Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Northanger Abbey (stage version)

By Zoe Cooper Original author Jane Austen

2f 1m (playing all the parts)

A playful and surprising reimagining of Jane Austen's novel, infused with the spirit of the original, and fizzing with imagination and humour.

Not a Game for Boys

By Simon Block

A razor-sharp comedy about three cabbies competing in a local table tennis league.

Not Talking

By Mike Bartlett

2f 2m

A gripping and lyrical play from the Olivier award-winning writer, examining what happens if we live a life of not talking.

Notes for First Time Astronauts

By Tom Wells

A comic monologue warning of the perils of self-abuse in zero gravity conditions.

Published in volume Me, As A Penguin

Notes from a Small Island (stage version)

By Bill Bryson Adapted by Tim Whitnall

3f 4m doubling (playing more than 80 characters; large cast is possible)

A stage adaptation of Bill Bryson's smash-hit memoir, one of the nation's most beloved books, and a brilliant dissection of the enduring quirks of our small island.

Notes on Falling Leaves

By Ayub Khan Din

1f 1m

A poignant, elegiac short play from the author of East is East.

Noughts & Crosses (RSC stage version)

By Malorie Blackman Adapted by Dominic Cooke

8f 8m with doubling

An electrifying, bittersweet love story with echoes of Romeo and Juliet, set in a society divided by racial bigotry and a world rocked by terrorism.

Noughts & Crosses (Pilot Theatre stage version)

By Sabrina Mahfouz Original author Malorie Blackman

4f 4m doubling (playing 22 characters)

An award-winning stage adaptation of Malorie Blackman's acclaimed novel, a captivating drama of love, revolution and what it means to grow up in a divided world.

Now This Is Not The End

By Rose Lewenstein

3f 3m

A poignant play set in London and Berlin, exploring the meaning of legacy, identity and our sense of belonging, through the eyes of three generations of women.

Now, I See

By Lanre Malaolu

A powerful fusion of movement, song and text, exploring identity, forgiveness and nature's capacity to heal. Part of a groundbreaking trilogy about being a Black man in contemporary Britain.