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The London Cuckolds by Terry Johnson
Category: No Category | Series: Modern Plays Ser.
'A young rake sexually plunders and pillages his way through London leaving a dozen angry cuckolds in his wake. First performed in 1681, The London Cuckolds was written by Edward Ravenscroft. Three centuries later, Terry Johnson''s frank and fruity adaptation proves this seminal comedy to be a precursor ...Show more
The Memory of Water and Five Kinds of Silence by Shelagh Stephenson
Category: No Category | Series: Modern Plays Ser.
'In The Memory of Water (winner of the 2000 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy), three sisters meet on the eve of their mother''s funeral. As the conflicts of the past converge, everyday lies and tensions reveal the particular patterns and strains of family relationships. ''Combines a flair for witt ...Show more
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov; Anya Reiss (Adapted by)
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Plays Ser.
"Chekhov, speaking simply and never otherwise than as an artist and a humane man, shows us in fullness and plenitude the mystery of our lives."-Eudora Welty "What writers influenced me as a young man? Chekhov! As a dramatist? Chekhov! As a story writer? Chekhov!"-Tennessee Williams The Seagull is Anton ...Show more
The Unfriend (West End Edition) by Steven Moffat
Category: No Category | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
'We're dying of manners. We're under siege from personal embarrassment. This is not sane. This is not rational. That woman is a monster!' While on holiday, Peter and Debbie befriend Elsa: a lusty, Trump-loving widow from Denver, USA. She's less than woke but kind of wonderful. They agree to stay in touc ...Show more
The Visit, or the Old Lady Comes to Call by Friedrich Dürrenmatt; Tony Kushner (Adapted by)
Category: Education | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
In the town of Slurry, New York, post-war recession has bitten. Claire Zachanassian, improbably beautiful and impenetrably terrifying, returns to her hometown as the world's richest woman. The locals hope her arrival signals a change in their fortunes, but they soon realise that prosperity will only com ...Show more
The Weir by Conor McPherson
Category: Reference | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
The spellbinding, beautifully observed hit from the master of suspenseful realism. A bar in a remote part of Ireland. The local lads are swapping spooky stories to impress a young woman recently moved to the area from Dublin. As the drink flows and the stories become increasingly frightening, it's clear ...Show more
The Years by Annie Ernaux; Eline Arbo (Adapted by); Stephanie Bain (Translator)
Category: Classics | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyShortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International PrizeConsidered by many to be the iconic French memoirist's defining work and a breakout bestseller when published in France in 2008 The Years is ...Show more
Twelve Angry Men: Modern Plays Edition by Reginald Rose
Category: Performing Arts | Series: Methuen Modern Plays Ser.
'New York, summer 1954Criminal Courts BuildingA man is deadThe life of another is at stakeA guilty verdict seems a foregone conclusion. But one member of the jury has the will to probe more deeply into the evidence and the courage to confront the ignorance and the prejudice of some of his fellow jurors. ...Show more
Ulster American by David Ireland
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Modern Plays Ser.
Would you mind if I asked you a troubling question? Jay is the Oscar-winning actor taking the lead in a new play that connects with his Irish roots. Leigh is the ambitious director who will do anything to get noticed. Ruth is the Northern Irish playwright whose voice must be heard. The stage is set fo ...Show more
Wit (plays, playscript) by Margaret Edson
Category: Reference | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
A striking and sharply funny reflection on the frailty of existence and the complex relationship between knowledge and love. Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., a renowned specialist in the brilliantly difficult Holy Sonnets of John Donne, has been diagnosed with stage f ...Show more
Women of Troy by Euripides
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Modern Plays Ser.
An industrial port of a war-torn city. Women survivors wait to be shipped abroad. Officials come and go. A grandmother, once Queen, watches as her remaining family members are taken from her one by one. The city burns around them. Euripides' great anti-war tragedy is published in Don Taylor's translatio ...Show more