Modern Plays

Methuen Drama’s Modern Plays series is world-famous for containing the work of many of the fi nest contemporary playwrights. It features over 1000 plays and continues to grow alongside the staging of new work. Below is a small selection of some of our newest published plays that appeal to students at different levels for study and performance.

SUITABLE FOR GCSE 14-16

Hymn

Lolita Chakrabarti

Featuring music from Gil and Benny's lives, Lolita Chakrabarti's searching, soulful new play asks what it takes to be a good father, brother or son.

PB | 9781350243057 | £10.99

Mugabe, My Dad and Me

Tonderai Munyevu This play charts the rise and fall of one of the most controversial politicians of the 20th century through the lens of Tonderai's family story and his relationship with his father.

The War of the Worlds

Isley Lynn Inspired by H.G. Wells' sci-fi novel and Orson Welles' classic radio play, this legendary science fi ction thriller is playfully reimagined as a play for our era of Fake News and 'alternative facts'.

Out West

Tanika Gupta, Simon Stephens and Roy Williams Three new plays from three of the UK's most celebrated playwrights. The plays explore race, identity and our sense of place and purpose, presented together as one piece, Out West.

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Changing Destiny

Ben Okri

An epic new adaptation of the 4,000-year-old Egyptian poem about the Warrior King Sinuhe written by Booker Prize-winner Ben Okri that captures the essence of humanity and the complexities of immigration.

PB | 9781350186071 | £10.99 PB | 9781350269934 | £10.99 PB | 9781350272774 | £10.99 PB | 9781350260122 | £10.99

SUITABLE FOR A LEVEL 16-18

Aftertaste

Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Aftertaste is a new play by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth that offers a theatrical exploration into a world full of violence, greed and food.

PB | 9781350287778 | £10.99

NW Trilogy

Moira Buffi ni, Roy Williams and Suhayla El-Bushra A collection of three vivid stories, told over one performance, that remember and celebrate people who changed the course of history.

PB | 9781350288911 | £10.99

Rough Girls

Tara Lynne O'Neill The untold story of the Belfast women who stepped onto a pitch in society - shocking shorts and footie boots, a ball at their feet and a point to prove.

PB | 9781350293717 | £10.99

Freedom Project

Luke Barnes

Melding lived experience with creative theatre-making, refugees Mo and Hossein share their stories of migration and leaving home as unaccompanied minors.

PB | 9781350294066 | £10.99

For more, visit bloomsbury.com/ plays-for-alevel

The Boy With Two Hearts

Hamed Amiri, adapted for the stage by Phil Porter A young mother makes a speech demanding freedom for Afghan women, angering local Taliban leaders who issue a warrant for her execution.

PB | 9781350294554 | £10.99

Inspire students to craft their own scripts for the stage with this free

BITESIZE PLAYWRIGHTING EBOOK

In collaboration with touring theatre company, Tamasha, we’ve produced this FREE eBook of the 10 winning short plays from the Bitesize Playwrighting competition, written by students aged 1217 (and a Drama teacher!). Download your free eBook from Download your free eBook from bloomsbury.com/DramaForSchools