NHB Modern Plays

A superb adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous story of the unassuming Dr Jekyll and his dark alter-ego Mr Hyde.

A smouldering political allegory about a political protest in a country ruled by a military junta. From the author of Death and the Maiden, written in collaboration with Tony Kushner, author of Angels in America.

A funny, sad and truthful romantic comedy about beating the biological clock.

A comedy drama set in the seedily glamorous world of 17th-century London theatre.

A simple and delightfully inventive re-telling of the stories from the Arabian Nights.

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

A panoramic historical drama about the man whose devotion to Hitler blinded him to the worst crime of the twentieth century, drawing closely on Gita Sereny's definitive and magisterial biography of Albert Speer.

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

A play about love, death, identity and evolution, from the bestselling and highly acclaimed novelist.

A gripping play exploring Western guilt towards the Third World, from an author well-known for her award-winning adaptations for Shared Experience and the National Theatre.

An intense psychological drama set in a women's prison, in which a mother and daughter try to break through the barriers of time, memory and punishment which separate them.

A dramatisation of the extraordinary life of Jean Rhys, in which themes of femininity, literature and hysteria and madness collide with vivid force.

A sparky and moving first play about female friendship, set in contemporary Dublin. 

The Ancient myths of the Kingdom of Thebes re-told by Scotland's foremost poet/dramatist.

An exciting innovation: three of Scotland's top playwrights combine forces on a single play - staged by 7:84 Scotland in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London.

A two-play dramatisation of Philip Pullman's extraordinary award-winning fantasy trilogy, first seen at the National Theatre.

A fresh, funny and playful tale of growing up and finding yourself in the city.

A fiercely funny play about what it's like to be a young woman living, working, drinking, loving and having sex in the 21st century.