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.
Passing Places
A road movie for the stage, following two young Scottish lads on their trip from dislocation to location.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Bad Weather
A play about freedom, guilt and the possibility of redemption, premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Love Upon the Throne
A gleefully comic retelling of the Charles and Diana story, designed to be performed by two (male) actors.
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£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£8.99£7.19Howie the Rookie
By Mark O'RoweA white-knuckle ride through a nightmare Dublin, where enemies and allies are interchangeable.
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By Liz LochheadA funny, sad and truthful romantic comedy about beating the biological clock.
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A short play about an old couple whose son returns after years of absence.
Published in volume Family: three playsThe Visitor
A short play about a schoolmaster on the verge of retirement, confronted by a mysterious young man wishing to pay his respects.
Published in volume Family: three playsJust the Three of Us
By Simon GrayA stylish mix of the comic and the macabre, exploring ideas about love, both platonic and romantic.
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Trust
A play about the bonds of trust in a tight-knit Loyalist community, and how easily they are shattered, from the multi-award winning writer of The Force of Change.
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This is a Chair
A short play about the surreal nature of modern life.
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£5.99£4.79There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£5.99£4.79The Clink
A riotously funny satirical farce in the tradition of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Shakespeare in Love, from the author of The Libertine.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Last Dance at Dum Dum
A serious comedy from the author of East is East, about the dying breed of Anglo-Indians living in Calcutta in 1985.
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