Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Swallows and Amazons (stage version)

By Arthur Ransome Adapted by Helen Edmundson and Neil Hannon

5f 6m doubling

A wonderfully theatrical adaptation of the much-loved children's classic, with songs by Neil Hannon.

The Sweet Science of Bruising

By Joy Wilkinson

6f 4m doubling (up to 7f 8m)

An epic tale of passion, politics and pugilism in the world of 19th-century women’s boxing.

Switzerland

By Joanna Murray-Smith

1f (older woman) 1m (twenties)

A gripping psychological thriller, filled with razor-sharp dialogue.

Swive [Elizabeth]

By Ella Hickson

2f 2m (with specified doubling)

Sex is power in the reign of Elizabeth I. Ella Hickson's play explores the ways and means by which women in power negotiate patriarchal pressure in order to get their way.

Table

By Tanya Ronder

5-14f 4-9m doubling

An epic tale of belonging, identity and the things we pass on.

A Table Tennis Play

By Sam Steiner

2f 1m

A play about how everything and nothing changes as people bat a ball.

Take Care

By Zoë Templeman-Young and Sam McLaughlin

Flexible casting (up to 5 performers playing 19 parts)

An astonishing, tragic and uplifting verbatim play about the care system in the UK today.

Take Me Away

By Gerald Murphy

A dark but very funny comedy about the collapse of a family of feckless chancers and no-hopers.

Take the Rubbish Out, Sasha

By Natal'ya Vorozhbit Translated by Sasha Dugdale

2f 1-2m

A powerful play about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by one of Ukraine's leading playwrights.

Published in volume Voices from Ukraine: Two Plays