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AUTHOR/TITLE LISTING: H

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AUTHOR/TITLE

H

Hackett, Albert and Goodrich, Frances

• Diary of Anne Frank* ISBN 978 0 573 01104 7
  

Hall, Roger

• Love Off the Shelf* ISBN 978 0 573 08100 2
  

Hall, Valerie

• Rosie and the Bad, Bad Apples* ISBN 978 0 573 08113 2
  

Hall, Willis

• Christmas Crackers ISBN 978 0 573 05040 4
• Jane Eyre* ISBN 978 0 573 01802 2
• Kidnapped at Christmas ISBN 978 0 573 05037 4
• Long and the Short and the Tall ISBN 978 0 573 04016 0
• Mansfield Park* ISBN 978 0 573 01839 8
• Play of the Royal Astrologers* ISBN 978 0 573 05091 6
• Railwayman's New Clothes* ISBN 978 0 573 02335 4
• Right Christmas Caper ISBN 978 0 573 05044 2
• Three Musketeers (adapt. from A. Dumas)* ISBN 978 0 573 01909 8
• Treasure Island (musical, adapt. from R.L. Stevenson)* ISBN 978 0 573 08068 5
• Walk On, Walk On* ISBN 978 0 573 01594 6
• Water Babies (musical, adapt. from Charles Kingsley )* ISBN 978 0 573 08076 0
• Wind in the Willows (musical, adapt. from Kenneth Grahame )* ISBN 978 0 573 08070 8
• see also Waterhouse, Keith
  

Halstead, Iain; James, Paul (adapt.)

• Demon Headmaster ISBN 978 0 573 11579 3

Hamilton, Patrick

• Gaslight ISBN 978 0 573 11579 0
• Miss Roach's War (adapted by Kane, Richard from The Slaves of Solitude) ISBN 978 0 573 01919 7
• Rope ISBN 978 0 573 01989 0

Hammonds, Kevin and Miller, Charles

• Brenda Bly: Teen Detective* ISBN 978 0 573 08128 6

Hampton, Christopher

• Hedda Gabler (adapt.) ISBN 978 0 573 01693 6
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses ISBN 978 0 573 01639 4
• Philanthropist ISBN 978 0 573 01336 2
• Tales from Hollywood ISBN 978 0 573 11433 5
• Three Sisters (adapt.) ISBN 978 0 573 01998 2
• Treats* ISBN 978 0 573 11451 8
  

Hampton, Tim and Crocker, John

• Frankenstein Monster Show* ISBN 978 0 573 08057 9
  

Hanff, Helene (adapt. Roose-Evans, J.)

• 84 Charing Cross Road* ISBN 978 0 573 11005 4
  

Harbach, Otto and Hammerstein, Oscar

• Rose Marie* ISBN 978 0 573 08024 1
  

Harding, John and Burrows, John

• Golden Pathway Annual* ISBN 978 0 573 01666 0
  

Harding, Mike

• Comfort and Joy* ISBN 978 0 573 01772 8
• Fur Coat and No Knickers* ISBN 978 0 573 11145 7
• Last Tango in Whitby* ISBN 978 0 573 01822 0
• Not with a Bang* ISBN 978 0 573 11299 7

Hardy, Carey Jane

• Let It Be Me* ISBN 978 0 573 01986 9

Hardy, Thomas

• Far from the Madding Crowd* (adapted by Matthew White) ISBN 978 0 573 01769 4
• On the Western Circuit (see Day After the Fair)
• Tess of the d'Urbervilles* (adapted by Michael Fry) ISBN 978 0 573 01945 6
  

Hare, David

• Fanshen ISBN 978 0 573 01703 2
• Racing Demon ISBN 978 0 573 11369 7
• Secret Rapture ISBN 978 0 573 11408 3
• Skylight ISBN 978 0 573 01876 3
  

Harling, Robert

• Steel Magnolias* ISBN 978 0 573 13010 6
  

Harris, Richard

• Albert* ISBN 978 0 573 09504 7
• Business of Murder ISBN 978 0 573 11017 7
• Dead Guilty * ISBN 978 0 573 01750 6
• A Foot in the Door* ISBN 978 0 573 11276 8
• Ghosts*(adapted from Ibsen, Henrik) ISBN 978 0 573 01969 2
• Going Straight* ISBN 978 0573 11211 9
• In Two Minds* ISBN 978 0 573 01968 5
• Is It Something I Said?* ISBN 978 0 573 12119 7
• Keeping Mum (from Visiting Hour)* ISBN 978 0 573 13291 9
• Local Affairs* ISBN 978 0 573 11236 2
• Maintenance Man* ISBN 978 0 573 01651 6
• Outside Edge* ISBN 978 0 573 11314 7
• Party Piece* ISBN 978 0 573 01862 6
• Stepping Out ISBN 978 0 573 11415 1
• Visiting Hour* ISBN 978 0 573 01925 8
  

