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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Who is Sylvia?

By Terence Rattigan

Rattigan's play about obsessive love, a bittersweet portayal of his father - and maybe of his own frustrated love life.

Published in volume Who is Sylvia? and Duologue

White Lead

By Jessica Siân

A short play exploring the expectations and responsibilities of being an artist and a woman.

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The White Bike

By Tamara von Werthern

An affecting play, based on a true story, about what happens when our world is turned upside down.

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Whisky Galore (stage version)

By Compton Mackenzie Adapted by Philip Goulding

A stage adaptation of Compton Mackenzie's comedy classic, combining rollicking physical theatre, panto and farce, with an array of hilarious characters for any female-led theatre company.

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Whipping It Up

By Steve Thompson

A quick-witted satirical farce set in the Whips' office at Westminster.

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While You Lie

By Sam Holcroft

A blistering play about our need for honesty in relationships and how it can sometimes bring about their downfall.

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Whiff Whaff

By Jack Thorne

A savagely funny short play about attitudes to disability and mental health.

Published in volume Jack Thorne Plays: Two

Where Sat the Lovers

By Carys D. Coburn With MALAPROP Theatre

A play about codes, hallucinations, Isaac Newton, war crimes, seeing meaning where there's none and vice versa. First staged by MALAPROP Theatre at the 2021 Dublin Fringe Festival.

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Where I'm From

By Laura Lomas

A monologue play about a woman on the day of her release from prison.

Published in volume Bird and other monologues for young women

When You Cure Me

By Jack Thorne

A 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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When Winston Went to War with the Wireless

By Jack Thorne

A gripping and timely play about Winston Churchill, the 1920s General Strike and the birth of the BBC.

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When This Is Over

A Blueprint for Creating Your Own Production, and the Original Playscript

By Ned Glasier, Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey and Company Three

A theatrical celebration of hope, possibility and imagination, designed to be created and performed by teenage casts, drawing directly on their own life experiences and the stories they want to tell. Winner, Outstanding Drama Initiative at the Music and Drama Education Awards.