Literary Adaptations

A heartbreaking tale of orphans, angels, murder and music - dramatised from the Whitbread award-winning novel set in 18th-century England.

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

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

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 classic of Scots literature, brilliantly adapted for the stage.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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