Nick Hern Books, 2021

NHB Modern Plays

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 13, Roles: Total (8), Female (3), Male (5), Unassigned (0)

...Nina Raine's play Bach & Sons is a historical drama about the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, focussing on his turbulent relationships with his sons. It was first performed at the Bridge Theatre, London, on 29 June 2021 (previews...

Nick Hern Books, 2017

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 15, Roles: Total (8), Female (5), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Nina Raine's Consent is a play about attitudes towards rape, and how victims of rape are treated by the current British justice system. It was first performed as a co-production with Out of Joint in the Dorfman auditorium of the National...

Nick Hern Books, 2006

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Acts: 2, Roles: Total (6), Female (3), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Nina Raine’s debut play is a portrayal of a single woman on the cusp of her thirties. Faced with a myriad of expectations, she finds herself drowning in anxiety about her future. It’s Bella’s 29th birthday. A select group...

Nick Hern Books, 2018

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Scenes: 20, Roles: Total (18), Female (7), Male (11), Unassigned (0)

...Nina Raine's play Stories is a drama about a single woman in her late thirties who is determined to have a child. It was first performed in the Dorfman auditorium of the National Theatre, London, on 18 October 2018 (previews from 10...

Nick Hern Books, 2014

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Acts: 3, Scenes: 25, Roles: Total (17), Female (8), Male (9), Unassigned (0)

...Nina Raine's Tiger Country is a play that depicts the working lives of a group of doctors and nurses in a busy London hospital. It was first performed at Hampstead Theatre, London, on 14 January 2011. The play was revived, in the rewritten...

Nick Hern Books, 2010

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 9, Roles: Total (6), Female (3), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Tribes is a family play about the limitations of communication and the desire to belong. Billy’s family, like every other, is a club, with its own private language, jokes and rules. You can be as rude as you like...

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...Billy has been deaf since birth, but his family has never learned sign language. In fact, until he meets Sylvia, who is fluent in ASL, Billy has never in his life been understood by anyone. This critically acclaimed sensation from Nina...