Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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When This Is Over

A Blueprint for Creating Your Own Production, and the Original Playscript

A theatrical celebration of hope, possibility and imagination, designed to be created and performed by teenage casts, drawing directly on their own life experiences and the stories they want to tell. Winner, Outstanding Drama Initiative at the Music and Drama Education Awards.

When They Go Low

A play about everyday feminism, consent and the changing face of teenage sexuality in an online world. Written for the National Theatre Connections Festival.

When the Rain Stops Falling

A heartrending drama about family, betrayal and forgiveness, spanning four generations and two hemispheres. From the writer of the award-winning film Lantana.

When the Daffodils

A searching portrait of human kindness in a world that sets limits on how we care for the vulnerable. First performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season of short plays.

Published in volume Inside/Outside

    When the Crows Visit

    A dark and thrilling play inspired by true events in modern-day India, exploring the themes of Ibsen's Ghosts and the cyclical nature of oppression.

    When Cows Go Boom

    A short play by Stacey Gregg, an oblique parable of love set against the backdrop of a horrific landscape.

    Published in volume Irish Shorts

      What We Know

      A funny, painful and deeply moving play about loss - and cooking.

      What Shadows

      A searing look at identity and immigration within a bitterly divided country.

      What Love Is

      A short play about caring for your parents.

      Published in volume Sex & God

        What is the Custom of Your Grief?

        A short play by Timberlake Wertenbaker about an English schoolgirl who is befriended online by an Afghan girl after her brother is killed while on active duty in Afghanistan.

        What I (Don't) Know About Autism

        A sometimes comic, sometimes heartbreaking journey into the world of autism, mixing narrative, song, dance and direct address to explore this contentious and often misunderstood subject matter.

        Wendy & Peter Pan

        By Ella Hickson Original author J.M. Barrie

        A refreshingly modern version of J.M. Barrie's much-loved story that puts the character of Wendy firmly centre stage.

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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