Nick Hern Books is the UK’s leading specialist performing arts publisher with over 1,000 plays and theatre books in our catalogue. We also license most of our plays for amateur performance (see our Plays to Perform site). Our list of plays includes work by many of the UK’s preeminent playwrights, as well as some of the most exciting emerging writers. We work with major theatres and theatre companies across the UK and in Ireland to publish new plays alongside their professional premieres, often in the form of a ‘programme/text’ that combines the functions of theatre programme and playtext.

We are unable to consider unsolicited material, unless it has been recommended by a producer, development executive or course tutor. If this is the case, please email a CV, covering letter and details of your referee to the relevant agent, or to info@theagency.co.uk. Please do not email more than one agent at a time.

An agency is only as good as its clients and our clients’ reputations speak for themselves. We represent all manner of writers and directors working in drama across film, television and theatre; from those at the peak of their careers to those at the very beginning. That range is reflected in the company too: the agents here are as varied in their taste as they are in age and experience. We work with other successful book agencies representing their media rights and we ourselves have a bespoke children’s literary department. Our support team is the best, with a strong legal department and a...

Represents theatre, films, and TV personnel.

No unsolicited manuscripts accepted.

I feel passionately that drama in schools is undervalued at primary level and it is a shame because experience has taught me the value of drama as a tool for building confidence, stimulating imagination and enhancing reading skills. So often, drama in primary schools (and some secondary schools) is pushed out by the demands of the rest of the curriculum and yet it can be of tremendous value by complimenting classroom work in history, humanities and English.

On-line publisher of play scripts for Amateur Theatre, Drama Groups, Schools, Colleges and Youth Groups.

42 is a fully integrated management and production company, producing film, television and content, representing actors, writers, directors, comedians, presenters, producers, casting directors and media book rights; with offices in London and Los Angeles.

Jonathan Clowes Ltd. is a literary agency based in Primrose Hill, founded in 1960 by Jonathan Clowes. Specialising in book, film and TV rights, the agency represents a select list of clients and the team is made up of Ann Evans, Nemonie Craven Roderick, Cara Lee Simpson and Bertie Darrell.

Josef Weinberger founded his publishing business in Vienna in 1885. Through an association with Johann Strauss II, he began licensing performances of Strauss' operettas. Licensing stage works has been a vital part of our work ever since and the principal Viennese operetta composers are represented in our catalogue: Strauss, Millöcker, Zeller, Kálmán, Oscar Straus, Stolz and Fall. We have administered the copyrights of Franz Lehár for many years for Lehár's own company, Glocken Verlag. We have expanded into several other musical genres over the years: contemporary classical, light orchestral...

Casarotto Ramsay & Associates was founded in 1989 and represents many of the world’s best known writers, directors, literary properties, and below the line talent in film, theatre and television. We are a fiercely independent boutique agency, and are proud of our personal touch. Our clients range from newer talents to very well established names, which means that we work across the complete spectrum. We are based in London but operate internationally.

Est. 1875.