Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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The Dark Room

3f 3m

An intricately layered psychological thriller exposing the startling mistreatment of those most vulnerable in our society, at the hands of those who are meant to protect them.

Dark Sublime

3f 2m doubling, plus one m/f voice only

A play about joy and heartbreak, quarries and transmat beams – a love-letter to British sci-fi television.

Darknet

3f 4m, doubling, offers 43 roles

A fascinating - and terrifying - drama that explores the world of data commodification and the uncharted deep web.

Daughter

1m

A darkly satirical monologue about fatherhood, love and toxic masculinity.

Daughterhood

2f 1m (male actor plays multiple roles)

A beautiful, ferocious play about the bonds that tie us, and how we sometimes need to break them.

Daughters of the Revolution

8f 7m

A political thriller set in the midst of a bitterly fought US governor's election, from the Democrat perspective. Part of David Edgar's two-play cycle, Continental Divide.

Published in volume Continental Divide: two plays

    David Copperfield (stage version)

    4f 4m doubling (large cast possible)

    One of Dickens's best-loved and most autobiographical stories, brilliantly and faithfully dramatised by Alastair Cording.

    The Day I Stood Still

    1f 4m doubling

    A poignantly funny drama from the author of My Night With Reg, about the heartbreak of unrequited love and the power of memories.

    Days of Wine and Roses (stage version)

    1f 1m

    JP Miller's 1962 film Days of Wine and Roses, adapted brilliantly for the stage by Owen McCafferty.

    Dead Dad Dog

    2m

    An offbeat short comedy with a political edge, in which an unemployed young man is dogged by his deceased father.

    Published in volume Scot-Free

      Dean McBride

      1m

      A vivid and poetic monologue play about deprivation, loss and redemption through love, telling the story of Dean, a young man hardened by suffering, who struggles in life before finding his way back to happiness.

      Dear Lupin (stage version)

      2m

      Michael Simkins' immensely charming stage adaptation of Dear Lupin, the witty and touching collection of letters from a father to his son that became a huge bestseller, winner of The Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year.

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      Henrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard Eyre

      Tom Wells

      Jeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey