Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Death of a Cyclist
A poignant, bleakly comic short monologue told by a woman killed in a cycling accident.
Death of Long Pig
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.
Ten years after 9/11, twenty international writers respond to the defining event of our times.
Delirium
By Enda Walsh2f 5mA radical re-interpretation of The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky's classic and compelling tale of family rivalries.
Deluge
By Fiona Doyle2f 2-3mA 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
By Matt Hartley2f 2mA 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, doublingA wartime comedy set in Cairo.
Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five PlaysDexter and Winter's Detective Agency
By Nathan Bryon2-3f 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
3fA warm and funny play about female friendship, crackling with wit and poignant observation.
Diary of a Nobody (stage version)
By George & Weedon Grossmith Adapted by Hugh Osborne3m, doubling, plus a pianoA 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 1mA mesmerising and startling play about voyeurism, power and guilt.
Disco Pigs
By Enda Walsh1f 1mEnda 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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Amateur Productions
On Now & Coming SoonBill Bryson, Adapted by Tim WhitnallFin KennedyAmanda WhittingtonAlexandra Wood, Adapted from Kate SummerscaleAmanda WhittingtonHenrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard EyreTom WellsJeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey