Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

Showing 97-108 of 1,469 items.

How Love Is Spelt

A fresh, funny and playful tale of growing up and finding yourself in the city.

Good Things

A bittersweet romantic comedy about finding love later in life, from 'Scotland's greatest living dramatist' Scotland on Sunday.

Great Expectations (RSC stage version)

A gritty adaptation of Dickens' least sentimental love story with a cast of some of his most unforgettable characters.

Rabbit

A fiercely funny play about what it's like to be a young woman living, working, drinking, loving and having sex in the 21st century.

The Seafarer

A breathtaking supernatural play from the author of The Weir.

Whipping It Up

A quick-witted satirical farce set in the Whips' office at Westminster.

Fragile!

A darkly humorous play about the people behind the tabloid stories of migrant workers and sex-trafficking in today's Europe.

A Christmas Carol (Derby Playhouse stage version)

An acclaimed dramatisation of Dickens' well-loved Christmas story - more faithful to the original than any other published version.

Our New Girl

A startling psychological drama about the darker side of modern parenthood.

David Copperfield (stage version)

One of Dickens's best-loved and most autobiographical stories, brilliantly and faithfully dramatised by Alastair Cording.

Making Noise Quietly: three short plays

An acclaimed trilogy of plays exploring the impact of war on ordinary lives.

Mustafa

A vivid and compelling thriller about belief and retribution.

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Matt Grinter

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20–27 April 2024
Theatre Workshop Coulsdon

Blake Morrison

Mike Bartlett

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26–27 April 2024
Dubai Drama Group

Amanda Whittington

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13–18 May 2024
Wharf Theatre, Devizes