Bøger i NHB Modern Plays serien

A play about freedom, guilt and the possibility of redemption, premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

A smouldering political allegory about a political protest in a country ruled by a military junta. From the author of Death and the Maiden, written in collaboration with Tony Kushner, author of Angels in America.

An explosive, gripping and disturbing play about the phenomenon of False Memory Syndrome.

A collection of modern Spanish and Catalan plays in translations by practising English playwrights, commissioned and first staged by the Royal Court Theatre.

A stylish mix of the comic and the macabre, exploring ideas about love, both platonic and romantic.

A funny, sad and truthful romantic comedy about beating the biological clock.

A serious comedy from the author of East is East, about the dying breed of Anglo-Indians living in Calcutta in 1985.

Two plays from the author of The Wexford Trilogy.

A play about the dog-eat-dog world of television.

A fast and bloody black comedy that sheds light on four of the most ignored figures in English history - the knights who actually had to kill Thomas Becket.

A bold, witty and fresh adaptation of Jane Austen's novel which, while thoroughly modern, retains the spirit and much of the language of the original.

A gripping and darkly comic tale of young lives on the edge. Winner of the 2009 Meyer-Whitworth Award.

A comedy drama portraying a ghastly family gathering with great humour and unflinching honesty.

An explosively topical play about institutional corruption in Northern Ireland.

A sharp, funny, moving story of five women across three generations, and a prodigal daughter's return.

A moving and perceptive play that looks at social change across three decades, from the student barricades of the late 1960s to the new millennium.

A one-woman show based on the life and writings of the provocative columnist, writer and broadcaster, Julie Burchill.

An extraordinary and disturbing play about post-Communist Russia by a young Siberian-born writer.

McCafferty's break-through play, a tender and comic portrait of love, dignity and emotional damage.

A dark, funny, spellbinding play about a group of outcasts and eccentrics gathered in the Cambridgeshire fens.

A gripping play exploring Western guilt towards the Third World, from an author well-known for her award-winning adaptations for Shared Experience and the National Theatre.

Surrounded by rain, rivers, lochs and floods, three generations of memory and experience ebb and flow through this lyrical play.

A worm's eye view of post-Communist Russia.

An enthralling drama about the man who killed Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of South African apartheid.

In this two-play cycle set against the background of a bitterly fought American governor's election, David Edgar explores what has happened to the revolutionary fervour which took hold of both the Right and the Left in the 1960s, and how it has been carried over into the politics of today.

A heart-wrenching drama of anguish and missed opportunities.

A subtle and menacing play about life after a terrorist outrage.

An irreverent and provocative drama questioning the basis of Christianity, by the author of The Romans in Britain.