Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Boudica

7f 7m, doubling

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 boy

A 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)

1f

A pitch-black psychological thriller based on the critically acclaimed debut novel by Eliza Clark. Premiered at Soho Theatre, London.

Boys

2f 4m

Four boys face the tricky transition to adulthood in Ella Hickson's riot of a play.

Boys and Girls

2f 2m

A play in verse following four young people across one night in Dublin.

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/m

A 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

1f 2m

A gripping play about the people we become in the aftermath of catastrophe. Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2024.

Bracken Moor

3f 5m

A 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 casting

A unique theatrical investigation into how teenagers' brains work, and why they’re designed by evolution to be the way they are.

Brazil

1m

A 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.

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    Jeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey