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NHB Modern Plays Books in Order
This page lists the complete NHB Modern Plays reading order by Philip Pullman, with book numbers, publication years, and a publication-order view for readers who want to start at the beginning.
Updated 2026-06-22 / 115 books / 1861-2025
NHB Modern Plays Reading Order
62
The Improvisation Book: How to Conduct Successful Improvisation Sessions(By: John S.C. Abbott)
2014
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NHB Modern Plays Books by Publication Order
1861
Great Expectations(By: Charles Dickens)
#1
1987
Mary Queen of Scots Got her Head Chopped Off(By: Liz Lochhead)
#2
1988
Mrs Klein(By: Nicholas Wright)
#3
1994
A Going Concern(By: Stephen Jeffreys)
#4
1995
Honour(By: Joanna Murray-Smith)
#5
1997
Hotel(By: Caryl Churchill)
#6
1998
Scotland Plays(By: Philip Howard)
#7
1998
Anna Weiss(By: Mike Cullen)
#8
1998
Blue Heart(By: Caryl Churchill)
#9
1998
My Boy Jack(By: David Haig)
#10
1999
Jane Eyre(By: Charlotte Bront’,Polly Teale)
#11
1999
Howie the Rookie(By: Mark O'Rowe)
#12
1999
Passing Places(By: Stephen Greenhorn)
#13
2000
Be My Baby(By: Amanda Whittington)
#14
2000
Kes(By: Barry Hines,Lawrence Till)
#15
2000
Love Upon the Throne(By: Patrick Barlow)
#16
2000
Far Away(By: Caryl Churchill)
#17
2001
I Just Stopped by to See the Man(By: Stephen Jeffreys)
#18
2002
Push Up(By: Roland Schimmelpfennig,Maja Zade)
#19
2005
His Dark Materials(With: Nicholas Wright)
#20
2005
When You Cure Me(By: Jack Thorne)
#21
2006
The Winterling(By: Jez Butterworth)
#22
2006
5/11(By: Edward Kemp)
#23
2007
Cruising(By: Alecky Blythe)
#24
2007
How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found(By: Fin Kennedy)
#25
2008
Iron(By: Rona Munro)
#26
2008
Never So Good(By: Howard Brenton)
#27
2008
Happy Now?(By: Lucinda Coxon)
#28
2009
Cherry Blossom(By: Catherine Grosvenor)
#29
2009
Tuesdays at Tesco's(By: Emmanuel Darley,Matthew Hurt,Sarah Vermande)
#30
2009
When the Rain Stops Falling(By: Andrew Bovell)
#31
2010
BUNNY(By: Jack Thorne)
#32
2010
The Convict's Opera(By: Stephen Jeffreys)
#33
2011
So You Want To Go To Drama School?(By: Helen Freeman)
#34
2011
The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping and other plays(By: Fin Kennedy)
#35
2012
Sex with a Stranger(By: Stefan Golaszewski)
#36
2012
Love & Information(By: Caryl Churchill)
#37
2012
The Haunting(By: Charles Dickens)
#38
2012
The Acting Book(By: John Abbott)
#39
2012
Goodbye to All That(By: Luke Norris)
#40
2012
Herding Cats(By: Lucinda Coxon)
#41
2012
The River(By: Jez Butterworth)
#42
2012
The Last of the Haussmans(By: Stephen Beresford)
#43
2012
NSFW(By: Lucy Kirkwood)
#44
2012
East is East(By: Ayub Khan Din)
#45
2012
Mary Shelley(By: Helen Edmundson)
#46
2013
Once: The Musical(By: Enda Walsh)
#47
2013
The Browning Version(By: Terence Rattigan)
#48
2013
random(By: debbie tucker green)
#49
2013
Jez Butterworth Plays: One(By: Jez Butterworth)
#50
2013
Mogadishu(By: Vivienne Franzmann)
#51
2013
The Weir(By: Conor McPherson)
#52
2013
#Aiww: The Arrest of AI Weiwei(By: Weiwei Ai)
#53
2013
Chimerica(By: Lucy Kirkwood)
#54
2013
Ciphers(By: Dawn King)
#55
2013
Godchild(By: Deborah Bruce)
#56
2013
Let the Right One In(By: John Ajvide Lindqvist,Jack Thorne)
#57
2014
The Deep Blue Sea(By: Dan Rebellato,Terence Rattigan)
#58
2014
Parlour Song(By: Jez Butterworth)
#59
2014
The Night Heron(By: Jez Butterworth)
#60
2014
Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin(By: Enda Walsh)
#61
2014
The Improvisation Book: How to Conduct Successful Improvisation Sessions(By: John S.C. Abbott)
#62
2014
A Hard Rain(By: Jon Bradfield)
#63
2014
Love in Idleness / Less Than Kind(By: Terence Rattigan)
#64
2014
Cressida(By: Nicholas Wright)
#65
2014
Blood and Ice(By: Liz Lochhead)
#66
2014
All the Way HomeBook 0)(By: Ayub Khan Din)
#67
2014
Notes on Falling LeavesBook 0)(By: Ayub Khan-Din)
#68
2014
Coram Boy(By: Jamila Gavin)
#69
2015
The Clearing(By: Helen Edmundson)
#70
2015
The Lioness(By: Rebecca Lenkiewicz)
#71
2015
Clybourne Park(By: Bruce Norris)
#72
2015
Joanne(By: Deborah Bruce)
#73
2016
Elephants(By: Rose Heiney)
#74
2016
Kiss Me Quickstep(By: Amanda Whittington)
#75
2016
Russian Dolls(By: Kate Lock)
#76
2016
This is Living(By: Liam Borrett)
#77
2016
F*ck the Polar Bears(By: Tanya Ronder)
#78
2016
Mr Incredible(By: Camilla Whitehill)
#79
2016
Plasticine(By: Sasha Dugdale,Vassily Sigarev)
#80
2016
The Libertine(By: Stephen Jeffreys)
#81
2016
What Shadows(By: Chris Hannan)
#82
2016
Nice Fish(By: Louis Jenkins,Mark Rylance)
#83
2017
Us/Them(By: Carly Wijs)
#84
2017
Run(By: Stephen Laughton)
#85
2017
Consent(By: Nina Raine)
#86
2017
Mighty Atoms(By: Amanda Whittington)
#87
2017
Sugar Baby(By: Alan Harris)
#88
2017
Saying Yes(By: Griselda Gambaro,Sebastian Doggart)
#89
2017
Comment is Free(By: James Fritz)
#90
2017
Goats(By: Liwaa Yazji,Katharine Halls)
#91
2017
Jekyll & Hyde(By: Robert Louis Stevenson,Evan Placey)
#92
2017
Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer(By: Michel Tremblay,Martin Bowman,Bill Findlay)
#93
2018
The Strongbox(By: Stephanie Jacob)
#94
2018
Woman Caught Unaware(By: Annie Fox)
#95
2018
Glitter Punch(By: Lucy Burke)
#96
2018
Again(By: Stephanie Jacob)
#97
2018
Battlefield(By: Peter Brook)
#98
2018
Nine Night(By: Natasha Gordon)
#99
2018
The Road to Huntsville(By: Stephanie Ridings)
#100
2018
Stephen Jeffreys: Plays(By: Stephen Jeffreys)
#101
2018
Blackthorn(By: Charley Miles)
#102
2018
Valued Friends(By: Stephen Jeffreys)
#103
2018
Interruptions(By: Stephen Jeffreys)
#104
2018
Finsbury Park(By: Stephen Jeffreys)
#105
2018
The Prisoner(By: Peter Brook,Marie-H’l’ne Estienne)
#106
2018
The Clink(By: Stephen Jeffreys)
#107
2019
Fast Labour(By: Steve Waters)
#108
2019
Downstate(By: Bruce Norris)
#109
2019
Beached(By: Melissa Bubnic)
#110
2019
Night Time(By: Selma Dimitrijevic)
#111
2020
Jez Butterworth Plays: Two(By: Jez Butterworth)
#112
2020
Family: Three Plays(By: Iain Crichton Smith,Linda McLean,Riccardo Galgani)
#113
2022
James IV: Queen Of The Fight(By: Rona Munro)
#114
2025
James V: Katherine(By: Rona Munro)
#115
Questions readers ask
What is the correct NHB Modern Plays reading order?
The NHB Modern Plays reading order on this page follows the numbered series order where available, with publication years shown beside each book.
How many NHB Modern Plays books are there?
This catalog currently lists 115 NHB Modern Plays books published across 1861-2025.
Who writes the NHB Modern Plays books?
NHB Modern Plays is listed as a book series by Philip Pullman.
Should I read NHB Modern Plays in publication order?
For most readers, publication order is the safest way to read NHB Modern Plays. If a separate series order is available, this page shows that order first and publication years beside each title.
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