Plays are written to be performed. A script is a written version of the play. Watch this clip to understand the basic structure of a play script. Narrator: Some stories are written for people to ...

Happy Christmas and New Year from the BBC Writers team! Get stuck into some reading over the break with a bumper batch of new scripts just added to our library.

Theatre fans will get the chance to virtually read play scripts with actors including Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa as part of an upcoming National Theatre Live event. Members of the public will be able ...

Broadcast as single plays in The Essay in the run up to Christmas, five newly commissioned short plays inspired by the medieval Mystery Plays, here brought together to capture the festival feel of the ...

The Window for submitting radio plays is now closed. Do you have a script, written specifically for radio, on the go and would like it to be considered for production here on RTÉ Radio 1, Drama On One ...

Screenplays are a different beast than a novel or short story. While they are a form of storytelling, scripts aren’t intended to be standalone pieces of work—they are the blueprints for a film or TV ...

Stagecraft: (clockwise, from top left) Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet, Kristin Scott Thomas and Lia Williams in ‘Old Times’, Juliet Stevenson in ‘Happy Days’, and Hattie Morahan in ‘The Changeling’ ...