Plays to perform

Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

Showing 133-144 of 1,477 items.
True Love Lies

True Love Lies

By Brad Fraser

From the Canadian author of Cold Meat Party and Love and Human Remains, in sharp, non-stop dialogue, True Love Lives tears open the nuclear family and finds the heart that is often lost and forgotten. 

 
The True Life Fiction of Mata Hari

The True Life Fiction of Mata Hari

By Diane Samuels

A play about the notorious World War One femme fatale known as Mata Hari.

  • Paperback£8.99 £7.19
    There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Tribes

Tribes

By Nina Raine

A penetrating play about belonging, family and the limitations of communication.

The Trials

The Trials

By Dawn King

A searing play set in a near-future world, where those responsible for the climate emergency are being judged by a younger generation.

Trestle

Trestle

By Stewart Pringle

A tender but truthful exploration of love and ageing, asking how we choose to live in the face of soaring life expectancies. Winner of the 2017 Papatango New Writing Prize.

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
    The Tree of Knowledge

    The Tree of Knowledge

    By Jo Clifford

    A wildly imaginative, hilariously provocative and deeply moving play from one of Scotland's most important playwrights.

    The Treatment

    The Treatment

    By Martin Crimp

    Martin Crimp's razor-sharp satire about a world in which people are products, movies are money and sex sells.

    Treasure Island

    Treasure Island (stage version)

    By Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted by Stuart Paterson

    A fresh and genuinely thrilling adaptation of the classic tale, and one that keeps close to Stevenson's original story.

    Treasure Island

    Treasure Island (Le Navet Bete stage version)

    By Le Navet Bete and John Nicholson Original author Robert Louis Stevenson

    A rip-roaring, swashbuckling, family-friendly retelling of a classic story.

    Travesty

    Travesty

    By Liam Williams

    The debut play by Liam Williams, double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee -  about gender and the ethical dimensions of modern love.

    Travelling Light

    Travelling Light

    By Nicholas Wright

    A funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood's golden age.

    • Paperback£9.99 £7.99
      There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.

    Amateur Productions
    On Now & Coming Soon

    Advertise Your Show

    Amanda Whittington

    My alt text

    13–18 May 2024
    Wharf Theatre, Devizes