Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Pronoun
A love story about transition, testosterone, and James Dean - commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival and premiered by youth theatres across the UK.
Protection
By Fin Kennedy7f 4mA tough but vulnerable play about our crumbling social fabric - and the people who have to pick up the pieces.
The Pull of Negative Gravity
2f 2mShocking and beautiful, a powerful play about the impact of a soldier's injury in a foreign conflict on his family back home.
Purple Heart
By Bruce Norris2f 1m plus 1 young boy (age 12)A deeply moving meditation on love, loss and grief, from the author of Clybourne Park.
Puss in Boots
4f 4m, doubling, or 6f 17mA brilliantly inventive version of the classic tale, from the 'master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).
Pussycat in Memory of Darkness
By Neda Nezhdana Translated by John Farndon1fA powerful play about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by one of Ukraine's leading playwrights.
Published in volume Voices from Ukraine: Two PlaysQueen Anne
6f 11m, doubling (7f+ 15m+)Helen Edmundson's gripping play tells the little-known story of a monarch caught between friendship and duty.
Queen Margaret
By William Shakespeare Adapted by Jeanie O'Hare5f 6m, doubling with cross-gender casting (2f 15m, plus chorus roles)Using Shakespeare’s orginal lines, alongside new text, Jeanie O’Hare retells The Wars of the Roses through the eyes of the extraordinary Margaret of Anjou.
Queers: Eight Monologues
By Various Created by Mark Gatiss8 monologues, up to 2f 6mQueers celebrates a century of evolving social attitudes and political milestones in British gay history, as seen through the eyes of eight individuals.
The Quiet House
By Gareth Farr2f 2mAn exploration of infertility and the taboo that surrounds it, The Quiet House is a funny, moving and unswervingly honest love story.
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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