Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Samuel Takes a Break

in Male Dungeon No. 5 After a Long but Generally Successful Day of Tours

2f 2m

An extraordinary, genre-blending play about colonialism, identity and the attempt to preserve the past, premiered at The Yard Theatre London in 2024.

The Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself

4f 1m plus 1 girl

After a young girl's suicide, her parents meet for the first time in years at the school where she died.

Published in volume Mexican Plays

    Sandpaper on Sunburn

    4f 1m

    The personal becomes political in a funny and fascinating play exploring identity and family. Premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival in September 2024.

    Satin 'n' Steel

    1f 1m

    A comic two-hander about the irresistible allure of showbusiness, from the author of Be My Baby.

    Saturday at the Commodore

    1f

    A short solo play from the award-winning Scottish playwright, in which an Aberdonian woman remembers a painful teenage betrayal.

    Published in volume Scot-Free

      SAUCE

      2f playing multiple roles

      A play about death and rebirth, from an award-winning Irish playwright.

      Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays

        Save + Quit

        2f 2m

        The stories of four young people in London and Dublin and how they attempt to live in the cities they call home.

        The Saviour

        1f 1m

        A play charting the extraordinary shift in social, political and religious life in Ireland over the past thirty years.

        Saying Yes

        2m

        A short play by a leading Argentine playwright, telling the shocking story of an everyday trip to the hairdressers.

        Scandaltown

        6-7f 6-8m

        A comedy for the new Restoration of the theatres, set in contemporary, post-pandemic London, full of illicit sex, political hypocrisy and the machinations of a fame-hungry elite.

        Scarborough

        2f 2m (or 1f 1m Part 1 only)

        An electrifying portrayal of a dangerously charged romance between a fifteen-year-old and their teacher.

        Scenes From the Big Picture

        7f 14m

        An epic, masterful twenty-plus-character play about Belfast and its multitude of urban denizens.

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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