Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Rathmines Road
Fraught, funny, and ferocious, a play that challenges the cultural response to accusations of sexual assault.
Rattigan's Nijinsky
By Nicholas Wright and Terence Rattigan4f 7m doublingThe extraordinary story of the relationship between the famous dancer Vaslav Nijinsky and the impresario Sergei Diaghilev, drawing on an unproduced screenplay by Terence Rattigan.
Raya
2f 1m plus 1 ten-year-old girlA witty and tender play about two old flames who meet again, after thirty years, at a student reunion.
The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man
By Tom WrightFlexible casting: minimum 5 performers doubling (more than 30 parts in total)A powerful, angry and surprising play about the person who came to be known as 'the Elephant Man', restoring Joseph Merrick to the centre of his own story.
The Real Deal
1fA short monologue play exploring the issue of benefits fraud, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.
Published in volume CripTales: Six MonologuesThe Real Estate
18-21f 14-18mA sharply observed, epic play combining elements of social realism and satire, which asks: who do our homes really belong to, and who gets to tell our stories? In the Multiplay Drama series.
The Real Ones
1f 3mA funny and honest stage play about platonic soulmates. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2024.
Rebellious Women
7-8f 5-6m plus extrasAn impassioned, unsentimental and sharp-witted play about the Suffragette cause, with rich opportunities for schools, youth theatres and drama societies who want to tell the story of a group of extraordinary women who changed the world.
Red
5f plus chorusAn unflinching and bold exploration of the internal lives of young women. Part of Platform, an initiative aimed at addressing gender imbalance in theatre.
Red Bud
By Brett Neveu2f 4mA play exploring the creeping onset of middle age in a group of people increasingly disillusioned by the American Dream.
Red Car, Blue Car
By Jack Thorne1f 1m plus 1f 2m non-speakingA heartbreaking short play about guilt, grief and responsibility, written for and performed at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2011.
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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