Bøger i NHB Modern Plays serien

A gripping play about the man who murdered Mahatma Gandhi, premiered at the National Theatre, London.

"The key British theatre work of the last decade." Time Out 2012. An Instant Modern Classic. A comic, contemporary vision of life in our green and pleasant land. BEST PLAY Evening Standard Awards BEST PLAY Critics Circle Awards.

A funny, painful and deeply moving play about loss - and cooking.

A symphony of dislocated and interconnected scenes, in which a series of characters search for meaning in a complicated and unstable world. Written specifically for young people, Chaos formed part of the 2019 National Theatre Connections Festival and was premiered by youth theatres across the UK.

A sassy, offbeat comedy-drama about rebelling against your roots.

A passionate, heartfelt play about surviving in a time of civil war, by a leading American dramatist. Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

A slippery thriller for the stage, about love, power and belief. In a modern world where reality is whatever we imagine it to be, how do we know the stories we tell ourselves are true?

Can a younger generation, dispossessed and disenfranchised, truly empathize with the old - especially when their future is at stake?

Tender, uncompromising, haunting and lyrical, these four plays together comprise a contemporary chronicle of the lives of East London's young women.

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

The true-life drama of the extraordinary bond between two identical twin girls and their struggle to find a voice.

Six plays by some of the most exciting and distinctive female voices in British theatre, exploring the heartbreaking truth about the lives of women in the criminal justice system.

A tense and gripping drama, loaded with dark humour, about the price we pay for material possessions and the effect it has on those we love.

Peter Nichols's modern classic - a provocative comedy about sex, love and infidelity.

Filled with Tom Wells' trademark witty and wonderful dialogue, Jumpers for Goalposts is a big-hearted romcom for the stage; a life-affirming testament to friendship and love that overflows with kindness, some sadness and a rich vein of humour and truth.

Six generations, twenty-three characters one very special piece of furniture. Tanya Ronder's thrilling play is an epic tale of belonging, identity and the things we pass on. Table was the first play to be staged in The Shed, a temporary venue at the National Theatre, London, to celebrate original, ambitious and unexpected theatre. It premiered in April 2013 in a production directed by Rufus Norris. 'Highly inventive and often touching' Telegraph 'Tremendous... richly textured' Guardian

A darkly comic drama of buried secrets and new beginnings, with three linked scenes all set in the same terraced house.

A powerful, provocative play about international relations and the shifting balance of power between East and West.

A sharp, hilarious behind-the-scenes glimpse of diplomacy in action, centering on England's bid for the 2018 World Cup.

A powerful, inventive play that mixes real testimonials alongside existing and original music to explore one of the most important social concerns of today: homelessness amongst young people.

Lucy Kirkwood's delightful version of the classic fairytale, first seen in a production devised and directed by Katie Mitchell at the National Theatre for Christmas 2010.

A darkly surprising comedy about the pharmaceuticals business, the salaryman and woman, and the quest for happiness.

A poignantly funny drama from the author of My Night With Reg, about the heartbreak of unrequited love and the power of memories.

An exhilarating coming-of-age story that explores the intensity of adolescent relationships.

A fast and furious comedy about the lengths we will go to when our backs are against the wall.

Lyrical and urgent, Fiona Doyle's play Coolatully is a compassionate insight into the links between the economy, masculinity and society in the modern world. Winner of the Papatango New Writing Prize.

A play about a cheeky 10-year-old with a plan to win the Weston-super-Mare Beauty Contest, against the backdrop of Black British Civil Rights marches in 1960s Bristol.

A painfully funny play, shining a light on one woman's struggle with the dark side of the internet

An urgent play about the struggle for optimism and community amid the chaos of a world falling apart.