Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Rules for Living

4f 3m

A theatrically playful, dark comedy about the unwritten rules we follow in our lives.

Rum and Vodka

1m

A short monologue play from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

Run

1m

Stephen Laughton's one-man play about a gay Jewish seventeen-year-old explores what it means to love, to lose, and how to grow from a boy into a man.

Run Sister Run

2f 2m (playing various ages)

A witty and heartfelt play about two sisters, exploring family, class and dependence.

Run, Rebel (stage version)

4f 2m doubling (large cast possible)

A fast-paced, mesmerising stage version of the prize-winning YA verse novel about a young woman beginning to take control of her life. Edition includes a range of teaching materials and resources.

Russian Dolls

2f

Kate Lock's play about a surprising relationship between two very different women, winner of the 2015 Adrian Pagan Award.

Rust

1f 1m

An ultra-contemporary, sexy and funny play that pushes the boundaries of trust, love and lust to the limit.

Salad Day

1f 1m

A short play about an elderly couple who, trapped in a nursing home, plot a daring escape into the sunshine.

Published in volume Irish Shorts

    Salt

    2f 2m

    A modern morality tale about the corrosive effect of money, joint winner of the 2008 Bruntwood Playwriting Competition.

    Same

    4-8f 2-5m

    A play exporing the apparent gulf between the young and old, commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.

    The Same

    2f

    A play about two women who meet in a psychiatric institution.

    Published in volume Medicine & The Same: two plays

      Samskara

      6m

      An explosive fusion of text, physical theatre and hip-hop dance exploring vulnerability, emotional trauma and what it means to be a black man in twenty-first-century Britain.

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      Bill Bryson, Adapted by Tim Whitnall

      Fin Kennedy

      Amanda Whittington

      Alexandra Wood, Adapted from Kate Summerscale

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      Henrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard Eyre

      Tom Wells

      Jeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey