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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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Wolves Are Coming For You

Wolves Are Coming For You

By Joel Horwood

A play for two actors – or many more – exploring just how much wild we're comfortable with.

Wolfie

Wolfie

By Ross Willis

A wildly imaginative, irreverent look at life in and after the care system.

Wolf Kisses

Wolf Kisses

By Paloma Pedrero Translated by Roxana Silbert

A luminous tale from Spain, about a young woman who returns to her rural village home to await her Parisian lover.

Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)

Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)

By Hilary Mantel Adapted by Mike Poulton

Mike Poulton's two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. A thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.

Wolf Hall (stage version)

Wolf Hall (stage version)

By Hilary Mantel Adapted by Mike Poulton

The first part of Mike Poulton's two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. A thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.

Published in volume Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)
    The Witness

    The Witness

    By Vivienne Franzmann

    A dark and piercing thriller of modern morals from the Bruntwood Prize-winning author of Mogadishu.

    Withdrawal

    Withdrawal

    By Mohammad Al Attar Translated by Clem Naylor

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

    Wit

    Wit

    By Margaret Edson

    A striking and sharply funny reflection on the frailty of existence and the complex relationship between knowledge and love.

    Wish List

    Wish List

    By Katherine Soper

    A sensitive, delicate and powerful play that asks what our labour is worth and how life can be lived when the system is stacked against you. Winner of the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

    Winterlong

    Winterlong

    By Andrew Sheridan

    A shattering and heartbreaking play, joint winner of the Bruntwood Playwriting Competition.

    The Winterling

    The Winterling

    By Jez Butterworth

    A comedy thriller from the author of the Olivier Award-winning Jerusalem.

    The Winslow Boy

    The Winslow Boy

    By Terence Rattigan

    Rattigan's 1946 play based on the real-life court case of a young naval cadet unjustly accused of stealing a five-shilling postal order.

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