Plays to perform

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 Custom of the Country

The Custom of the Country

By Nicholas Wright

Fletcher and Massinger's bawdy Jacobean drama is transposed to 1890s Johannesburg.

Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five Plays
    Damage

    Damage

    By Kamal Khalladi Translated by Houda Echouafni

    A play from Morocco, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

    Dancing Bears

    Dancing Bears

    By Sam Holcroft

    A short play laying bare the twisted loyalties and violence in teenage gangs.

    Dara

    Dara

    By Shahid Nadeem Adapted by Tanya Ronder

    An intense domestic drama of global consequence – for India then and for our world now.

    The Dark Room

    The Dark Room

    By Angela Betzien

    An intricately layered psychological thriller exposing the startling mistreatment of those most vulnerable in our society, at the hands of those who are meant to protect them.

    Dark Sublime

    Dark Sublime

    By Michael Dennis

    A play about joy and heartbreak, quarries and transmat beams – a love-letter to British sci-fi television.

    Darknet

    Darknet

    By Rose Lewenstein

    A fascinating - and terrifying - drama that explores the world of data commodification and the uncharted deep web.

    Daughter

    Daughter

    By Adam Lazarus

    A darkly satirical monologue about fatherhood, love and toxic masculinity.

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    Daughterhood

    Daughterhood

    By Charley Miles

    A beautiful, ferocious play about the bonds that tie us, and how we sometimes need to break them.

    Daughters of the Revolution

    Daughters of the Revolution

    By David Edgar

    A political thriller set in the midst of a bitterly fought US governor's election, from the Democrat perspective. Part of David Edgar's two-play cycle, Continental Divide.

    Published in volume Continental Divide: two plays
      David Copperfield

      David Copperfield (stage version)

      By Charles Dickens Adapted by Alastair Cording

      One of Dickens's best-loved and most autobiographical stories, brilliantly and faithfully dramatised by Alastair Cording.

      The Day I Stood Still

      The Day I Stood Still

      By Kevin Elyot

      A poignantly funny drama from the author of My Night With Reg, about the heartbreak of unrequited love and the power of memories.

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      Olivia Hirst & David Byrne
      Amanda Whittington

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      13–18 May 2024
      Wharf Theatre, Devizes