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 Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself

By Claudia Ríos Translated by Roxana Silbert

After a young girl's suicide, her parents meet for the first time in years at the school where she died.

Published in volume Mexican Plays

Two Princes

By Meredydd Barker

A bittersweet drama about life, love, loss, and sculpture.

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Free Outgoing

By Anupama Chandrasekhar

A play that sets the rampant technology of the modern world against the conservatism of a traditional society. The British debut of a writer from Chennai, India.

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My Boy Jack

By David Haig

The tragic story of how Rudyard Kipling sent his son to his death in the First World War.

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A Time to Keep

By Stephanie Dale and David Edgar

A large-scale historical romp in the terrain between Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.

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The Giant

By Antony Sher

A powerful, witty and moving play exploring the dark interplay between sexuality and creativity.

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Little Certainties

By Bárbara Colio Translated by William Gregory

Mario is missing, presumed dead. In the town of Tijuana, his brother and sister make a shocking discovery about Mario and his secrets.

Published in volume Mexican Plays

On Insomnia and Midnight

By Edgar Chías Translated by David Johnston

In a mountain hotel an ailing guest and nervous chambermaid strike up an uneasy friendship.

Published in volume Mexican Plays

Seven-Eleven

By Iván Olivares Translated by William Gregory

Cabron (the Bastard) isn't having a good day. His scams aren't going well. Thank god for the Seven-Eleven and its constant supply of hot-dogs.

Published in volume Mexican Plays

Used Blood Junkyard

By Alberto Villarreal Translated by Simon Scardifield

Làzaro, his mates and his porn-star girlfriend are 'art terrorists'... Can anything stop their killing spree?

Published in volume Mexican Plays

The Six-Days World

By Elizabeth Kuti

An emotionally involving family play that evokes the poignancy and the poison of the festive season - from the award-winning writer of The Sugar Wife.