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.
The Aspidistra Code
A sinister but comic drama of honour and violence, from the award-winning author of Howie the Rookie.
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£4.99£3.99
The Assassination of Katie Hopkins
A smart, witty new musical by Chris Bush and Matt Winkworth about truth, celebrity and public outrage.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99The Astronaut's Chair
By Rona MunroRona Munro's thrilling play about the race to be the first woman in space.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79At the Table
By Marcos Barbosa Translated by Mark O'ThomasAn unnerving short play by Brazilian playwright Marcos Barbosa.
Published in volume Almost Nothing & At the TableAudition
By Mat FraserA short monologue play about a disabled actor facing up to the traumatic experience of auditioning, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.
Published in volume CripTales: Six MonologuesAugust: Osage County
By Tracy LettsA hugely-acclaimed black comedy exposing the dark side of the Midwestern American family.
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£10.99£8.79
The Authorised Kate Bane
By Ella HicksonA painfully comic excavation of a family history asks if there is an authorised version of the past - or just the one we can live with.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39The Baby
By Chris HannanA modern epic set in ancient Rome, about a polyglot, violent city at the heart of a divided nation.
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£7.99£6.39
Bach & Sons
By Nina RaineA beautiful, profound and funny play about Johann Sebastian Bach, the irascible and turbulent composer, and his family business.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Backstairs Billy
An irreverent comedy about the fifty-year relationship between the Queen Mother and her most loyal, most outrageous servant, William 'Billy' Tallon, who joined her household at the age of fifteen. Premiered in the West End with Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Bacon
An unflinching and unexpectedly humorous play about masculinity, sexuality and power, through the dizzying lens of youth.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Bad Girls (stage version)
By Jacqueline Wilson Adapted by Vicky IrelandAn energetic, fast-moving adaptation for the stage of this modern children's classic, by the best-selling author and 2005 Children's Laureate.
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£10.99£8.79
Bad Roads
By Natal'ya Vorozhbit Translated by Sasha DugdaleA heartbreaking, powerful and bitterly comic account of what it is to be a woman in wartime.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Bad Weather
A play about freedom, guilt and the possibility of redemption, premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
The Ballad of Crazy Paola
By Arne Sierens Adapted by Stephen GreenhornA poignant two-hander about memory, truth and love.
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£7.99£6.39There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
The Ballad of Maria Marten
A thrilling play based on the nineteenth-century Red Barn Murder in Suffolk, rediscovering the lost story of the murder victim, Maria Marten.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79
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