Plays to perform

Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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King of the Fields

King of the Fields

By Stuart Paterson

A play set in Ayrshire after the First World War, with touches of Ibsen - from the acclaimed Scottish playwright.

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Golden Child

Golden Child

By David Henry Hwang

David Hwang invokes the age in which his great grandfather broke with Confucian tradition by converting to Christianity and unbinding his daughter's feet. Golden Child explores the impact of these momentous decisions  on succeeding generations.

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Dublin Carol

Dublin Carol

By Conor McPherson

A magical, compelling play from the author of The Weir.

A Place at the Table

A Place at the Table

By Simon Block

A play about the dog-eat-dog world of television.

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Wit

Wit

By Margaret Edson

A striking and sharply funny reflection on the frailty of existence and the complex relationship between knowledge and love.

Treetops

Treetops

By Nicholas Wright

A play about the early resistance to policies of apartheid or racial segregation in Cape Town, South Africa, in the 1950s.

Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five Plays
    One Fine Day

    One Fine Day

    By Nicholas Wright

    A play about the gulf that separates Britain and Black Africa.

    Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five Plays
      The Custom of the Country

      The Custom of the Country

      By Nicholas Wright

      Fletcher and Massinger's bawdy Jacobean drama is transposed to 1890s Johannesburg.

      Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five Plays
        The Desert Air

        The Desert Air

        By Nicholas Wright

        A wartime comedy set in Cairo.

        Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five Plays
          Cressida

          Cressida

          By Nicholas Wright

          A comedy drama set in the seedily glamorous world of 17th-century London theatre.

          Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer

          Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer

          By Michel Tremblay Translated by Martin Bowman and Bill Findlay

          A bold, quirky play from the renowned Quebecois writer, translated into a robust and earthy Scots.

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          Mr Kolpert

          Mr Kolpert

          By David Gieselmann Translated by David Tushingham

          A delightfully morbid black comedy with a nod to Hitchcock's Rope.

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