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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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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
    What We Know

    What We Know

    By pamela carter

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

    What Shadows

    What Shadows

    By Chris Hannan

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

    What Love Is

    What Love Is

    By Linda McLean

    A short play about caring for your parents.

    Published in volume Sex & God
      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 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 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.

      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.

      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.

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      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.

      The Welkin

      The Welkin

      By Lucy Kirkwood

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

      The Weir

      The Weir

      By Conor McPherson

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

      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.

      We are Three Sisters

      We are Three Sisters

      By Blake Morrison

      Against the backdrop of a windswept northern village, three remarkable young women live their lives brightly.

      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.

      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.

      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.

      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.

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