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King Charles III by Mike Bartlett
Category: Performing Arts | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
Queen Elizabeth II is dead. After a lifetime of waiting, her son Charles ascends the throne with Camilla by his side. As William, Kate, and Harry look on, he prepares for the future of power that lies before him. But how to rule? Winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Play, King Charles III is th ...Show more
Lazarus by Walsh, Enda
Category: Performing Arts | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
Thomas Newton came to Earth seeking water for his drought-ridden planet. Years later he's still stranded here, soaked in cheap gin and haunted by a past love. But the arrival of another lost soul brings one last chance of freedom... Inspired by the book The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis and its ...Show more
Misery Guts & Tartuffe by Liz Lochhead
Category: Performing Arts | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
One of Scotland's most popular writers, the multi-award-winning Liz Lochhead, takes on Moli re's most famous play. Le Misanthrope is a bitter comedy about a sophisticated Parisian who cannot help telling uncomfortable truths about his fellow men. Lochhead transposes the setting to present-day Scotland, ...Show more
Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
Category: Young Adult | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
"Noughts and Crosses" is about a black girl called Sephy and a white boy called Callum and their friendship in a world that's divided by the colour of your skin - and how their feelings for each other grow as they grow older and grow up. As Malorie Blackman herself says: 'I wanted to turn society as we ...Show more
Once by Enda Walsh; Glen Hansard (Other Primary Creator); Markéta Irglová (Lyrics by)
Category: Performing Arts | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
A jewel box of a musical: small, delicate, brimming with emotion and charm.--VogueIt may sound like heresy to fans of the 2006 film, but this bewitching stage adaptation arguably improves on the movie, expanding its emotional breadth and elevating it stylistically while remaining true to the original's ...Show more
Playing for Time by Arthur Miller
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
The extraordinary story of the women's orchestra in Auschwitz, originally filmed for television with Vanessa Redgrave, and adapted for the stage by Miller himself. Fania Fénelon, a Parisian singer, is arrested by the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz. There, she finds herself swept into the orchestra, compose ...Show more
Prima Facie by Suzie Miller
Category: No Category | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
'Every winner might be the one who loses the next day.' Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working-class origins to the top of her game: defending, cross-examining and winning. But an unexpected event forces her to confront the patriarchal power of the law, where the b ...Show more
The Children by Lucy Kirkwood
Category: Performing Arts | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
Lucy Kirkwood's play The Children premiered at the Royal Court, London, in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs on 17 November 2016, in a production directed by James Macdonald.The Children was named Best Play at the 2018 Writers' Guild Awards.
The Crocodile by Tom Basden (Adapted by); Fyodor Dostoevsky (Original Author)
Category: Reference | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
Ivan is an actor who hasn't achieved the recognition he feels he deserves. But all that is about to change when he is swallowed whole by a crocodile. Based on Dostoyevsky's short story, The Crocodile is a ferociously funny, eye-poppingly theatrical play about art, animals and what happens when you try t ...Show more
The Domino Effect and Other Plays by Fin Kennedy
Category: No Category | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
A new collection of plays by Fin Kennedy, author of How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found and The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping and other plays.
The Encounter by Complicite; Simon McBurney
Category: Reference | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
Inspired by the book Amazon Beaming by Petru Popescu, The Encounter traces McIntyre's journey into the depths of the Amazon rainforest, incorporating innovative technology into a solo performance to build a shifting world of sound.The Encounter opened at the Edinburgh International Festival in August 20 ...Show more
The Ferryman (West End Edition) by Jez Butterworth
Category: Reference | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
'Vanishing. It's a powerful word, that. A powerful word.' County Armagh, Northern Ireland, 1981. The Carney farmhouse is a hive of activity with preparations for the annual harvest. A day of hard work on the land and a traditional night of feasting and celebrations lie ahead. But this year they will be ...Show more