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Bailey, Lucy (adapt. from Tennessee Williams)

• Baby Doll* ISBN 978 0 573 01970 8
  

Bannerman, Kay see Brooke, Harold

Banks, Julia

• Hercules - the Panto!* ISBN 978 0 573 16440 8

Barnes, Peter

• Corpsing* ISBN 978 0 573 10006 2
  

Baron, Alec

• Asylum* ISBN 978 0 573 12010 7
• Push* ISBN 978 0 573 12210 1
  

Barrie, Sir James M.

• Admirable Crichton* ISBN 978 0 573 01002 6
• Peter Pan* (see also Chater-Robinson, P.) ISBN 978 0 573 05041 1
• Twelve Pound Look* ISBN 978 0 573 02281 4
• What Every Woman Knows* ISBN 978 0 573 01475 8
  

Barton, John

• Hollow Crown* ISBN 978 0 573 01183 2
  

Barton, Tony and Richards, Peter

• Khalid the Dreamer, or The Magic Almond* ISBN 978 0 573 05071 8
  

Barwick, Liz

• Call of the Piper* ISBN 978 0 573 08078 4
  

Bates, H. E.

• Darling Buds of May* ISBN 978 0 573 01751 3

Baum, Frank L. (adapt. Bradley, A.)

• Wizard of Oz (play version)* ISBN 0 573 05058 9
  

Beard, Paul

• Meat and Two Veg* ISBN 978 0 573 12165 4
  

Beckett, Samuel

• Waiting For Godot ISBN 978 0 573 04008 5
  

Becque, Henry

• Wolf at the Door* ISBN 978 0 573 01936 4
  

Beevers, Geoffrey

• Adam Bede (from Eliot, G.)* ISBN 978 0 573 11049 8
• Silas Marner (from Eliot, G.)* ISBN 978 0 573 01912 8
  

Benfield, Derek

• Anyone for Breakfast?* ISBN 978 0 573 01715 5
• Bedside Manners* ISBN 978 0 573 11030 6
• Beyond a Joke* ISBN 978 0 573 11027 6
• Bird in the Hand* ISBN 978 0 573 09309 0
• Caught on the Hop* ISBN 978 0 573 11066 5
• Don't Lose the Place!* ISBN 978 0 573 01749 0
• First Things First* ISBN 978 0 573 011219 5
• Fish Out of Water (original version)* ISBN 978 0 573 01654 7
• Fish Out of Water (revised version)* ISBN 978 0 573 11187 7
• Fly in the Ointment* ISBN 978 0 573 01761 2
• Flying Feathers* ISBN 978 0 573 01657 8
• Funny Business* ISBN 978 0 573 01993 7
• In at the Deep End* ISBN 978 0 573 01982 1
• In for the Kill* ISBN 978 0 573 11180 8
• Look Who's Talking* ISBN 978 0 573 11250 8
• Off the Hook* ISBN 978 0 573 11332 1
• Over My Dead Body* ISBN 978 0 573 11599 8
• Panic Stations* ISBN 978 0 573 11352 9
• Post Horn Gallop* ISBN 978 0 573 11341 3
• Second Time Around* ISBN 978 0 573 01887 9
• Toe in the Water* ISBN 978 0 573 01906 7
• Touch and Go* ISBN 978 0 573 11301 7
• Two and Two Together* ISBN 978 0 573 01947 0
• Up and Running* ISBN 978 0 573 01916 6
• Wild Goose Chase* ISBN 978 0 573 11501 1
  

Bennett, Alan

• Bed Among the Lentils ISBN 978 0 573 13224 7
• Chip in the Sugar ISBN 978 0 573 04212 6
• A Cream Cracker Under the Settee ISBN 978 0 573 13225 4
• Enjoy* ISBN 978 0 573 11129 7
• Getting On ISBN 978 0 573 01133 7
• Habeas Corpus ISBN 978 0 573 01325 6
• Her Big Chance ISBN 978 0 573 13241 4
• Kafka's Dick (revised) ISBN 978 0 573 01663 9
• Lady in the Van ISBN 978 0 573 11266 9
• Lady of Letters ISBN 978 0 573 03384 1
• Office Suite:
  Green Forms* ISBN 978 0 573 12087 9
  Visit from Miss Prothero* ISBN 978 0 573 12286 6
• Old Country ISBN 978 0 573 11317 8
• Say Something Happened* ISBN 978 0 573 12246 0
• Single Spies ISBN 978 0 573 01891 6
• Soldiering On* ISBN 978 0 573 13311 4
• Wind in the Willows ISBN 978 0 573 01930 2
• Woman of No Importance ISBN 978 0 573 03390 2
  

Benson, E. F. (adapt by John van Druten)

• Make Way for Lucia* ISBN 978 0 573 01820 6
  

Bent, Simon

• Bad Company* ISBN 978 0 573 01723 0
  

Bill, Stephen

• Curtains ISBN 978 0 573 01686 8
  

Birch, Michael

• Pratt of the Argus* (from the novel by David Nobbs) ISBN 978 0 573 01967 8
  
• Second from Last in the Sack Race* (from the novel by David Nobbs) ISBN 978 0 573 01900 5

Black, Angela

• Nativity* ISBN 978 0 573 06010 6
  

Blackwell, Vera

See Havel, Vaclav

Blakeman, Helen

• Caravan * ISBN 978 0 573 01770 4
  

Blythe, Richard

• Jack, The Giant and the Jiggery Plot* ISBN 978 0 573 15220 7
  

Blyton, Enid

• More Adventures of Noddy (adapt. Wood, David) ISBN 978 0 573 05117 3
• Noddy (adapt. Wood, David) ISBN 978 0 573 05104 3

Bogdanov, Michael

• Hiawatha* ISBN 978 0 573 01786 5

Bolt, R. R.

• Sisterhood* ISBN 978 0 573 01681 3 (trans.of Les Femmes Savantes by Molière)

Bolt, Robert

• Man For All Seasons ISBN 978 0 573 01260 0
• Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew ISBN 978 0 573 05020 6
• Vivat! Vivat Regina!* ISBN 978 0 573 01489 5
  

Bolton, Guy

• see Maurette, M.
  

Bond, C.G.

• Sweeney Todd* ISBN 978 0 573 01547 2
  

Booth, Anthony

• Costa Del Packet!* ISBN 978 0 573 03357 5
• None the Wiser* ISBN 978 0 573 13286 5
• This Desirable Cottage* ISBN 978 0 573 02271 5
• Trial* ISBN 978 0 573 13327 4
  

Bowen, John

• Cold Salmon* ISBN 978 0 573 12032 9
• Disorderly Women* ISBN 978 0 573 11105 1
• Little Boxes (comprising: Coffee Lace/Trevor) ISBN 978 0 573 01238 9
• Mixed Doubles (with other authors)* ISBN 978 0 573 01584 8

Bower, Margaret

• Tea Dance* ISBN 978 0 573 13322 0
• Whose Wedding Is It Anyway?* ISBN 978 0 573 03389 6
  

Bradley, Alfred

• Adventures of a Bear Called Paddington (adapt. from Bond)* ISBN 978 0 573 05035 0
• Nightingale and the Emperor* ISBN 978 0 573 05079 4
• Scatterbrained Scarecrow of Oz* ISBN 978 0 573 05057 2
• Wizard of Oz (adapt.)* ISBN 978 0 573 05058 9

Bradley, Alfred and Whitmore, Ken

• Final Twist* ISBN 978 0 573 01765 0
  

Brady, Terence and Bingham, Charlotte

• Shell Seekers (based on the novel by Pilcher, Rosamunde)* ISBN 978 0 573 11416 8
  

Bragg, Melvyn

• Hired Man (with music by Howard Goodall)* ISBN 978 0 573 08071 5
  

Breen, John

• Alone It Stands* ISBN 978 0 573 01988 3
  

Brett, Simon

• A Bad Dream* ISBN 978 0 573 01992 0
• Mr Quigley's Revenge* ISBN 978 0 573 01845 9
• Murder in Play* ISBN 978 0 573 01840 4
• Putting the Kettle On* ISBN 978 0 573 03391 9
• Silhouette* ISBN 978 0 573 01877 6
• Sleeping Beauty* ISBN 978 0 573 08110 1
• The Tale of Little Red Riding Hood* ISBN 978 0 573 08106 4
  
  

Brewer, Elly and Toksvig, Sandi

• Pocket Dream* ISBN 978 0 573 01864 0
  

Bricusse, Leslie

• Henry's Wives (The Much-Married Musical)* ISBN 978 0 573 08129 3
• Pickwick* ISBN 0 573 08085 2
• Revenge of Sherlock Holmes* ISBN 978 0 573 08090 6
• Scrooge - the Musical* ISBN 978 0 573 08092 0

Briggs, Stephen (adapt.)

