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Doctor Scroggy's War (NHB Modern Plays)
An epic, hilarious and moving play that takes a sideways look at the First World War. 1915. Jack Twigg, twenty-one years old, enlists in the London Regiment and goes on a journey …
Anne boleyn
A celebration of a great English heroine, Anne Boleyn dramatises the life and legacy of Henry VIII's notorious second wife, who helped change the course of the nation's history. …
Romans in Britain
First staged at London's National Theatre in 1980, having been commissioned by Peter Hall, The Romans in Britain contrasts Julius Caesar's Roman invasion of Celtic Britain with the …
Brenton Plays: 2
Howard Brenton is one of Britain's best-known and most controversial dramatistsThe Romans in Britain was the play that brought calls to bring back censorship when it was first …
Blinding Light (NHB Modern Plays)
Abandoning theatre, living a life of squalid splendour, August Strindberg practises alchemy. In his hotel room, he attempts to make gold by finding the philosopher's stone, the …
Eternal Love (NHB Modern Plays)
A spellbinding new telling of a passionate and legendary love story. When Abelard begins a wild affair with his brilliant student Heloise, his enemies find the perfect pretext to …
Brenton Plays: 1
Howard Brenton is one of Britain's best-known and most controversial dramatistsChristie in Love is based on the story of John Christie, the 19th century serial killer, "e;like …
Danton's Death
This is your rhetoric translated. These wretches, these executioners, the guillotine are your speeches come to life. You have built your doctrines out of human heads... Why should …
Lawrence After Arabia (NHB Modern Plays)
Howard Brenton's Lawrence After Arabia explores the afterlife of a legend, when being a hero has become a burden, and the man once celebrated as Lawrence of Arabia wants only to be …
Danton's Death
This is your rhetoric translated. These wretches, these executioners, the guillotine are your speeches come to life. You have built your doctrines out of human heads... Why should …
Cancelling Socrates (NHB Modern Plays)
Today, Socrates is revered as the founding father of Western philosophy. But in 399 BC Athens, he was a pain in the neck. The plague is over, democracy is (just about) restored, …
Drawing the Line (NHB Modern Plays)
A vivid telling of the chaotic story of the partition that shaped the modern world. London, 1947. Summoned by the Prime Minister from the court where he is presiding judge, Cyril …