Modern Drama

A one-man play about love, inheritance and not letting your feelings show.

The third in Robert Holman's acclaimed trilogy of short plays, also called Making Noise Quietly.

An acclaimed trilogy of plays exploring the impact of war on ordinary lives.

A powerful, provocative play exploring psychogenic illness amongst groups of women throughout history, premiered by the Almeida Young Company.

A controversial but humane play about an obsessively religious girl and a sex-obsessed transvestite, by the renowned Quebecois writer.

A political thriller for the stage, set in the 1560s and portraying events around Mary Stuart, the troubled Queen of Scots. Part of Rona Munro's breathtaking theatrical exploration of Scottish history.

An electrifying stage play telling the story of feminist icon Mary Wollstonecraft. Premiered by Hull Truck Theatre and Pilot Theatre in 2025.

Elizabeth Gaskell's panoramic novel of Victorian England, adapted for the stage by the author of Iron and The James Plays.

A modern classic about the bitter rivalry between Mary, Queen of Scots, and her cousin and fellow ruler, Elizabeth I of England - retold by Scotland's most popular playwright.

A biographical play about Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. Premiered by Shared Experience.

A brilliant adaptation of Mary Shelley's Gothic masterpiece that places the writer herself amongst the action as she wrestles with her creation and with the stark realities facing revolutionary young women, then and now.

A provocative, funny and fascinating play, inspired by the true story of Mary Barton and her husband Bertold Wiesner, pioneers of fertility treatment.