Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Ballad of Yachiyo

A dramatic tale of a young Japanese girl's sexual awakening, and ultimate social downfall, in Hawaii's harsh sugar-cane plantation system of the early twentieth century.

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A smouldering political allegory about a political protest in a country ruled by a military junta. From the author of Death and the Maiden, written in collaboration with Tony Kushner, author of Angels in America.

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East is East

By Ayub Khan Din

A wonderful comedy about growing up in multiracial Salford.

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Nuremberg

By Richard Norton-Taylor

A gripping verbatim drama using only the actual words spoken in court during the 1946 Nuremberg War Crimes Trial.

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Hotel

By Caryl Churchill

An innovative theatre piece combining music, voices and dance, with a text by Caryl Churchill and music by Orlando Gough.

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Sleep Deprivation Chamber

By Adam P. Kennedy and Adrienne Kennedy

A gripping examination of the conflicting realities of the black experience of twentieth-century America.

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A Fair Country

By Jon Robin Baitz

A play in the tradition of Arthur Miller: an impassioned exploration of the impact of politics on an American family.

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A Mouthful of Birds

By Caryl Churchill and David Lan

A collaborative piece written with David Lan, combining words and dance. Inspired by Euripides' Bacchae, the play explores modern experiences of 'possession, violence and other states where people feel beside themselves'.

Published in volume Caryl Churchill Plays: Three