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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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Fugue

Fugue

By Rona Munro

A psychological horror story about a woman suffering a mental breakdown, from the award-winning author of Iron.

Published in volume Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue
    Reader

    Reader

    By Ariel Dorfman

    A compulsive, gripping and intense play from the author of Death and the Maiden.

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    A Little Night Music

    A Little Night Music

    By Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler

    An utterly sophisticated and charming musical boasting such numbers as 'Send in the Clowns' and 'A Weekend in the Country'.

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    The Shakespeare Revue

    The Shakespeare Revue

    By Christopher Luscombe and Malcolm McKee

    An enchanting collection of witty music and skits about the Bard, devised for and first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

    Waiting Room Germany

    Waiting Room Germany

    By Klaus Pohl Translated by David Tushingham

    A raw and honest verbatim-theatre play about post-reunification Germany, commissioned in 1994 by Der Spiegel to test the mood of the new Germany.

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    Stanley

    Stanley

    By Pam Gems

    A brilliant and painfully truthful portrait of Stanley Spencer, the wayward genius of modern British painting.

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    The Thickness of Skin

    The Thickness of Skin

    By Clare McIntyre

    An intricate, tender play about the obligations we have to one another, and those we would rather not.

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    According to Hoyle

    According to Hoyle

    By William Gaminara

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

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    Death and the Maiden

    Death and the Maiden

    By Ariel Dorfman

    A woman seeks revenge when the man she believes to have been her torturer happens to re-enter her life.

    Smelling a Rat

    Smelling a Rat

    By Mike Leigh

    A black comedy/farce from the author of Abigail's Party, premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 1988.

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    Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

    Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (stage version)

    By Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted by David Edgar

    A superb adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous story of the unassuming Dr Jekyll and his dark alter-ego Mr Hyde.

    Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast (Young Vic stage version)

    By Laurence Boswell

    A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, with music by Mick Sands drawn from traditional French folk melodies.

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