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Methuen Drama's iconic Modern Plays series began in 1959 with the publication of Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey and has grown over six decades to now include more than 1000 plays by some of the best writers from around the world. This new limited-edition hardback box set of seven plays celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Modern Plays series and features a play from each decade from 1959 to 2019. Starting with Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey, the six other plays were chosen by public vote from a shortlist of plays from each decade. The resulting collection tells a unique story of British theatre from a period of restriction and censorship through to a period of radical retaliation against the status quo and norms of theatrical storytelling. The box set brings together first plays by remarkable women, the first Black British voice in London's West End, often-revived classics, student favourites and contemporary Olivier Award nominees to offer a diverse picture of British playwriting. Methuen Drama's Modern Plays series has been at the heart of British theatre for the past 60 years and looks forward to publishing landmark plays of future decades. Published in a limited-edition box set, this special celebratory set includes the following plays: A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney (1959) Saved by Edward Bond (1960s) The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black, Black Oil by John McGrath (1970s) Top Girls by Caryl Churchill (1980s) Blasted by Sarah Kane (1990s) Elmina's Kitchen by Kwame Kwei-Armah (2000s) This House by James Graham (2010s)