Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Sucking Dublin

3f 2m

A fierce and uncompromising short play about a group of five individuals tormented by a rape in a claustrophobic, drug-infested Dublin.

Published in volume Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin

    A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain

    Flexible casting (3 or more performers)

    A poetic fable for the stage, about an impenetrable immigration system that mirrors our own.

    Sugar Baby

    1m

    A one-man comedy-drama about a small-time drug dealer in Cardiff, from critically acclaimed writer Alan Harris.

    The Sugar Wife

    3f 2m

    Love, lust, prostitution and slavery in a 19th-century Quaker household. New edition published alongside the 2024 revival at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.

    The Suitcase Kid (stage version)

    2f 1m plus 2f/m (large cast possible)

    An adaptation for the stage of Jacqueline Wilson's popular novel.

    Sunrise

    1f

    An honest, tender-hearted and uproariously funny story from actress, comedian, writer and doodler Jessie Cave – with colour illustrations throughout.

    Sunset at the Villa Thalia

    4f 3m plus two children, aged 8 and 7

    A funny and passionate play from the author of The Pride and The Faith Machine.

    Sunset Song (stage version)

    4f 6m

    A classic of Scots literature, brilliantly adapted for the stage.

    Superhoe

    1f (age 24, mixed race)

    The hit stage play behind the BAFTA-winning BBC TV drama series Mood, about a twenty-something who spends all her time on social media while dreaming of becoming a success.

    Surrender

    1f

    A gripping play about a woman trying to survive in a punishing and dysfunctional penal system that has separated her from her daughter. Premiered at the Arcola Theatre, London, in 2024.

    The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (stage version)

    3-8f 3-14m plus extras (minimum cast of 7)

    A stage adaptation of Kate Summerscale's bestselling non-fiction thriller, about the investigation of a Victorian country house murder.

    Swallow

    3f (all in their 30s or 40s)

    Passionate, painful and playful, Stef Smith’s Swallow takes a long, hard look at the extremes of everyday life.

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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