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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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Alys, Always

Alys, Always (stage version)

By Harriet Lane Adapted by Lucinda Coxon

A psychological thriller, adapted for the stage from Harriet Lane's gripping novel.

Among Unbroken Hearts

Among Unbroken Hearts

By Henry Adam

A drug-taking hard man from the city returns home to the Highlands to try to recapture the innocence of his youth.

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Amongst the Reeds

Amongst the Reeds

By Chinonyerem Odimba

Two friends scratch out a living on the margins of society in a play commissioned by acclaimed theatre company Clean Break.

Published in volume House + Amongst the Reeds: two plays
    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
      Amsterdam

      Amsterdam

      By Maya Arad Yasur Translated by Eran Edry

      A strikingly original, audacious thriller from a prize-winning Israeli writer.

      The Anarchist

      The Anarchist

      By Karina Wiedman

      A gripping, timely, and deeply moving play about protest, democracy and freedom. Winner of the Woven Voices Prize for migrant playwrights, 2022.

      And Then Come The Nightjars

      And Then Come The Nightjars

      By Bea Roberts

      A tender, frank and funny play about a West Country farm struggling to survive the Foot and Mouth pandemic.

      Angel

      Angel

      By Henry Naylor

      Inspired by the extraordinary true story of the Angel of Kobane, Angel is part of Henry Naylor's Arabian Nightmares trilogy.

      Angels

      Angels

      By Ronan O'Donnell

      A suspicious death at the workplace and loner security guard Nick Prentice is hauled in for interrogation. An uproarious underworld whodunit, Ronan O’Donnell’s single-hander reworks the hardboiled crime thriller for our times.

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      Angels in America

      Angels in America

      By Tony Kushner

      A magnificent, two-part epic drama set during the Reagan years in America - now recognised as one of the greatest plays of the twentieth century.

      Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches

      Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches

      By Tony Kushner

      Part One of the two-part Angels in America, an epic drama set during the Reagan years in America - now recognised as one of the greatest plays of the twentieth century.

      Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika

      Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika

      By Tony Kushner

      The second part of Tony Kushner's acclaimed epic drama set during the Reagan years in America.

      Animal

      Animal

      By Jon Bradfield With Josh Hepple

      A hilarious, challenging and heartbreaking play about a gay, disabled man embarking on a sexual and romantic odyssey.

      Animal Farm

      Animal Farm (stage version)

      By George Orwell Adapted by Ian Wooldridge

      A powerful and straightforward dramatisation of Orwell's enduring parable on the perils of totalitarianism.

      ANNA

      ANNA

      By Ella Hickson

      A radical play set in East Berlin in 1968, unfolding with all the tension of a spy thriller and the inexorable revelations of an Ibsen drama.

      Anna Karenina

      Anna Karenina (stage version)

      By Leo Tolstoy Adapted by Helen Edmundson

      Helen Edmundson's celebrated adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's enduring classic is a vibrant and deeply moving meditation on the nature of love.

      Anna Weiss

      Anna Weiss

      By Mike Cullen

      An explosive, gripping and disturbing play about the phenomenon of False Memory Syndrome.

      Anne Boleyn

      Anne Boleyn

      By Howard Brenton

      A celebration of a great English heroine, Anne Boleyn dramatises the life and legacy of Henry VIII's notorious second wife, who helped change the course of the nation's history.

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