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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Resident Alien: Quentin Crisp explains it all

By Tim Fountain

The acclaimed one-man show based on the life and writings of Quentin Crisp.

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misterman (2001 edition)

By Enda Walsh

A strange and haunting monologue from the acclaimed Irish playwright.

Published in volume bedbound & misterman: two plays

Four Nights in Knaresborough

By Paul Webb

A fast and bloody black comedy that sheds light on four of the most ignored figures in English history – the knights who actually had to kill Thomas Becket.

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As the Beast Sleeps

By Gary Mitchell

The explosive contradictions of life in Northern Ireland ignite this drama of suspense and violence.

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The Weir

By Conor McPherson

The spellbinding, beautifully observed hit from the master of suspenseful realism.

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The Ballad of Crazy Paola

By Arne Sierens Adapted by Stephen Greenhorn

A poignant two-hander about memory, truth and love.

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On Such As We

By Billy Roche

A heart-warming play set in a small town in southern Ireland - from the award-winning writer of The Wexford Trilogy.

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The Wonder of Sex

By Patrick Barlow

A delightfully wacky comedy about the facts of life, from the fictional 'National Theatre of Brent'.

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Push Up

By Roland Schimmelpfennig Translated by Maja Zade

A savage satire on the rapacious nature of office lives and lusts - the British debut from a writer whose work has been seen in prestigious theatres all over Germany.