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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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Bogboy

Bogboy

By Deirdre Kinahan

A short play in which two lost souls – a young heroin addict and a reclusive middle-aged farmer – discover a budding friendship in the bogs of Meath.

Bold Girls

Bold Girls

By Rona Munro

A sharply funny, moving play set during the Troubles in Northern Ireland and celebrating women’s strength under siege.

Bombshells

Bombshells

By Joanna Murray-Smith

Six funny and perceptive monologues about the stresses of modern female life.

The Bone Sparrow

The Bone Sparrow (stage version)

By Zana Fraillon Adapted by S. Shakthidharan

A stage adaptation of Zana Fraillon's powerful and deeply moving novel about the displacement and treatment of refugees and sanctuary seekers in Australia.

Boo

Boo

By Jack Thorne

A powerful and beautifully observed short play for one actor, exploring the impact of the newly established National Health Service on working people's lives in the 1940s and 50s.

Published in volume Jack Thorne Plays: Two
    The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage

    The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage (stage version)

    By Philip Pullman Adapted by Bryony Lavery

    The stage version of Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage, which is set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy. Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt.

    Borders

    Borders

    By Henry Naylor

    An urgent, moving and occasionally hilarious play about the migrant crisis and the politics of the Middle East.

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    born bad

    born bad

    By debbie tucker green

    A hard-hitting and original family drama.

    Boudica

    Boudica

    By Tristan Bernays

    A brand-new ancient-history play in verse that tells the story of one of Britain's most iconic women: a queen, a warrior and a rebel.

    The Bounds

    The Bounds

    By Stewart Pringle

    A darkly comedic tale of national divides, folk horror and the end of the world as we know it. Premiered at Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, and the Royal Court Theatre, London.

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    Box Clever

    Box Clever

    By Monsay Whitney

    A moving, truthful and darkly comic play about one woman's experience of a women's refuge.

    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (stage version)

    By John Boyne Adapted by Angus Jackson

    A deeply moving and thought-provoking stage play based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne.

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    Boy Parts

    Boy Parts (stage version)

    By Eliza Clark Adapted by Gillian Greer

    A pitch-black psychological thriller based on the critically acclaimed debut novel by Eliza Clark. Premiered at Soho Theatre, London.

    Boys

    Boys

    By Ella Hickson

    Four boys face the tricky transition to adulthood in Ella Hickson's riot of a play.

    Boys and Girls

    Boys and Girls

    By Carys D. Coburn

    A play in verse following four young people across one night in Dublin.

    Boys Will Be Boys

    Boys Will Be Boys

    By Melissa Bubnic

    An exhilarating play about a ruthless female City trader who takes on a young and ambitious protegee.

    Br'er Cotton

    Br'er Cotton

    By Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm

    A scorching play about a fourteen-year-old boy struggling to make sense of his place in an impoverished world filled with seemingly random killings of young black men.

    Bracken Moor

    Bracken Moor

    By Alexi Kaye Campbell

    A boldly theatrical tale of grief and denial, set against the economic crisis of the 1930s.

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