Literary Adaptations

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The Time Machine: A Comedy

1f 2m (plus 1-2 extras)

A fast-paced, wise-cracking, riotous play, loosely based on H.G. Wells's masterpiece, that zips from the nineteenth century to the end of the world, and (with any luck) back again.

To Sir, With Love (stage version)

8f 8m (plus extras)

An uplifting story of the triumph of love, inspiration and hope against all odds, laced with the song and dance of austere, 1940s Britain. 

Treasure Island (stage version)

10m doubling (large cast possible)

A fresh and genuinely thrilling adaptation of the classic tale, and one that keeps close to Stevenson's original story.

Treasure Island (Le Navet Bete stage version)

4m doubling (or a mixed cast playing 26 characters)

A rip-roaring, swashbuckling, family-friendly retelling of a classic story.

The Turn of the Screw (stage version)

4f 3m

A chilling adaptation of Henry James's classic ghost story.

Vernon God Little (stage version)

4f 5m doubling (large cast possible)

A darkly riotous, superbly fast-talking adventure, adapted from the Booker Prize-winning novel.

War and Peace (stage version)

5f 10m doubling

A magnificent two-play epic, adapted from Tolstoy's novel and first staged by Shared Experience.

We are Three Sisters

5f 5m

A thrillingly atmospheric historical drama for the stage, evoking the lives of the Brontë sisters, with a nod to Chekhov's Three Sisters.

Wendy & Peter Pan

By Ella Hickson Original author J.M. Barrie
4f 17m doubling (up to 6f 22m); version for smaller cast also available

A refreshingly modern version of J.M. Barrie's much-loved story that puts the character of Wendy firmly centre stage.

Whisky Galore (stage version)

7f doubling (can be performed by a larger cast)

A stage adaptation of Compton Mackenzie's comedy classic, combining rollicking physical theatre, panto and farce, with an array of hilarious characters for any female-led theatre company.

The Wind in the Willows (stage version)

2f 6m doubling (large cast possible)

A delightful stage adaptation that combines all the joy and mystery of Kenneth Grahame's much-loved classic with the lightness of touch and playful theatricality that award-winning playwright Mike Kenny is known for.

Wolf Hall (stage version)

4-7f 15-24m (plus non-speaking extras)

The first part of Mike Poulton's two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. A thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.

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