Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
I Won't Dance - Don't Ask Me
An early short monologue play from Northern Irish writer Owen McCafferty.
I.D.
An enthralling drama about the man who killed Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of South African apartheid.
The Iceman Cometh
An ominous play set in a cruel world of dark realism, an acknowledged masterpiece from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.
Idyll
A captivating short play about rural Britain, premiered by Pentabus Theatre in 2021.
If Only
A gripping, Coalition-set drama from one of the UK's top political playwrights.
Ignorance/Jahiliyyah
By Steve Waters2f 3m (doubling)An absorbing study of attitudes towards outsiders, spanning two continents and sixty years.
Image of an Unknown Young Woman
By Elinor Cook5-6f 1m, plus 2 f or mA startlingly theatrical look at what happens when a politically inflammatory video goes viral and it all kicks off.
Immaculate
2f 4mA laugh-out-loud comic variation on the virgin birth.
Imperium: The Cicero Plays
By Robert Harris Adapted by Mike Poulton4f 19m, doubling (100+ characters)A backstage view of Ancient Rome at its most bloody and brutal, adapted by Mike Poulton from Robert Harris's bestselling The Cicero Trilogy.
The Importance of Being Alfred
By Louise Welsh3mA short play about Lord Alfred Douglas, the former lover of Oscar Wilde, and his latter years as the supporter of a prominent homophobe.
Improbable Frequency
2f 4m doublingThe smash-hit musical comedy of spies, double agents and the laws of improbability.
In a Little World of Our Own
1f 4mA powerful drama about how the conflict in Northern Ireland affects whole families, and of how the violence of the streets is brought into the heart of the home.
Published in volume Tearing the Loom & In a Little World of Our Own
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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