Performing (stage) Rights
For other rights (audio, online recorded, video etc) contact martin@martinforeman.com
Extracts from any play may be used in auditions for no fee or acknowledgement.
Extracts from any play may be used in drama courses for no fee but with notification to the author, but see exceptions below.
* = not yet in print; # = out of print but pdf available
Commercial Productions
where all cast and crew receive at least the legal minimum wage in the country where the performance takes place
The Satyricon / Volpone (full-length)
purchase of 3 scripts plus £75 per performance
Casanova Dreaming / Taiwan * (one-act)
purchase of 3 scripts plus £45 per performance
Angel / Ben and Joe’s # / Death on the Lido / Los Feliz # / Now We Are Pope / Sunset # (one actor)
purchase of 1 script plus £25 per performance
Short Plays (two or more actors)
£15 per performance
Community / Amateur Productions
where cast and crew receive either no wage or profit share less than the legal minimum wage in the country where the production takes place
The Satyricon / Volpone (full-length)
purchase of 3 scripts plus £45 per performance
Casanova Dreaming / Taiwan * (one-act)
purchase of 3 scripts plus £25 per performance
Angel / Ben and Joe’s # / Death on the Lido / Los Feliz # / Now We Are Pope / Sunset # (one actor)
purchase of 1 script plus £15 per performance
Short Plays (two or more actors)
£10 per performance
Drama Colleges / Courses
where cast and crew receive either no wage or profit share less than the legal minimum wage in the country where the production takes place
Teaching
no charge for use of extracts or scenes in classes which are only observed by the course leader and fellow students as long as the author is notified in advance
Performance (full-length and one-act)
for production of part or all of any play where the audience includes non-students or other members of the public: purchase of 1 script plus £30 per performance
Performance (one actor)
for production of part or all of any play where the audience includes non-students or other members of the public: purchase of 1 script plus £15 per performance
Short Plays (two or more actors)
£10 per performance
Purchase of scripts
Purchase of published scripts should be confirmed either by receipt from Arbery Books or receipt from another source. Contact the author for out-of-print or not-yet-in-print titles.