Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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What is the Custom of Your Grief?

A short play by Timberlake Wertenbaker about an English schoolgirl who is befriended online by an Afghan girl after her brother is killed while on active duty in Afghanistan.

What Love Is

By Linda McLean

2f 1m

A short play about caring for your parents.

Published in volume Sex & God

What Shadows

By Chris Hannan

4-7f 4-8m

A searing look at identity and immigration within a bitterly divided country.

What We Know

By pamela carter

3f 3m

A funny, painful and deeply moving play about loss - and cooking.

When Cows Go Boom

By Stacey Gregg

1f 1m

A short play by Stacey Gregg, an oblique parable of love set against the backdrop of a horrific landscape.

Published in volume Irish Shorts

When the Crows Visit

By Anupama Chandrasekhar

4f 3m doubling (up to 5f 4m)

A dark and thrilling play inspired by true events in modern-day India, exploring the themes of Ibsen's Ghosts and the cyclical nature of oppression.

When the Daffodils

By Joel Tan

A searching portrait of human kindness in a world that sets limits on how we care for the vulnerable. First performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season of short plays.

Published in volume Inside/Outside

When the Rain Stops Falling

By Andrew Bovell

4f 5m (4f 3m possible)

A heartrending drama about family, betrayal and forgiveness, spanning four generations and two hemispheres. From the writer of the award-winning film Lantana.

When They Go Low

By Natalie Mitchell

6-10f 3-4m (larger cast possible)

A play about everyday feminism, consent and the changing face of teenage sexuality in an online world. Written for the National Theatre Connections Festival.

When This Is Over

A Blueprint for Creating Your Own Production, and the Original Playscript

By Ned Glasier, Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey and Company Three

Flexible cast (see note in description)

A theatrical celebration of hope, possibility and imagination, designed to be created and performed by teenage casts, drawing directly on their own life experiences and the stories they want to tell. Winner, Outstanding Drama Initiative at the Music and Drama Education Awards.