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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Three Birds

By Janice Okoh

A startling and darkly comic drama about childhood, family and fantasy. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize 2011.

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Three

By Stephen Laughton

A short play about three young Israelis caught up in a hostage situation.

Published in volume One Jewish Boy

THREE

By Sophie Ellerby

A funny, dark and thrilling play about family connections and the fallout from violence. In the Multiplay Drama series.

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Thon Man Molière

By Liz Lochhead

The story of the great comedian Molière - his scandalous marriage, his scurrilous plays and the irresistible creation of his infamous and celebrated satire Tartuffe.

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This Wide Night

By Chloë Moss

A tender portrayal of two women trying to start again after their release from prison.

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This Must Be the Place

By Brad Birch and Kenny Emson

A play comprising two short ballads about migration, missed connections, and life on the edge of respectability.

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This Might Not Be It

By Sophia Chetin-Leuner

A candid portrayal of mental health services in the NHS, premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2024.

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This May Hurt A Bit

By Stella Feehily

A witty, tender, and occasionaly surreal exploration of one family's experience of the NHS.

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This Lime Tree Bower

By Conor McPherson

A poignant and gripping tale told through three interlinking monologues from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

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This is Living

By Liam Borrett

A poignant exploration of what it means to say goodbye.

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This is a Chair

By Caryl Churchill

A short play about the surreal nature of modern life.

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This Changes Everything

By Joel Horwood

A play about a group of young women seeking to form a new type of society and a better way of living. Part of Platform, a series of big-cast plays with predominantly or all-female casts, written specifically for performance by school, college and youth-theatre groups.