Bøker i NHB Modern Plays-serien

A comic retelling of the story of Dracula, from John Nicholson and Exeter-based theatre company Le Navet Bete.

A witty and touching new play about class, friendship and absence.

A rich evocation of a world poised on the brink of Stalin's Great Terror, based on the 1994 Oscar-winning film written by Nikita Mikhalkov and Rustam Ibragimbekov.

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.

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.

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 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.

A searing exploration of unconditional love and of the personal sacrifices it demands.

Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, an exquisitely original, honest and deftly funny play that explores our need to connect and be loved regardless of the gulfs that disability, race, class, and wealth place between us.

Published alongside the acclaimed, reimagined West End revival in 2018, this edition of Sondheim's hit musical features the complete revised book and lyrics for the production, plus colour production photographs.