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Plays by the authors listed below are included in Twentieth-Century Drama, a searchable full-text literature collection from Chadwyck-Healey. These are all copyright texts that have been licensed from the rights holders for inclusion in the collection. The electronic texts of these plays can only be accessed and downloaded by members of institutions that subscribe to the Chadwyck-Healey Literature services Literature Online or Twentieth-Century Drama.

Performances or public readings of these plays are forbidden unless prior permission has been received from the author, or from the author's agent or estate. This includes university and school productions. Applications for permission should be made before rehearsals begin. If you wish to stage a performance of a play that is included in Twentieth-Century Drama, please consult the table below to find the contact for the relevant author.

Some of the works included in Twentieth-Century Drama are no longer protected by copyright, and can therefore be performed without permission. Authors of those works are not listed below.

Playwright
Contact
Barrie, J M Samuel French Ltd
52 Fitzroy Street
London W1P 6JR
Brighouse, Harold Samuel French Ltd
52 Fitzroy Street
London W1P 6JR
Drinkwater, John Samuel French Ltd
52 Fitzroy Street
London W1P 6JR
Granville-Barker, Harley The Society of Authors
84 Drayton Gardens
London SW10 9SB
Tel: 0207 373 6642
Malleson, Miles Samuel French Ltd
52 Fitzroy Street
London W1P 6JR
Maugham, Somerset Outside of USA:

A.P. Watt
20 John Street
London WC1N 2DR
Tel: 0207 405 6774

USA:

Julian Hope
2a Monmouth Place
London
W2 5FA
Pinero, Arthur Wing, Sir Samuel French Ltd
52 Fitzroy Street
London W1P 6JR
Sherriff, R C Worldwide first class professional performance rights:

Ben Hall
Curtis Brown
Haymarket House
28-29 Haymarket
London SW1Y 4SP

Amateur, stock and repertory rights:

Samuel French Ltd
52 Fitzroy Street
London W1T 5JR
United Kingdom
Wesker, Arnold Arnold Wesker
Hay On Wye
Hereford HR3 5RJ
Williamson, David UK and Europe:

Patricia McNaughton
MACNAUGHTON LORD 2000 LTD
19 Margravine Gardens
LONDON W6 8RL
Tel: 44 20 8741 0606
Fax: 44 20 8741 7443
Email info@ml2000.org.uk

USA:

Beth Blickers
Helen Merrill Ltd
295 Lafayette Street
Suite 915
New York
New York 10012-2700
Tel: 1 212 226 5015
Fax: 1 212 226 5079
Email: bblickers@hmlartists.com

Rest of world:

Anthony Blair
Cameron Creswell Agency Ltd
Locked Bag 3535
Edgecliff NSW 2027
Australia
Tel: 61 2 9362 0600
Fax: 61 2 9363 3317
Email: a.blair@cameronsmanagement.com.au
Yeats, W B For stage performance:

Samuel French Ltd
52 Fitzroy Street
London W1T 5JR
United Kingdom

For radio, film & TV performance:

The Society of Authors
84 Drayton Gardens
London SW10 9SB
Tel: 0207 373 6642