Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Downstate

3f 5m plus 3 extras

A provocative play about four men convicted of sex crimes, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Clybourne Park.

Dracula (stage version)

4f 5m doubling

Acclaimed poet and playwright Liz Lochhead's Dracula stays refreshingly close to Bram Stoker's classic novel.

Dracula: The Bloody Truth

4m (playing various roles)

A comic retelling of the story of Dracula, from John Nicholson and Exeter-based theatre company Le Navet Bete.

Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane

1f

A play about losing someone close to you, about the human need to remember and connect.

Drawing the Line

4-6f 13-26m

A vivid telling of the chaotic story of the partition that shaped the modern world.

A Dream

5f 5m or more (very large cast is possible, over 80 roles)

A riotous musical play transporting Shakespeare's most beloved characters to the chaos of a busy modern-day hospital. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series.

The Dream Collector

13f or m

An ensemble play for teenage performers created by award-winning playwright Fin Kennedy.

Dream Pill

2f

A short play about two children forced into prostitution.

Dreaming and Drowning

1m

An intimate and visceral play that dives into the mind of a young Black queer man wrestling with anxiety. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2023.

Dreams of Violence

4f 4m

A riotous comedy about love, death and responsibility.

Driftwood

2m

An intoxicating and mystical play about love, belonging and the tides within us, premiered by Pentabus and ThickSkin on a tour of the UK.

Drip

1m

A one-man musical comedy about a fifteen-year-old boy who finds himself in deep water when he joins a synchronised swimming team, even though he can't swim.

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Bill Bryson, Adapted by Tim Whitnall

Fin Kennedy

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Alexandra Wood, Adapted from Kate Summerscale

Amanda Whittington


Henrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard Eyre

Tom Wells

Jeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey