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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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40 Days

40 Days

By Firdos Ali

A play exploring the impact of state violence on Black and brown children.

Published in volume Contemporary Plays by Black British Writers
    The 47th

    The 47th

    By Mike Bartlett

    A viciously funny play offering a dazzling glimpse into the underbelly of the greatest political show on earth: the US presidential race.

    5/11

    5/11

    By Edward Kemp

    An epic and incendiary thriller about the Gunpowder Plot, weaving together the lives of kings, terrorists, priests and spies.

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    54% Acrylic

    54% Acrylic

    By David Harrower

    A short play about a young woman who, after shoplifting for the first time, is chased by the store detective.

    55 Days

    55 Days

    By Howard Brenton

    A gripping historical play that dramatises a crucial moment of English history.

    603

    603

    By Imad Farajin Translated by Hassan Abdulrazzak

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

    8 Hotels

    8 Hotels

    By Nicholas Wright

    A play about passion, suspicion and revenge, based on true events involving some of the twentieth century's most influential American artists.

    A-Typical Rainbow

    A-Typical Rainbow

    By JJ Green

    An uplifting play about the experience of growing up neurodivergent and queer in early 2000s Britain, based on real events from the perspective of the writer and the autistic community.

    Abandonment

    Abandonment

    By Kate Atkinson

    A play about love, death, identity and evolution, from the bestselling and highly acclaimed novelist.

    Abigail

    Abigail

    By Fiona Doyle

    A man in his forties and a woman in her twenties meet on a trip to Berlin. Across a fractured timeline where past and present collide, the story of their relationship, their love and their struggle unravels.

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    About a Goth

    About a Goth

    By Tom Wells

    A short play about a young man who volunteers in old people's homes, and suffers paroxyms of love and hate for the residents.

    Published in volume Me, As A Penguin
      Acceptance

      Acceptance

      By Amy Ng

      Crackling with razor-sharp dialogue, Amy Ng's play asks whether we can ever escape our past, and investigates the destructive side of our search for acceptance.

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