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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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A Night in November

A Night in November

By Marie Jones

The multi-award-winning playwright explores the subjects of football and sectarianism, set during the 1994 World Cup.

Published in volume Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays
    Stones in His Pockets

    Stones in His Pockets

    By Marie Jones

    Hollywood comes to rural Ireland in this hilarious multi-award winner which ran for four years in London's West End.

    Published in volume Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays
      The Good Samaritan

      The Good Samaritan

      By David Haig

      A provocative drama about good intentions going awry, from the well-known stage and screen actor.

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      Abandonment

      Abandonment

      By Kate Atkinson

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

      So Long Life

      So Long Life

      By Peter Nichols

      A comedy drama portraying a ghastly family gathering with great humour and unflinching honesty.

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      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.

      Hansel and Gretel

      Hansel and Gretel (stage version)

      By Stuart Paterson

      An imaginative reworking of the children's classic, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.

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      Cinderella

      Cinderella (stage version)

      By Stuart Paterson

      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

      The Force of Change

      By Gary Mitchell

      An explosively topical play about institutional corruption in Northern Ireland.

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      Poor Beast in the Rain

      Poor Beast in the Rain

      By Billy Roche

      A 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 Trilogy
        Belfry

        Belfry

        By Billy Roche

        A deeply moving tale about what lies beneath the surface of everyday lives.

        Published in volume The Wexford Trilogy
          I Just Stopped By To See The Man

          I Just Stopped By To See The Man

          By Stephen Jeffreys

          A play about the myth surrounding an old blues singer, from the author of The Libertine.

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          Japes

          Japes

          By Simon Gray

          A funny and sardonic play about two brothers trapped in a love triangle with the woman they both love.

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          The Cavalcaders and Amphibians

          The Cavalcaders and Amphibians

          By Billy Roche

          Two plays from the author of The Wexford Trilogy.

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          Emma

          Emma (stage version)

          By Jane Austen Adapted by Doon MacKichan and Martin Millar

          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.

          Mouth to Mouth

          Mouth to Mouth

          By Kevin Elyot

          At 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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          Amphibians

          Amphibians

          By Billy Roche

          A rite-of-passage play in which a twelve-year-old boy spends the night alone on an island.

          Published in volume The Cavalcaders and Amphibians
            The Cavalcaders

            The Cavalcaders

            By Billy Roche

            A 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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