• Terry Pratchett's Carpe Jugulum* ISBN 0 573 01776 6
• Terry Pratchett's Maskerade* ISBN 0 573 01829 9

Briggs, Raymond

• When the Wind Blows (play)* ISBN 978 0 573 11496 0
  

Brighouse, Harold

• Hobson's Choice ISBN 978 0 573 01181 8
• Zack* ISBN 978 0 573 01710 0
  

Brittney, Lynn

• Failed Investments* ISBN 0 573 12141 4
• Pickwick Papers (adapt. from the novel by Charles Dickens)* ISBN 978 0 573 01860 2
• Properly Processed* ISBN 978 0 573 12201 9
  

Brock, Jeremy

• Oliver Twist (adapt. from the novel by Charles Dickens)* ISBN 978 0 573 01851 0

Brockhill, George

• Nudes in Waning Light* ISBN 978 0 573 12182 1
• School Ties* ISBN 978 0 573 12238 5
  

Brontë, Charlotte

• Jane Eyre (dram. by Jerome, H.)* ISBN 978 0 573 01207 5
• Jane Eyre (dram. by Hall, W.)* ISBN 978 0 573 01802 2
• Jane Eyre (adapt. by Vance, Charles)* ISBN 978 0 573 01803 9
  

Brontë, Emily (adapt. by Vance, Charles)

• Wuthering Heights* ISBN 978 0 573 11474 8
  

Brook, Lyndon

• Mixed Doubles (with others)* ISBN 978 0 573 01584 8
  

Brooke, Harold and Bannerman, Kay

• She Was Only An Admiral's Daughter* ISBN 978 0 573 01560 1
  

Brooks, Vanessa

• Swan Song* ISBN 978 0 573 02358 3
  

Brown, Alan

Victorian pantomimes:

• Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp* ISBN 978 0 573 06486 9
• Babes in the Wood* ISBN 978 0 573 16432 3
• Cinderella* ISBN 978 0 573 06475 3
• Dick Whittington* ISBN 978 0 573 06478 4
• Puss In Boots* ISBN 978 0 573 06466 1
• Sleeping Beauty* ISBN 978 0 573 06491 3
  
  

Brown, Ben

• All Things Considered* ISBN 978 0 573 01720 9
  

Brown, Irana (adapt.)

• Terry Pratchett's Lords and Ladies* ISBN 978 0 573 01888 6
  

Brown, Steve; Green, Justin; Nicholson, Viv

• Spend Spend Spend* ISBN 978 0 573 08121 7
  

Brown, Warner and Heneker, David

• Biograph Girl* ISBN 978 0 573 18001 9
  

Buckeridge, Anthony

• Jennings Abounding!* ISBN 978 0 573 05048 0
  

Burke, Stewart

• Murder in Neighbourhood Watch* ISBN 978 0 573 11290 4

Burnett, Frances Hodgson

• Secret Garden (adapt. by Neil Duffield)* ISBN 978 0 573 05120 3
  

Burrows, John

• see Harding, John
  

Burton, Brian J.

