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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Doctor Scroggy's War

5-6f 12-14m

An epic, hilarious and moving play that takes a sideways look at the First World War.

The Doll Tower

7m

A challenging and thought-provoking play about T.E. Lawrence and his life after Arabia.

The Domino Effect

8-35f 0-12m

The Domino Effect is an ensemble play for teenage performers created by award-winning playwright Fin Kennedy.

Dora: A Case of Hysteria

1f 2m

A satirical feminist play debunking Sigmund Freud's theories about hysteria.

Dorian

3 performers (m or f)

A thrilling stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, following one man's descent from glorious debauchery to epic self-destruction.

Doris Day

2f

A short play about two police officers and their different expectations of the job.

Downstate

3f 5m plus 3 extras

A provocative play about four men convicted of sex crimes, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Clybourne Park.

Dracula (stage version)

4f 5m doubling

Acclaimed poet and playwright Liz Lochhead's Dracula stays refreshingly close to Bram Stoker's classic novel.

Dracula: The Bloody Truth

4m (playing various roles)

A comic retelling of the story of Dracula, from John Nicholson and Exeter-based theatre company Le Navet Bete.

Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane

1f

A play about losing someone close to you, about the human need to remember and connect.

Drawing the Line

4-6f 13-26m

A vivid telling of the chaotic story of the partition that shaped the modern world.

A Dream

5f 5m or more (very large cast is possible, over 80 roles)

A riotous musical play transporting Shakespeare's most beloved characters to the chaos of a busy modern-day hospital. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series.

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Bill Bryson, Adapted by Tim Whitnall

Fin Kennedy

Amanda Whittington

Alexandra Wood, Adapted from Kate Summerscale

Amanda Whittington


Henrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard Eyre

Tom Wells

Jeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey