Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Boudica
A brand-new ancient-history play in verse that tells the story of one of Britain's most iconic women: a queen, a warrior and a rebel.
The Bounds
1f 2m plus 1 boyA darkly comedic tale of national divides, folk horror and the end of the world as we know it. Premiered at Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, and the Royal Court Theatre, London.
Box Clever
1f 1f/m (larger cast possible)A moving, truthful and darkly comic play about one woman's experience of a women's refuge.
Boy Parts (stage version)
By Eliza Clark Adapted by Gillian Greer1fA pitch-black psychological thriller based on the critically acclaimed debut novel by Eliza Clark. Premiered at Soho Theatre, London.
Boys
By Ella Hickson2f 4mFour boys face the tricky transition to adulthood in Ella Hickson's riot of a play.
Boys Will Be Boys
5f, doubling (11 female roles)An exhilarating play about a ruthless female City trader who takes on a young and ambitious protegee.
Br'er Cotton
2f 3m 1f/mA scorching play about a fourteen-year-old boy struggling to make sense of his place in an impoverished world filled with seemingly random killings of young black men.
Brace Brace
By Oli Forsyth1f 2mA gripping play about the people we become in the aftermath of catastrophe. Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2024.
Bracken Moor
3f 5mA boldly theatrical tale of grief and denial, set against the economic crisis of the 1930s.
Brainstorm: The Original Playscript
And a Blueprint for Creating Your Own Production
variable - flexible castingA unique theatrical investigation into how teenagers' brains work, and why they’re designed by evolution to be the way they are.
Brazil
1mA blistering monologue set in Scotland in the near future, when Europe is at war with America, and Scotland suffers collateral damage in the clash of civilisations.
Published in volume Singular Male Voices
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Amateur Productions
On Now & Coming SoonBill Bryson, Adapted by Tim WhitnallFin KennedyAmanda WhittingtonAlexandra Wood, Adapted from Kate SummerscaleAmanda WhittingtonHenrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard EyreTom WellsJeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey