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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The Skriker

By Caryl Churchill

An extraordinary collision of ancient fairytale and fractured urban England.

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Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika

By Tony Kushner

The second part of Tony Kushner's acclaimed epic drama set during the Reagan years in America.

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Dora: A Case of Hysteria

By Kim Morrissey

A satirical feminist play debunking Sigmund Freud's theories about hysteria.

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The Mill on the Floss (stage version)

By George Eliot Adapted by Helen Edmundson

A re-invention of George Eliot's classic story of loss, tragedy and the relentless nature of fate.

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The Clearing

By Helen Edmundson

A powerful play about the effects of Oliver Cromwell's military campaign in Ireland.

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The Lament for Arthur Cleary

By Dermot Bolger

Bestselling novelist Dermot Bolger transposes an old story of love and death to modern-day Dublin.

Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald

Low in the Dark

By Marina Carr

A witty and absurdist play that dismantles the myths of motherhood and exposes the sexism of language and religious imagery.

Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald

Misogynist

By Michael Harding

A powerful anatomy of misogyny, by 'one of the most significant new Irish writers of his generation' (Sunday Times).

Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald

The Hamster Wheel

By Marie Jones

When one partner in a marriage becomes unable to look after themselves and is completely dependent on the other, what happens to the relationship between them?

Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald