Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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The Fishermen (stage version)

2m

A powerful allegory of brotherhood, vengeance and fate set in a small Nigerian town. Adapted from the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel.

Fishskin Trousers

2f 1m

A haunting play about loss and grief, set in the mists of Suffolk. Also contains the short plays Enter A Gentleman and Time Spent on Trains.

Five Characters in Search of a Good Night's Sleep

2f 3m

A devised play exploring the experience of sleeplessness and its impact on people's lives.

Five Years with the White Man

1m playing multiple parts (plus minimal contribution from 'Technician')

A startling play about satirist ABC Merriman-Labor, the greatest Black Briton ever to have been forgotten.

Fixer

1f 6m

An unsettling, intelligent and savagely funny play about oil geopolitics and the price of human life.

Flamingoland

4f 1m

A big-hearted, bittersweet comedy about mothers, sisters, love and lies.

The Flea

1-2f 4-13m plus optional extras

A riotous play about the Cleveland Street Scandal of 1889. Premiered at The Yard, London, in October 2023.

Flesh and Bone

1f 4m

A vivid and fast-paced ride through a working-class London estate, fusing Shakespeare-inspired lyricism with Cockney accents.

Flights

3m (thirties)

A haunting and funny play about bereavement, brotherhood and breaking away from your past.

Flush

2f 3m

A brash and sexy short play about death, deceit and poker.

Foam

6-7m

A gripping play that examines the nature of identity and the consequences of right-wing extremist ideology against the backdrop of London's skinhead and gay scenes of the 1970s and 1980s.

Folk

2f 1m

Surprising and poignant, Folk is a hilarious and not-so-holy story of hope, coming together and finding your feet when your world is turned upside down.

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Bill Bryson, Adapted by Tim Whitnall

Fin Kennedy

Amanda Whittington

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