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.
Playing With Fire
An epic and provocative play about multi-racial Britain, from the UK's leading political playwright.
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Paul
An irreverent and provocative drama questioning the basis of Christianity, by the author of The Romans in Britain.
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£8.99£7.19Add to basketEbook£8.99£7.19generations
A 30-minute drama about three generations of a black South African family who contest their relative culinary skills. But food isn't the only topic and the family numbers are declining...
Published in volume trade & generations: two playstrade
A short play dealing with the controversial topic of female sex tourism.
Published in volume trade & generations: two playsCoram Boy (stage version)
By Jamila Gavin Adapted by Helen EdmundsonA heartbreaking tale of orphans, angels, murder and music - dramatised from the Whitbread award-winning novel set in 18th-century England.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Great Expectations (RSC stage version)
A gritty adaptation of Dickens' least sentimental love story with a cast of some of his most unforgettable characters.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39When You Cure Me
By Jack ThorneA painful – and painfully funny – play about being very young and in love – and coping with serious illness at the same time.
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By Edward KempAn epic and incendiary thriller about the Gunpowder Plot, weaving together the lives of kings, terrorists, priests and spies.
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£10.99£8.79There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£10.99£8.79Christmas is Miles Away
By Chloë MossA touching play about adolescent friendship.
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£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£8.99£7.19The Canterbury Tales (stage version)
By Geoffrey Chaucer Adapted by Mike PoultonA landmark dramatisation for the Royal Shakespeare Company of one of the foundation stones of English literature.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79O go my Man
A satirical comedy of modern manners set in contemporary Dublin. Joint winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for 2006-07.
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