Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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This Changes Everything

20f (could be done with more)

A play about a group of young women seeking to form a new type of society and a better way of living. Part of Platform, a series of big-cast plays with predominantly or all-female casts, written specifically for performance by school, college and youth-theatre groups.

This is a Chair

7f 8m (2f 3m minimum with doubling)

A short play about the surreal nature of modern life.

This is Living

1f 1m

A poignant exploration of what it means to say goodbye.

This Lime Tree Bower

3m

A poignant and gripping tale told through three interlinking monologues from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

This May Hurt A Bit

4f 4m, doubling (large cast possible)

A witty, tender, and occasionaly surreal exploration of one family's experience of the NHS.

This Might Not Be It

2f 1m

A candid portrayal of mental health services in the NHS, premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2024.

This Must Be the Place

1f 3m, doubling (2f 4m)

A play comprising two short ballads about migration, missed connections, and life on the edge of respectability.

This Wide Night

2f

A tender portrayal of two women trying to start again after their release from prison.

Thon Man Molière

4f 3m, plus 1f/m non-speaking

The story of the great comedian Molière - his scandalous marriage, his scurrilous plays and the irresistible creation of his infamous and celebrated satire Tartuffe.

Three

3m (other casting options are possible)

A short play about three young Israelis caught up in a hostage situation.

Published in volume One Jewish Boy

    THREE

    11f 9m

    A funny, dark and thrilling play about family connections and the fallout from violence. In the Multiplay Drama series.

    Three Birds

    3f 2m

    A startling and darkly comic drama about childhood, family and fantasy. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, and later adapted into BBC television drama Just Act Normal.

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    Bill Bryson, Adapted by Tim Whitnall

    Fin Kennedy

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    Alexandra Wood, Adapted from Kate Summerscale

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    Henrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard Eyre

    Tom Wells

    Jeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey