Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Tribes

3f 3m

A penetrating play about belonging, family and the limitations of communication.

The True Life Fiction of Mata Hari

2f 4m

A play about the notorious World War One femme fatale known as Mata Hari.

Trust

2f 5m

A play about the bonds of trust in a tight-knit Loyalist community, and how easily they are shattered, from the multi-award winning writer of The Force of Change.

truth and reconciliation

11f 11m

A play about the aftermath of violence, in conflicts around the world from Rwanda to Northern Ireland, and from Zimbabwe to Bosnia.

Trying It On

1m 1f (plus filmed segments)

An autobiographical monologue, written to be performed by its author David Edgar, in which Edgar at seventy confronts the ideals of his twenty-something self.

Tuesday

With a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth

By Alison Carr Translated by Daf James
Any number and gender (basic minimum of 5f 4m)

A funny and playful drama written specifically for young people, about what happens when the world literally turns upside-down. Bilingual edition: includes the original English play with a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth, by playwright Daf James.

Tuesdays at Tesco's

1 performer (playing a transgendered female character)

A touching one-person play about a person's true identity, the first English-language adaptation of Emmanuel Darley's hit play, Le Mardi à Monoprix.

Tumulus

3m, doubling (30+ male roles)

A chilling, queer play-noir set amongst the shadowy hills of Hampstead Heath.

The Turn of the Screw (stage version)

4f 3m

A chilling adaptation of Henry James's classic ghost story.

Twilight Song

1f 4m, doubling (1f 6m)

Kevin Elyot's evocative final play, a hilarious and heartbreaking tale of one family's hidden liaisons over half a century.

twins

2f

A short play about twins whose lives diverge, first performed at the Arcola Theatre, London, in 2015.

Two Billion Beats

2f (playing age 15 and 17)

An insightful, heartfelt coming-of-age story and a blazing account of inner-city, British-Asian teenage life.

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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