- Playwright: "Habeus Corpus"
- Playwright: "Forty Years On", 1968
- Stars as Owl in "Meg", with Fay Ripley as Meg and Phil Cornwell as Mog.
- Given a lifetime achievement award for "outstanding contribution to British theatre" at the Laurence Olivier awards, on the same night that his play "The History Boys" won the award for "Best New Play" [2005].
- Playwright: "The History Boys", 2004
- Playwright: "The Lady in the Van", 1999
- Playwright: "Talking Heads", 1992
- Playwright: "The Madness of George III", 1991
- Playwright: "The Wind in the Willows", 1990
- Playwright: "Single Spies", 1988
- Playwright: "Kafka's Dick", 1986
- Playwright: "Enjoy", 1980
- Playwright: "The Old Country", 1977
- Playwright: "Getting On", 1971
- (1978) His play, "The Old Country", was performed at the Queen's Theatre in London, England with Anthony Quayle, Rachel Kempson, Michael Aldridge and Faith Brook in the cast. Clifford Williams was the director.
- (1979) His play, "Habeas Corpus", was performed at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England with Royce Ryton, Irene Sutcliffe, Penelope Lee, Richard Cottan, Howard Lew Lewis, Peter Wilson and Julie-Christine Young in the cast. Mel Smith was the director.
- (2006) His play, "Habeas Corpus", was performed in a Peter Hall Company production at the Theatre Royal in Bath, England with Richard Dormer, James Laurenson, Andrea Riseborough, Barry Stanton, Michael Mears, Annette Badland, Teddy Kempner, Ben Turner, Susie Trayling, Paul Bentall, Caitlin Mottram, Malcolm Ridley, Pauline Turner, James Fleet, Joanna McCallum, Edward Bennett, Alan Dobie and Terence Rigby in the cast. Peter Hall, Rachel O'Riordan and Peter Gill were the directors.
- (July 1962) He acted in John Osborne's Two Plays for England, "The Blood of the Bambergs" and "Under Plain Cover", at the Royal Court Theatre in London, England in an English Stage Company production with James Cossins, Glyn Owen, Graham Crowden, Anton Rodgers, Avril Elgar, Vivian Pickles, Billy Russell and Ann Beach in the cast. John Dexter and Jonathan Miller were the directors.
- (2008 - 2009) His play, "The History Boys", was performed at the TimeLine Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois with Alex Weisman in the cast. Nick Bowling was the director. Brian Bembridge was the scenic designer.
- (1984) His play, "Forty Years On", was performed in a Chichester Festival Production at the Chichester Festival Theatre in Chichester, West Sussex, England with Paul Eddington, John Fortune, Doris Hare, Stephen Fry, Annette Crosbie and Stephen Rashbrook in the cast. Patrick Garland was the director.
- (August 1984) His play, "Forty Years On", was performed in the 1984 Chichester Festival Production at the Queen's Theatre in London, England with Paul Eddington, Phyllida Law, David Horovitch, Doris Hare, Stephen Fry and Stephen Rashbrook in the cast. Patrick Garland was the director.
- (1962 - 1963) He acted in John Osborne's plays, "Two Plays for England: 'The Blood of the Hapsburgs' and 'Under Plain Cover'", at the Royal Court Theatre in London, England with Graham Crowden, Anton Rodgers, Avril Elgar and Ann Beach in the cast. John Dexter was the director of "The Blood of the Hapsburgs". Jonathan Miller was the director of "Under Plain Cover".
- (1964) He acted in Ben Travers' play, "A Cuckoo in the Nest," in an English Stage Company production at the Royal Court Theatre in London, England with Arthur Lowe, Rosalind Knight, Polly James, Nicol Williamson, Beatrix Lehmann and John Osborne (played "Claude Hickett" M.P.) in the cast. Anthony Page was the director.
- (1969) He acted in his play, "Forty Years On", at the Apollo Theatre in London, England with Emlyn Williams, Paul Eddington, Anthony Andrews, George Fenton and Freddy Foote in the cast. Patrick Garland was the director.
- (1973) He acted in his play, "Habeas Corpus", at the Lyric Theatre in London, England with Alan Bennett, Robert Hardy, Margaret Courtenay, Andrew Sachs and Joan Sanderson in the cast.
- (1992) He acted and directed his play, "Talking Heads", at the Comedy Theatre in London, England with Patricia Routledge in the cast.
- (1973) He acted in his play, "Habeas Corpus," at the Lyric Theatre in London, England with Robert Hardy, Margaret Courtenay, Andrew Sachs and Joan Sanderson in the cast.
- (1968) He acted in his play, "Forty Years On", at the Apollo Theatre in London, England with John Gielgud, Paul Eddington, Robert Swann, Anthony Andrews, George Fenton and Freddy Foote in the cast. Patrick Garland was the director.
- (1977) His play, "The Old Country", was performed at the Queen's Theatre in London, England with Alec Guinness and Rachel Kempson in the cast.