• Drunkard: or Down with Demon Drink!* ISBN 978 0 573 01625 7
• East Lynne* ISBN 978 0 573 11191 4
• Murder Play* ISBN 978 0 573 12171 5
• Sweeney Todd the Barber* ISBN 978 0 573 11405 2
  

Byrne, John (adaptor)

• London Cuckolds* ISBN 978 0 573 01630 1

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TITLE/AUTHOR

B

Babe, the Sheep-Pig (David Wood/Dick King-Smith)

Babes in the Magic Wood: family musical (David Wood)

Babes in the Wood

(Alan Brown)
(Conrad Carter/S. A. Polley)
(John Crocker)
(John Crocker/Eric Gilder)
(Verne Morgan)
(Paul Reakes)
(Norman Robbins)

Baby Doll (Tennessee Williams, adapted by Lucy Bailey)

Babysitting Calvin (John H. Newmeir)

Background Artiste (Stephen Smith)

Bad Blood (Richard Stockwell)

Bad Company (Simon Bent)

Bad Day at Black Frog Creek (John Gardiner/Fiz Coleman)

Bad Dream (Simon Brett)

Bald Prima Donna (Eugene Ionesco/Donald Watson)

Bang, You're Dead! (Paul Reakes)

Bar and Ger (Geraldine Aron)

Barefoot in the Park (Neil Simon)

Bashville (Benny Green/David William)

The Bear (Anton Chekhov, adapted by Bernard Lawrence)

Beauty and the Beast (David Cregan/Brian Protheroe)

Becket (Jean Anouilh/trans. Lucienne Hill)

Bed Among the Lentils (Alan Bennett)

Bedfull of Foreigners (Dave Freeman)

Bedroom Farce (Alan Ayckbourn)

Bedside Manners (Derek Benfield)

Before Dawn (Terence Rattigan)

Belle of New York (Bernard Dunn/Emile Littler)

Benefactors (Michael Frayn)

Beowulf (Kenneth Pickering/Keith Cole)

Bespoke Overcoat (Wolf Mankowitz)

Beulah (James Robson)

Beyond a Joke (Derek Benfield)

Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Jeffrey Archer)

BFG (Roald Dahl/David Wood)

Big Al (John Gardiner/Andrew Parr)

Big Bad Mouse (Philip King/Falkland Cary)

Bill & Bob (H. Connolly)

Billy Liar (Keith Waterhouse/Willis Hall)

Biograph Girl (Warner Brown/David Heneker)

Bird in the Hand (Derek Benfield)

Birthday Party (Harold Pinter)

Birthday Suite (Robin Hawdon)

Biting the Bullet (Frank Vickery)

Black Comedy (Peter Shaffer)

Black Widow (Paul Thain)

Blah Blah Blah (Brian Marshall)

Bless the Bride (A. P. Herbert)

Blinded by the Sun (Stephen Poliakoff)

Blithe Spirit (Noël Coward)

Blood Brothers (Willy Russell)

Blood Money (The Heather Brothers)

Blood Sweat and Tears (John Godber)

Blue Remembered Hills (Dennis Potter)

Blue Suede Blues (Diana Raffle)

Bluebeard (Paul Reakes)

Body Language (Alan Ayckbourn)

Boeing-Boeing (Marc Camolettie/Beverley Cross)

Bold Girls (Rona Munro)

Bonaventure (Charlotte Hastings)

Bookends (Scott Perry)

Born in the Gardens (Peter Nichols)

Bottles with Baskets On (Mike Tibbetts)

Bottom's Dream (Alan Poole)

Boundary (Tom Stoppard/Clive Exton)

Boy Friend (Sandy Wilson)

BoyBand (Peter Quilter)

Brassed Off (Mark Herman/Paul Allen)

Breakfast for One (David Foxton)

Breaking the Code (Hugh Whitemore)

Breaking the Silence (Stephen Poliakoff)

Breaking the String (Frank Vickery)

Breath of Spring (Peter Coke)

Breezeblock Park (Willy Russell)

Brenda Bly: Teen Detective (Kevin Hammonds/Charles Miller)

Brideshead Revisited (Roger Parsley/Evelyn Waugh)

Brief Lives (Patrick Garland, from the writings of John Aubrey)

Bright Boy (Martin Jarvis)

Bright Interval (Cherry Vooght)

Brimstone and Treacle (Dennis Potter)

Browning Version (Terence Rattigan)

Brush with a Body (Maurice McLoughlin)

Building Blocks (Bob Larbey)

Bums on Seats (Michael Snelgrove)

Burston Drum (Ellen Dryden/Don Taylor)

Bus Stop (Rae Shirley)

Business of Murder (Richard Harris)

Busybody (Jack Popplewell)

But Yesterday (Jimmie Chinn)

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