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The Play's the Thing

Posted by K. S. Dearsley on Monday, August 10, 2026, In : Reviews 

Is it unreasonable to expect a live performance of a play to follow the script exactly? Surely, only robots can be word perfect every time, and does it really matter if Portia says 'The quality of mercy is not strain'd/It droppeth like the gentle rain of heaven/Upon the place beneath' (William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice Act Four Scene One), instead of … 'it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven…'. Shakespeare's works are so famous that there would be bound to be someone in the a...


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Playing Around

Posted by K. S. Dearsley on Monday, March 16, 2026,

You've written a play. Great! Now what are you going to do with it? There are hosts of theatres, theatre companies and groups, but which ones put on new work and are open to submissions? Which ones pay? Will you be expected to have input in the production, or be forbidden to 'interfere'? How are plays licensed for performance? How do you get them published?

A good place to start looking for answers is the BBC's Writers Room. It lists all kinds of openings and advice for TV, film, radio and st...


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My writing career began as a freelance feature writer for the local press, businesses and organisations. Now a prize-winning playwright and short story writer, my work has appeared in numerous publications on both sides of the Atlantic. I write as K. S. Dearsley because it saves having to keep repeating my forename, and specialise in fantasy and other speculative genres.

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