Harris, Richard and Darbon, Leslie

• Two and Two Make Sex* ISBN 978 0 573 01548 9
• Who Goes Bare?* ISBN 978 0 573 01546 5
  

Harris, Richard; Stewart-David, Mary; King, Denis

• Stepping Out — the Musical * ISBN 978 0 573 08115 6

Harris, Richard and Strachan, Keith

• Large as Life* ISBN 978 0 573 08114 9

Harrison, John

• Holidays* ISBN 978 0 573 01780 3
  

Harrison, Neil

• Whodidit* ISBN 978 0 573 12316 0
  

Harter, Charles

• Seven* ISBN 978 0 573 08047 0
  

Hartoch, John

• Jungle Book (from Kipling, R.)* ISBN 978 0 573 05077 0
  

Hartwell, Bob

• Albert's Plot* ISBN 978 0 573 12024 4
  

Harvey, Frank

• Day After the Fair* ISBN 978 0 573 01554 0
  

Hastings, Charlotte

• Bonaventure* ISBN 978 0 573 01046 0
• Enquiry* ISBN 978 0 573 01114 6
• Restless Evil* ISBN 978 0 573 11370 3
• So What Do We Do About Henry?* ISBN 978 0 573 11407 6
• Soft September Air* ISBN 978 0 573 11423 6
• Wayward Spirit* ISBN 978 0 573 01938 8
  

Havel, Vaclav

• Audience (trans. by Blackwell, V.)* ISBN 978 0 573 04226 3
• Private View (trans. by Blackwell, V.)* ISBN 978 0 573 12212 5
  

Hawdon, Robin

• Birthday Suite* ISBN 978 0 573 11509 7
• Don't Dress for Dinner* ISBN 978 0 573 01748 3
  

Hayes, Sebastian

• The Pomegranate Seeds* ISBN 978 0 573 15228 3

Hayman, Ronald

• Playing the Wife* ISBN 978 0 573 01867 1
  

Healy, Mark

• The Collector (adapt.)* ISBN 978 0 573 11577 5

Heather, Neil, Lea, John and Charles

• Blood Money* ISBN 978 0 573 01753 7
• Lust* ISBN 978 0 573 08098 2
• Slice of Saturday Night* ISBN 978 0 573 08084 5
  

Herbert, Sir A.P.

• Bless the Bride* ISBN 978 0 573 08006 9
  

Herman, Mark

• Brassed Off* (adapted by Paul Allen from the screenplay) ISBN 978 0 573 01996 8

Hibbert, Guy

• Tilting Ground* ISBN 978 0 573 01946 3
  

Hickman, Derek

• George* ISBN 978 0 573 02097 1
  

Highsmith, Patricia

• Strangers on a Train* ( adapt. by Craig Warner) ISBN 978 0 573 01972 2
  

Hill, Eric

• Spot's Birthday Party (adapt. by David Wood)* ISBN 978 0 573 01793 6

Hill, Ken

• Invisible Man* ISBN 978 0 573 01793 3
• Phantom of the Opera* ISBN 978 0 573 08096 8
  

Hill, Susan and Mallatratt, Stephen

• Woman in Black* ISBN 978 0 573 04019 1
  

Hoddinott, Derek

• Little Photographer (from the story by Daphne du Maurier)* ISBN 978 0 573 11237 9
  

Hoddinott, Pat and Derek

• Forsyte Saga (from Galsworthy, J.)* ISBN 978 0 573 01766 7

Hodges, Adrian

• Life Goes On* ISBN 978 0 573 01809 1

Hogg, Gladys M.

• Flowers for Mrs Hopkins* ISBN 978 0 573 13239 1
  

Holland, Norman

• Princess Ascending* ISBN 978 0 573 03011 6
• Second Easter* ISBN 978 0 573 06229 8
• To Meet Oscar Wilde* ISBN 978 0 573 01948 7
• Watcher in the Shadow* ISBN 978 0 573 03019 2
  

Holliday, Graham

• Primula the Non-Sheepdog and the Great Grey Wolf* ISBN 978 0 573 15226 9
• Scottish Play* ISBN 978 0 573 01679 0
  

