British literary publishers are listed in the Writers' and Artists' Yearbook (published annually by A & C Black) with an indication of the type of books that they publish.

Addresses and contact details for publishers are available from:

• Booktrust - list of UK publishers
• Publisher’s Association
  1 Kingsway
  London WC2B 6XF
  Telephone: +44 (0)20 7565 7474
  Fax: +44 (0)20 7836 4543
  E-mail: mail@publishers.org.uk
  Website: http://www.publishers.org.uk
• Booktrade includes publisher’s contact information
• Babash can be searched by genre or by name
• Children’s Book Directory includes links to children’s literature publisher sites

Contact the Rights Department of the author’s publisher or contact their agent with an explanation of exactly which play, how much of the play you want to use and why you want to use it. If you have a copy of the book the publisher’s address is usually given on the reverse of the title page

For publishers’ contact details:

Contact details for publishers are available from:

• Booktrust - list of UK publishers
• Publisher’s Association
  1 Kingsway
  London WC2B 6XF
  Telephone: +44 (0)20 7565 7474
  Fax: +44 (0)20 7836 4543
  E-mail: mail@publishers.org.uk
  Website: http://www.publishers.org.uk
• Booktrade includes publisher’s contact information
• Babash can be searched by genre or by name
• Children’s Book Directory includes links to children’s literature publisher sites

For short courses look under theatre on http://creativewriting.britishcouncil.org

A subscription web site with playwriting course information is http://www.writernet.co.uk/