Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Coolatully

1f 3m

Lyrical and urgent, Fiona Doyle's play Coolatully is a compassionate insight into the links between the economy, masculinity and society in the modern world. Winner of the Papatango New Writing Prize.

Coram Boy (stage version)

10f 7m plus 3 boys, doubling

A heartbreaking tale of orphans, angels, murder and music - dramatised from the Whitbread award-winning novel set in 18th-century England.

The Cord

2f 1m

An honest and moving play about the challenging truths of family dynamics, focussing on a couple in the weeks after the birth of their child. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London.

Cornermen

4m

An exhilarating play about human triumph, ambition, self-doubt, and pride, set in the world of boxing.

Corrina, Corrina

1f 5m

A gripping theatrical thriller set at sea, exploring power dynamics, superstitions and revenge, and what happens when we think no one is watching.

Cosmic Scallies

1f 1m

A witty and touching new play about class, friendship and absence.

Cotton Wool

2f 2m

A gripping and darkly comic tale of young lives on the edge. Winner of the 2009 Meyer-Whitworth Award.

Cougar

1f (forties) 1m (twenties), plus 1m non-speaking

A startling play about what – and who – we consume.

Cressida

8m

A comedy drama set in the seedily glamorous world of 17th-century London theatre.

Crestfall

3f

A play about love in a dog-eat-dog world, told in Mark O’Rowe’s unique rhythmic style.

Crime and Punishment (stage version)

4-7f 6-8m

An exciting, fresh and accessible adaptation of Dostoyevsky's masterful novel.

The Crocodile

1f 3m, doubling

A ferociously funny, eye-poppingly theatrical play about art, animals and what happens when you try to take on the system from within... a crocodile.

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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