- (1973) His play, "Habeus Corpus", was performed at the Lyric Theatre in London, England with Alec Guinness, Patricia Hayes, Phyllida Law, Andrew Sachs and Margaret Courtenay in the cast.
- (2000) His play, "The Lady in the Van," was performed at the Queen's Theatre in London, England with Maggie Smith, Kevin McNally, Nicholas Farrell, and Geraldine Fitzgerald in the cast. Nicholas Hytner was director.
- (1961) He performed in Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller and his revue, "Beyond the Fringe", was performed at the Fortune Theatre in London, England with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Jonathan Miller in the cast.
- (August 1962) Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller and his revue, "Beyond the Fringe", was performed at the Fortune Theatre in London, England with Terence Brady, Joe Melia, Robin Ray and Bill Wallis in the cast.
- (April 1962) He performed in Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller and his revue, "Beyond the Fringe", at the Fortune Theatre in London, England with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Jonathan Miller in the cast.
- (March 26, 1997) He contributed to the revue, "Then Again, A New Lyric Revue", at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London, England with Desmond Barrit, Dawn French, Sheila Hancock, Neil Mullarkey and John Gould (piano player) in the cast. Neil Bartlett was the director. Noël Coward, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Graeme Garden, Ken Hoare, Harold Pinter, N.F. Simpson, David Wood, John Gould, Julian Clary, Richard Curtis and Stephen Fry were also the writers.
- (1971) His play, "Getting On", was performed at the Queen's Theatre in London, England with Kenneth More, Mona Washbourne and Gemma Jones in the cast. Patrick Garland was the director.
- (June 1987-July 1987; August 1987-December 1987) He acted in the British National Theatre Repertoire Season at the Cottesloe Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, and Olivier Theatre in London, England in Alan Ayckbourn's plays, "A Small Family Business," and "Tons of Money;" William Shakespeare's play, "Antony and Cleopatra," and "King Lear;" Luigi Pirandello's play, "Six Characters In Search of An Author;" August Strindberg's play, "Miss Julie;" Ivan Turgenev and Brian Friel's play, "Fathers and Sons;" Moliere's play, "School for Wives;" Arthur Wing Pinero's play, "The Magistrate;" Henrik Ibsen's play, "Rosmersholm;" Frederico Garcia Lorca's play, "Yerma;" Arthur Miller's play, "A View from a Bridge;" John Cecil Holm and George Abbott's play, "Three Men on a Horse;" Thurston E. Temple's play, "The Wandering Jew;" Nick Darke's play, "Ting Tang Mine;" Peter Gill's play, "Mean Tears;" David Wood's play, "The Pied Piper;" A.R. Gurney's play, "Entertaining Strangers;" play, "Countrymania;" Samuel Beckett's play, "Waiting for Godot;" play, "Down Cemetery Road;" William Shakespeare's play, "Hamlet," by the Royal Dramatic Theatre of Stockholm, Sweden; William Shakespeare's play, "Macbeth," and Euripedes's play, "Medea," by the Ninagawa Company of Japan; and the play, "Tomorrow Was War," by the Mayakovsky Theatre Company of Russia with Robin Bailey, Desmond Barrit, Suzanne Bertish, Richard Bonneville, Michael Bryant, Simon Cadell, Garry Cooper, Gemma Craven, Julian Curry, Judi Dench, Sally Dexter, Paola Dionisotti, Russell Dixon, Robert Eddison, Ralph Fiennes, Julia Ford, Michael Gambon, Patrick Garland, Nigel Hawthorne, Barbara Hicks, Douglas Hodge, Anthony Hopkins, Celia Imrie, Barbara Jefford, Karl Johnson, Nicholas Le Prevost, Philip Locke, Anna Massey, Alec McCowen, Sylvester McCoy, Bill Nighy, Richard Pasco, Tim Pigott-Smith, Mark Rylance, Leslie Sands, Michael Simkins, Juliet Stevenson, Sian Thomas, Philip Voss, and Marcia Warren in the cast.
- (1988) He acted and directed his play, "Single Spies", in a British National Theatre production at the Lyttelton Theatre in London, England with Prunella Scales and Simon Callow in the cast. Simon Callow was also the director.
