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.
A Night in November
The multi-award-winning playwright explores the subjects of football and sectarianism, set during the 1994 World Cup.
Stones in His Pockets
Hollywood comes to rural Ireland in this hilarious multi-award winner which ran for four years in London's West End.
The Good Samaritan
A provocative drama about good intentions going awry, from the well-known stage and screen actor.
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Abandonment
A play about love, death, identity and evolution, from the bestselling and highly acclaimed novelist.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39So Long Life
A comedy drama portraying a ghastly family gathering with great humour and unflinching honesty.
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The Wexford Trilogy
By Billy RocheSet 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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Hansel and Gretel (stage version)
An imaginative reworking of the children's classic, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.
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Cinderella (stage version)
A classic fairy tale with a twist, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.
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The Force of Change
An explosively topical play about institutional corruption in Northern Ireland.
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Poor Beast in the Rain
By Billy RocheA slice of small-town life, set in a betting shop in Wexford. Part of Billy Roche's acclaimed Wexford Trilogy.
Published in volume The Wexford TrilogyBelfry
By Billy RocheA deeply moving tale about what lies beneath the surface of everyday lives.
Published in volume The Wexford TrilogyI Just Stopped By To See The Man
A play about the myth surrounding an old blues singer, from the author of The Libertine.
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Japes
By Simon GrayA funny and sardonic play about two brothers trapped in a love triangle with the woman they both love.
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By Billy RocheTwo plays from the author of The Wexford Trilogy.
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Emma (stage version)
A bold, witty and fresh adaptation of Jane Austen's novel which, while thoroughly modern, retains the spirit and much of the language of the original.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Mouth to Mouth
By Kevin ElyotAt a homecoming party for Dennis and Laura's teenage son, the reappearance of an old family friend throws up secrets from the past and paves the way for fresh disaster.
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£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£8.99£7.19Amphibians
By Billy RocheA rite-of-passage play in which a twelve-year-old boy spends the night alone on an island.
Published in volume The Cavalcaders and AmphibiansThe Cavalcaders
By Billy RocheA rousing, comic play set in an old-fashioned cobbler's shop in small-town southern Ireland.
Published in volume The Cavalcaders and Amphibians
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