Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story (stage version)

50+ parts (original cast 5f 8m doubling)

A spine-tingling stage adaptation that is faithful to the heart and spirit of Charles Dickens' much-loved festive ghost story – with an emphasis on the ghostly.

Christmas Carol: A Fairy Tale (stage play)

4f 3m doubling (up to 9f 16m plus 10f/m)

A revitalised stage adaptation of Charles Dickens's Christmas tale, by renowned author Piers Torday, focussing on Ebenezer Scrooge's sister Fan, the most monstrous miser ever known.

Christmas is Miles Away

1f 2m (teenagers)

A touching play about adolescent friendship.

Churchill in Moscow

3f 4m

A gripping stage play dramatising the historic meeting of two unpredictable titans, Churchill and Stalin, in Moscow in 1942, as history teeters on a knife-edge. Premiered at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in 2025.

Cinderella (stage version)

4f 4m, doubling

A classic fairy tale with a twist, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.

Cinzano & Smirnova's Birthday

3m (Cinzano); 3f 1m (Birthday)

Two linked plays from the Russian playwright dubbed the 'female Chekhov', depicting the grim reality of domestic life in Soviet Russia.

Ciphers

2-4f 2-4m

A smart and provocative thriller about spies, double agents, and the opaqueness of the human soul.

Citysong

4f 3m playing multiple characters (large cast possible, 100+ roles)

The Verity Bargate Award-winning play about three generations of a Dublin family.

CLASS

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

Funny, heartbreaking and beautifully observed, CLASS is an award-winning play about learning difficulties: in school, in life, wherever.

The Clearing

3f 5m

A powerful play about the effects of Oliver Cromwell's military campaign in Ireland.

The Climbers

4f 2m

A thrilling play about the lure of the mountains, the drive to conquer and the price of staying alive.

Cling To Me Like Ivy

3f 3m

A sassy, offbeat comedy-drama about rebelling against your roots.

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