- (January 1988 to June 1988; August 1988 to December 1988) He acted in the British National Theatre Repertoire Season at the Cottesloe Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, and Olivier Theatre in London, England in John Ford's play, "'Tis A Pity She's A Whore;" Alan Ayckbourn's play, "A Small Family Business;" Athol Fugard's play, "A Place with the Pigs;" William Shakespeare's plays, "Antony and Cleopatra," "Cymbeline," "The Tempest," and "The Winter's Tale;" Ben Jonson's play, "Bartholomew Fair;" Tennessee Williams's play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof;" play, "Countrymania;" A.R. Gurney's play, "Entertaining Strangers;" David Hare's plays, "Fanshen," and "Secret Rapture;" Brian Friel's plays, "Fathers and Sons," and "Making History;" Lope De Vega's play, "Fuente Ovejuna;" Adrian Mitchell's play, "Love Songs of World War III;" Harold Pinter's play, "Mountain Language;" Nicholas Wright's play, "Mrs Klein;" Arnold Wesker's play, "Roots;" Caroline Chapmans' play, "Russell of the Times;" Alan Bennett's play, "Single Spies;" Thomas Middleton's play, "The Changeling;" August Strindberg and John Osborne's play, "The Father;" the play, "The Magic Olypmical Games;" David Wood's play, "The Pied Piper;" the play, "The Shaughraum;" Nick Ward's play, "The Strangeness of Others;" Nick Darke's play, "Ting Tang Mine;" and Samuel Beckett's play, "Waiting for Godot;" with Polly Adams, John Alderton, Francesca Annis, Eileen Atkins, Robin Bailey, Jill Baker, David Bamber, Jim Barclay, Gillian Barge, Richard Bonneville, Jim Broadbent, Michael Bryant, David Burke, Simon Callow, Ian Charleson, Garry Cooper, Jonathan Cullen, Judi Dench, Sally Dexter, Paola Dionisotti, Russell Dixon, Lindsay Duncan, Nick Dunning, Robert Eddison, Ralph Fiennes, Susan Fleetwood, Mick Ford, Clive Francis, Michael Gambon, Henry Goodman, Rupert Graves, George Harris, Tony Haygarth, Guy Henry, Anthony Hopkins, Colin Jeavons, Barbara Jefford, Paul Jesson, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Mark Lockyer, Steven Mackintosh, Maggie McCarthy, Alec McCowen, Sylvester McCoy, Sarah Miles, Stephen Moore, Richard Pasco, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eric Porter, Stephen Rea, Paul Shelley, Kate Spiro, Alison Steadman, Ken Stott, Sian Thomas, Niall Tobin, Bridget Turner, Philip Voss, Julian Wadham, Zoe Wanamaker, John Wells, Penelope Wilton and Peter Woodward in the cast.
- (1989) He acted and directed his play, "Single Spies: An Englishman Abroad & A Question of Attribution", in a British National Theatre production at the Lyttelton Theatre in London, England with Prunella Scales, Simon Callow, David Terence, Crispin Redman and Brett Fancy in the cast. Simon Callow was also the director.
- (1989) He acted and directed his play, "Single Spies: An Englishman Abroad & A Question of Attribution", in a British National Theatre production at the Queens Theatre in London, England with Prunella Scales and Simon Callow in the cast. Simon Callow was also the director.
- (1989) He acted and directed his play, "Single Spies: An Englishman Abroad & A Question of Attribution", in a British National Theatre production at the Queens Theatre in London, England with Prunella Scales and Clive Francis in the cast. Simon Callow was also the director.
- (2010 - 2011) His play, The Madness of George III", was performed at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois with Harry Groener in the cast. Penny Metropulos was the director. Susan Mickey was the costume designer. Melissa Veal was the artist specialization.
- (1993) His play, "The Old Country," was performed at the Palace Theatre in Watford, England with Oliver Ford Davies, Ann Firbank, and Edward De Souza in the cast.
- (1996) His play, "Habeas Corpus," was performed at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre in London, England with Jim Broadbent, Brenda Blethyn, John Padden, Sarah Woodward, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Bonneville, Celia Imrie, Natalie Walter, Jason Watkins, Nicholas Woodeson, and Stewart Permutt in the cast. Sam Mendes was director.
- (1998) His play, "Kafka's Dick," was performed in a Peter Hall Company production at the Piccadilly Theatre in London, England with John Gordon Sinclair, John Byrne, Jason Watkins, Julia McKenzie, Eric Sykes, and Denis Lill in the cast.
- (1991) Kenneth Grahame and his play, "The Wind in the Willows," was performed in a Royal National Theatre production at the Laurence Olivier Theatre in London, England with Desmond Barrit, Michael Bryant, Adrian Scarborough, and David Ross in the cast. Nicholas Hytner was director.
- (February 1991) Kenneth Grahame and his play, "The Wind in the Willows," was performed in a Royal National Theatre production at the Laurence Olivier Theatre in London, England with Griff Rhys Jones, Michael Bryant, David Bamber, and Richard Briers in the cast. Nicholas Hytner was director.
- (1992) His play, "The Madness of King George III," was performed in a Royal National Theatre production at the Lyttelton Theatre in London, England with Nigel Hawthorne, Charles Kay, and Julian Wadham in the cast. Nicholas Hytner was director.
- (1993) Kenneth Grahame and his play, "The Wind in the Willows," was performed in a Royal National Theatre production at the Laurence Olivier Theatre in London, England with Desmond Barrit, Michael Bryant, Adrian Scarborough, and David Ross in the cast. Nicholas Hytner was director
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