii

    You, Me and Wii

    By Sue Townsend

    A short play by the author of the Adrian Mole books, set in a council house in a small Leicestershire town at election time.

    Your Turn to Clean the Stair

    Your Turn to Clean the Stair

    By Rona Munro

    A comically sinister study of the tensions in an Edinburgh tenement.

    Published in volume Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue
      Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue

      Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue

      By Rona Munro

      Two plays, from the award-winning author Rona Munro.