Bøker i NHB Modern Plays-serien

The story of a young girl trapped in an increasingly tiny world. Based on a true story.

A sparkling adaptation of the classic comic novel recording the daily exploits of Charles Pooter, the London clerk with social aspirations far beyond his status.

A funny and passionate play from the author of The Pride and The Faith Machine.

An exhilarating play about a ruthless female City trader who takes on a young and ambitious protegee.

A darkly comic play that explores the unexpected, bewildering, and life-changing consequences of challenging the status quo at a global level.

A historical romp with real bite, Stephen Jeffreys's The Libertine has received several major stage productions and was filmed with Johnny Depp and John Malkovich. This edition is published alongside the major West End revival starring Dominic Cooper.

A play about T.E. Lawrence, once celebrated as Lawrence of Arabia, but who now wants only to be normal once more.

Terence Rattigan's epic and probing drama about the man immortalised as Lawrence of Arabia.

A poignant exploration of what it means to say goodbye.

A gripping dramatic portrait of a destructive friendship between two women who push themselves to their limits.

An offbeat love story about Mr Tutti Frutti, a stuffed owl and the struggle to fit in.

A searing dramatic thriller that asks how well we actually know those closest to us, premiered at Hampstead Theatre in June 2016.

A chilling and powerful modern Medea about motherhood and class.

A painful comedy about growing up and manning up.

A hilarious new spin on the Hollywood romcom featuring two proposals, two weddings, an elopement and a cast of unforgettable characters.

A beautiful, heart-warming, laugh-out-loud coming-of-age story for our times.

Two exhilarating and teasingly entertaining one-act plays from one of the UK's leading playwrights.

A sensitive, delicate and powerful play that asks what our labour is worth and how life can be lived when the system is stacked against you. Winner of the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

The Bronze Age. The Iron Age. The Age of Oil. The Stone Age didn't end for want of stones. What do you do when you know it's going to run out? Oil follows the lives of one woman and her daughter in an epic, hurtling crash of empire, history and family.

A comedy drama about being young, working in a shit job, living in debt, and all the funny and sad things you do to cope.

A fable about the moral and environmental cost of our materialistic nesting instincts.

A play that challenges our understanding of mythology, and forces us to ask vital questions about military occupation.

A chilling adaptation of Joan Lindsay's classic novel about the disappearance of three Australian schoolgirls in the summer of 1900.

A moving, funny and charming play that takes you through decades of history seen through the eyes of one village resident.

A theatrical monologue that chronicles growing up in a multicultural community, and the everyday injustices that drive people to take back control.

A collection of monologues that document, remember and bear witness to a century of struggle for progress and equality for women in the United Kingdom.

An anthology of five of the best plays from VAULT 2017, London's biggest and most exciting arts festival.

A tender, dark and funny look at a co-dependent relationship between a brother and a sister, and how they cope when the world bursts in on them.

A play about the human cost of surrogacy, and what we'll overlook to get what we want.

A darkly comic debut play about confession and the gravity of young love.