Literary Adaptations

The complete book and lyrics of Norman's Tony Award-winning Broadway musical adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved children's classic.

A re-invention of George Eliot's classic story of loss, tragedy and the relentless nature of fate.

A superb adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous story of the unassuming Dr Jekyll and his dark alter-ego Mr Hyde.

A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, with music by Mick Sands drawn from traditional French folk melodies.

A bold and theatrically inventive adaptation of the literary classic that puts the interior life of the novel on stage.

A simple and delightfully inventive re-telling of the stories from the Arabian Nights.

A tried-and-tested stage adaptation of Barry Hines' novel A Kestrel for a Knave, about a troubled young boy who finds and trains a kestrel.

An imaginative reworking of the children's classic, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.

A bold, witty and fresh adaptation of Jane Austen's novel which, while thoroughly modern, retains the spirit and much of the language of the original.

A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, first performed in this version by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

A dramatisation of the extraordinary life of Jean Rhys, in which themes of femininity, literature and hysteria and madness collide with vivid force.

Flaubert's masterpiece about an infidelity with tragic consequences, dramatised for Shared Experience by the acclaimed novelist.

The classic tale of Sleeping Beauty's curse – as seen through the eyes of the fairy who curses her.

A classic of Scots literature, brilliantly adapted for the stage.

A powerful and straightforward dramatisation of Orwell's enduring parable on the perils of totalitarianism.

A vivid, emotional stage version of Mary Webb's novel of rural passion, premiered by Shared Experience Theatre Company.

A two-play dramatisation of Philip Pullman's extraordinary award-winning fantasy trilogy, first seen at the National Theatre.

A delightful stage version of Jane Austen's earliest novel, her mock-Gothic Romance.