Holloway, Jonathan

• The Dark (from Darkness Falls)* ISBN 978 0 573 10002 4
• Les Misérables* (adapted from the novel by Victor Hugo) ISBN 978 0 573 01880 0
• Darkness Falls* ISBN 978 0 573 10002 4
• The Monkey's Paw (from Darkness Falls)* ISBN 978 0 573 10002 4 (Adapted from the short story by W. W. Jacobs)

Home, William Douglas

• Secretary Bird* ISBN 978 0 573 01387 4

Hood, Evelyn

• Curses, Foiled Again !* ISBN 978 0 573 12020 6
• I Never Thought It Would Be Like This* ISBN 978 0 573 12113 5
  

Horitz, Tony

• Good King Wenceslas and the Chancellor of Bohemia* ISBN 978 0 573 16501 6
• You, Me and Mrs Jones* ISBN 978 0 573 12272 9
  

Horne, Kenneth

• Fools Rush In* ISBN 978 0 573 01138 2
  

Horsler, Peter

• Christmas Incorporated* ISBN 978 0 573 12034 3
• Cut and Run* ISBN 978 0 573 01768 1
• Intruders* ISBN 978 0 573 12115 9
• Upstairs Cuckoo* ISBN 978 0 573 12283 5
  

Huth, Angela

• The Trouble with Old Lovers ISBN 978 0 573 01941 8
  

Huxley, Aldous

• Gioconda Smile* ISBN 978 0 573 01159 7
  

Hyem, Jill (adaptor)

• Lorna Doone* ISBN 978 0 573 01827 5 (from the novel by R. D. Blackmore)
  

TITLE/AUTHOR

H

Habeas Corpus (Alan Bennett)

Half an Idea (Bob Larbey)

Half-Life (Katy Darby)

Hamelin Incident (Graham Walker)

Hands Across the Sea (Noël Coward)

Hannah and Hanna (John Retallack)

Hans, the Witch and the Gobbin (Alan Cullen)

Hansel and Gretel (Norman Robbins)

Hapgood (Tom Stoppard)

Happiest Days of Your Life (John Dighton)

Happy Birthday(Marc Camoletti/Beverley Cross)

Happy Families (John Godber)

Happy Journey (Thornton Wilder)

Hard Times (play) (Charles Dickens/Stephen Jeffreys)

Harlequinade (Terence Rattigan)

Haunted (Eric Chappell)

Haunted Through Lounge at Farndale Castle (David McGillivray/Walter Zerlin Jnr)

Haywire (Chappell, Eric)

Hay Fever (Noël Coward)

Heatstroke (Eric Chappell)

Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen/Christopher Hampton)

Heiress (Ruth and Augustus Goetz)

Helen Come Home, or Achilles the Heel (Jeremy James Taylor)

Henceforward ... (Alan Ayckbourn)

Henna Night (Amy Rosenthal)

Henry the Tudor Dude (Kjartan Poskitt)

Henry the Tudor Dude, Vocal Score (Kjartan Poskitt)

Henry's Wives (The Much-Married Musical) (Leslie Bricusse)

Her Big Chance (Alan Bennett)

Hercules - the Panto! (Julia Banks)

Hi Fi Spy (Richard Tydeman)

Hiawatha (Michael Bogdanov)

Hickory Dickory Dock (Norman Robbins)

Hidden Laughter (Simon Gray)

Hidden Meanings (Michael Snelgrove)

High Profiles (Woodrow Wyatt)

Hijack Over Hygenia (David Wood)

Hired Man (Melvyn Bragg)

Hobson's Choice (Harold Brighouse)

Hole (N. F. Simpson)

Holiday Snap (John Chapman/Michael Pertwee)

Holidays (John Harrison)

Hollow (Agatha Christie)

Hollow Crown (John Barton)

Home (David Storey)

Home Before Dark, or The Saga of Miss Edie Hill (Jimmie Chinn)

Home Is Where Your Clothes Are (Anthony Marriott/Bob Grant)

Homecoming (Harold Pinter)

Horse and his Boy (C. S. Lewis/Glyn Robbins)

House Guest (Francis Durbridge)

House of Dracula (Martin Downing)

House of Frankenstein (Martin Downing)

House Plant (Sally Warboyes)

House Without Windows (Joe Valentine)

Housekeeper Wanted (Philip King/Falkland Cary)

How the Other Half Loves (Alan Ayckbourn)

How to Make Your Theatre Pay (David Henry Wilson)

Human Voice (Jean Cocteau/Anthony Wood)

Humpty Dumpty

(John Crocker/Eric Gilder)

(Norman Robbins)

(Trudy West)

Hundred and One Dalmatians (Dodie Smith/Glyn Robbins)

Husbands Supplied (Falkland Cary)

Hyde Park (Graham Swannell)