Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Death of a Cyclist

1f

A poignant, bleakly comic short monologue told by a woman killed in a cycling accident.

Death of Long Pig

2f 3m (recommended doubling; 4f 6m total)

Two great artists - Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin - confront their own mortality in the strange and supernatural Polynesian islands they made their home.

Decade

Two towers. Ten years. Twenty plays.

15 actors for twenty short plays with varying cast

Ten years after 9/11, twenty international writers respond to the defining event of our times.

Delirium

2f 5m

A radical re-interpretation of The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky's classic and compelling tale of family rivalries.

Deluge

2f 2-3m

A deeply provocative thriller set in a blighted landscape where nature is fiercely taking its course, Deluge is a gripping drama from the Papatango Prize-winning author of Coolatully.

Deposit

2f 2m

A bittersweet and vital play that throws a spotlight on 'Generation Rent' and the lengths they will go to in order to get that first step on the property ladder.

The Desert Air

2f 16m, doubling

A wartime comedy set in Cairo.

Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five Plays

    Dexter and Winter's Detective Agency

    2-3f 1m doubling (large cast possible)

    A madcap adventure story for young people (and older detectives) to watch, read and perform.

    Di and Viv and Rose

    3f

    A warm and funny play about female friendship, crackling with wit and poignant observation.

    Diary of a Nobody (stage version)

    3m, doubling, plus a piano

    A sparkling adaptation of the classic comic novel recording the daily exploits of Charles Pooter, the London clerk with social aspirations far beyond his status.

    dirty butterfly

    2f 1m

    A mesmerising and startling play about voyeurism, power and guilt.

    Disco Pigs

    1f 1m

    Enda Walsh's breakthrough play, a fast and formally inventive portrait of two teenage Irish misfits

    Published in volume Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin

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      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