NHB Modern Plays

A muscular version of Sophocles' timeless masterpiece, offering a profound reflection on the nature of power, democracy and human rights.

The world's first ever musical, The Beggar's Opera, is performed on board a creaking convict ship bound for Australia.

A short play written in response to the situation in Gaza at the time of writing in January 2009.

An adaptation for the Royal Shakespeare Company of Sir Thomas Malory's classic telling of the Legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

The gripping story of the sensational, real-life case in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle found himself playing detective.

A funny yet melancholic look at the frustrations, secrets and guilt of middle-class respectability in 1950s England.

Inspired by real-life stories, Home Death is a courageous, compassionate play about how our society deals with the reality of dying, raising urgent questions about palliative care in the UK.

Travelling from America to Britain to a remote Greek island, The Faith Machine explores the relationship between faith and capitalism and asks fundamental questions about the true meaning of love.

A play written in response to the Romanian revolution of 1989, exploring the reactions of ordinary people to events.

A gripping verbatim drama using only the actual words spoken in court during the 1946 Nuremberg War Crimes Trial.

A comedy drama about male friendship in which five old friends meet for a traditional evening of poker.

An imaginative reworking of the children's classic, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.