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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Little Certainties

Mario is missing, presumed dead. In the town of Tijuana, his brother and sister make a shocking discovery about Mario and his secrets.

Published in volume Mexican Plays

    Lost

    The second play in Robert Holman's acclaimed trilogy of short plays, Making Noise Quietly.

      Making Noise Quietly (short play)

      The third in Robert Holman's acclaimed trilogy of short plays, also called Making Noise Quietly.

        Miseryguts

        By Liz Lochhead Original author Molière

        A Scots version of Molière's play Le Misanthrope, by 'Scotland's greatest living dramatist' Scotland on Sunday.

        Published in volume Miseryguts & Tartuffe

          misterman (2001 edition)

          A strange and haunting monologue from the acclaimed Irish playwright.

            Mothers Against

            A gripping account of a bitterly fought US governor's election from the Republican perspective. Part of David Edgar's two-play cycle, Continental Divide.

            Published in volume Continental Divide: two plays

              Notes for First Time Astronauts

              A comic monologue warning of the perils of self-abuse in zero gravity conditions.

              Published in volume Me, As A Penguin

                On Insomnia and Midnight

                By Edgar Chías Translated by David Johnston

                In a mountain hotel an ailing guest and nervous chambermaid strike up an uneasy friendship.

                Published in volume Mexican Plays

                  On the Beach

                  Part of The Contingency Plan, Steve Waters' epic portrait of an England of the near future, in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods.

                  Published in volume The Contingency Plan

                    One Thousand and One

                    A short play from the author of Mr Incredible and Where Do Little Birds Go?.

                    Published in volume Mr Incredible

                      Resilience

                      Part of The Contingency Plan, Steve Waters' epic portrait of an England of the near future, in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods.

                      Published in volume The Contingency Plan

                        Seven-Eleven

                        Cabron (the Bastard) isn't having a good day. His scams aren't going well. Thank god for the Seven-Eleven and its constant supply of hot-dogs.

                        Published in volume Mexican Plays

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