Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Samuel Takes a Break
in Male Dungeon No. 5 After a Long but Generally Successful Day of Tours
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
By Claudia Ríos Translated by Roxana Silbert4f 1m plus 1 girlAfter a young girl's suicide, her parents meet for the first time in years at the school where she died.
Published in volume Mexican PlaysSandpaper on Sunburn
By David Horan4f 1mThe 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 1mA comic two-hander about the irresistible allure of showbusiness, from the author of Be My Baby.
Saturday at the Commodore
By Rona Munro1fA short solo play from the award-winning Scottish playwright, in which an Aberdonian woman remembers a painful teenage betrayal.
Published in volume Scot-FreeSAUCE
2f playing multiple rolesA play about death and rebirth, from an award-winning Irish playwright.
Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two PlaysSave + Quit
2f 2mThe stories of four young people in London and Dublin and how they attempt to live in the cities they call home.
The Saviour
1f 1mA play charting the extraordinary shift in social, political and religious life in Ireland over the past thirty years.
Saying Yes
By Griselda Gambaro Translated by Sebastian Doggart2mA short play by a leading Argentine playwright, telling the shocking story of an everyday trip to the hairdressers.
Scandaltown
6-7f 6-8mA 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
By Fiona Evans2f 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 14mAn epic, masterful twenty-plus-character play about Belfast and its multitude of urban denizens.
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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