Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

Showing 421-432 of 1,375 items.

Freak

2f

A punchy and provocative new play by the Bruntwood Prize-winning author of Yen.

Free Outgoing

4f 3m (3f 2m possible with doubling)

A play that sets the rampant technology of the modern world against the conservatism of a traditional society. The British debut of a writer from Chennai, India.

From Both Hips

4f 2m

A gripping drama about revenge and absolution, from the award-winning author of Howie the Rookie.

Fucking Feminists

5f (flexible casting, written for an all-female cast of roughly 5 actors)

A fiercely funny short play by Rose Lewenstein, investigating what feminism means, and what it has become.

Fugue

3f

A psychological horror story about a woman suffering a mental breakdown, from the award-winning author of Iron.

    The Funeral Director

    2f 2m

    An incisive and heartfelt play about sexuality, gender and religion in twenty-first-century Britain. Winner of the 2018 Papatango New Writing Prize.

    Fury

    3f 2m

    A chilling and powerful modern Medea about motherhood and class.

    Futureproof

    5f 2m

    A magical and deeply compassionate play about identity and the capacities of the human spirit.

    Game

    7f 6m (plus one boy)

    A provocative play that invites us to spy on a family as they embark on a dangerous new way to live.

    The Gatekeeper

    3f 2m

    A darkly comic play about the disintegration of a family get-together.

    The Gathered Leaves

    5f 6m

    A moving, poignant and funny family drama that sees the weight of family history, of reputation, and of expectation, all descend on one family over Easter weekend in 1997.

    generations

    4f 3m

    A 30-minute drama about three generations of a black South African family who contest their relative culinary skills. But food isn't the only topic and the family numbers are declining...

    Published in volume trade & generations: two plays

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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