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NHB Modern Plays

The NHB Modern Plays series features the pick of modern and contemporary plays from leading UK and international playwrights. Championing quality, accessibility and diversity, it takes the best writing for the stage and gives it enduring life on the page.

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Bé Carna

Bé Carna

By Deirdre Kinahan

A short play in which five women reflect on their lives as prostitutes on the streets of Dublin.

Be My Baby

Be My Baby

By Amanda Whittington

A poignant drama about attitudes to teenage pregnancy in 1960s Britain.

Beached

Beached

By Melissa Bubnic

A darkly funny comedy about modern freak shows, love and cream buns. Loads of cream buns.

The Beacon

The Beacon

By Nancy Harris

A drama about a Dublin artist haunted by a mysterious accident in her past.

Beautiful Eyes

Beautiful Eyes

By Caryl Churchill

A short play about a family divided by politics, first performed in the week of Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017.

Published in volume Caryl Churchill Plays: Five
    Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast (National Theatre stage version)

    By Lucy Kirkwood and Katie Mitchell

    Lucy Kirkwood's delightful version of the classic fairytale, first seen in a production devised and directed by Katie Mitchell at the National Theatre for Christmas 2010.

    Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast (Young Vic stage version)

    By Laurence Boswell

    A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, with music by Mick Sands drawn from traditional French folk melodies.

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    Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast (RSC stage version)

    By Laurence Boswell

    A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, first performed in this version by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

    Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast (Lyceum Theatre stage version)

    By Stuart Paterson

    A brilliant version of the classic tale, from a playwright acclaimed as 'the master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).

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    A Bed of Roses

    A Bed of Roses

    By Mike Bradwell

    An acerbic and funny play about middle-class hypocrisy and universal apathy.

    Published in volume Inventing the Truth: Devising and Directing for the Theatre
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      bedbound

      By Enda Walsh

      A ferocious two-hander about a father-daughter relationship gone horribly and terrifyingly wrong.

      Before It Rains

      Before It Rains

      By Katherine Chandler

      Funny, brave and beautifully told, Before It Rains is a tale of parenthood, protection and provocation set on a proud, forgotten Cardiff estate.

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