Bøger i NHB Modern Plays serien

A National Theatre Connections play about teenagers, nightlife, and the small choices that have momentous consequences.

An explosive espionage thriller that challenges the idea that 'if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear', exploring how we can live freely when advances in technology outpace the law.

A passionate and timely drama that looks at the human cost of abandoning those who struggle to fit in.

A play about the manhunt for the Yorkshire Ripper, going behind the scenes to investigate the case that nearly broke the British police force.

Sally Abbott's I Think We Are Alone is a delicate and uplifting play about our fragility, resilience and our need for love and forgiveness

A darkly satirical monologue about fatherhood, love and toxic masculinity.

Two plays about contemporary life in Ireland, from award-winning writer John O'Donovan.

A wildly inventive comedy drama about courage, female friendship and flamingos. This volume also includes twelve comic monologues for female performers.

An extraordinary drama about an ordinary family who must balance the challenges of daily life whilst living with dementia.

A play about class, consent and transgressions buried in the past, set over the course of one winesoaked evening in a Dublin restaurant.

A witty and heartfelt play about two sisters, exploring family, class and dependence.

Drawing inspiration from Ovid, fifteen leading female and non-binary British playwrights dramatise the lives of fifteen classical heroines in a series of new monologues for the twenty-first century.

An electrifying, bittersweet love story with echoes of Romeo and Juliet, set in a society divided by racial bigotry and a world rocked by terrorism. Adapted from Malorie Blackman's best-selling novels. Sephy (a Cross) is the daughter of the Deputy Prime Minister. Callum is the son of a Nought agitator. United by a shared sense of injustice as children, and separated by intolerance as they grow up, their desire to be together begins to eclipse all family loyalty - sparking a political crisis of unimaginable proportions. 'I wanted to turn society as we know it on its head, with new names for the major divisions, i.e. Noughts (the underclass) and Crosses (the majority, ruling society)' - Malorie Blackman 'Dominic Cooke's excellent adaptation... a dark, politically unsentimentalised story about teenage love transcending the barriers in a deeply divided society... heart-rending' - Independent

The award-winning French play, in an English translation by Waleed Akhtar, published alongside the premiere at Hampstead Theatre, London.

Stephen Karam's award-winning drama - a blackly comic play about dealing with loss - published alongside its European premiere at Hampstead Theatre.

Best Musical Production, UK Theatre AwardsSouth Bank Sky Arts Award for TheatrePoppy wants to escape her old life in London. Joy and Jimmy want to spend the rest of their lives together. Rose and Harry want the new life they've been promised.A history of modern Britain told through the stories of one Sheffield housing estate, Standing at the Sky's Edge charts the hopes and dreams of three generations over the course of six tumultuous decades. With a book by acclaimed playwright Chris Bush, and set to the irresistible songs of legendary singer-songwriter Richard Hawley, it is a heartfelt exploration of the power of community and what it is we call home.Standing at the Sky's Edge was first performed at Sheffield Theatres in 2019, when it won Best Musical Production at the UK Theatre Awards and the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Theatre. It was revived in 2022, before transferring to the National Theatre, London, directed by Robert Hastie.

A tender, heartfelt drama about families - the ones we inherit and the ones we create - and the struggle to survive when times get tough.

A penetrating comedy about the search for sexual knowledge, true love, and top-notch Tupperware.

A compelling new play by Anna Jordan that explores the profound effect that war has on young lives, and asks -- what does coming home really mean?

Two powerful plays about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by two of Ukraine's leading playwrights.'They've mobilised all the living now, the fifth call took the last of the living. But the war keeps on. So high command asked us.'Sasha, a Colonel in the Ukrainian Army, has died suddenly of a heart attack, leaving his relatives Katia and Oksana to mourn for him. But a year later, as war intensifies, the army has resorted to recruiting the dead. Sasha is anxious to be resurrected so he can rejoin the fight, but can his family bear to lose him all over again? Take the Rubbish Out, Sasha by Natal'ya Vorozhbit blends reality and the supernatural in a startling exploration of the effects of war and conflict.'I want to report a robbery... I was robbed. What was stolen from me? Almost everything... Home, land, car, work, friends, city, faith in goodness...'Donbas, 2014. A nameless woman stands in the street, trying to sell a basket of kittens. She has lost everything else she holds dear. Her only remaining hope is to find a home for the kittens, since she cannot offer them one herself. Pussycat in Memory of Darkness by Neda Nezhdana is an unflinching examination of Russia's war on Ukraine through the brutalised eyes of one woman.The two plays were translated by Sasha Dugdale and John Farndon, respectively, and performed in English at the Finborough Theatre, London, as part of their #VoicesFromUkraine season in 2022.10% of the proceeds from sales of this book will be donated to the Voices of Children Charitable Foundation, a Ukrainian charity providing urgently needed psychological and psychosocial support to children affected by the war in Ukraine.