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.
Seven Jewish Children
A short play written in response to the situation in Gaza at the time of writing in January 2009.
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A Bed of Roses
An acerbic and funny play about middle-class hypocrisy and universal apathy.
James I: The Key Will Keep the Lock
The first part of The James Plays cycle, exploring the complex character of the colourful Stewart King James I – poet, lover and law-maker.
James II: Day of the Innocents
The second part of Rona Munro's The James Plays cycle, James II: Day of the Innocents depicts a violent royal playground from the perspective of the child King and his contemporaries, in a terrifying arena of sharp teeth and long knives.
James III: The True Mirror
The third part of Rona Munro's The James Plays cycle, James III: The True Mirror, like the King himself, is colourful and unpredictable, turning its attention to the women at the heart of the royal court.
Last Letters Home
A short monologue play for a female performer.
Wilderness (short play)
A short play about a patient and her psychiatrist as they head into the wilderness to find out how sane any of us really are.
Three
A short play about three young Israelis caught up in a hostage situation.
Distant Early Warning
A short play set in 2053 in what was once Greenland.
War and Peace Gaza Piece
A short play about war and family life.
Tickets are Now On Sale
A short play about sponsorship and the arts.
Beautiful Eyes
A short play about a family divided by politics, first performed in the week of Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017.
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