John Arden, 1930-

Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance: An Unhistorical Parable. London: Methuen, 1960; New York: Grove Press, 1962.

The Long and the Short and the Tall, by Willis Hall; Live Like Pigs, by Arden; The Dumb Waiter, by Harold Pinter. Harmondsworth: Penguin [1961?]. New English Dramatists, no. 3.

The Business of Good Government: A Christmas Play. London: Methuen, 1963; New York: Grove Press, 1963.

Three Plays: The Waters of Babylon; Live Like Pigs; Happy Haven. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1964; Baltimore: Penguin, 1965; New York: Grove Press, 1966.

The Workhouse Donkey: A Vulgar Melodrama. London: Methuen, 1964; New York: Grove Press, 1964.

Armstrong’s Last Goodnight: An Exercise in Diplomacy. London: Methuen, 1965; New York: Grove Press, 1967, Evergreen Playscript, no. 19.

Ars Longa, Vita Brevis, by Arden and Margaretta D’Arcy. London: Cassell, 1965.

Ironhand, adapted from Goethe’s Goetz von Berlichingen. London: Methuen, 1965.

Left-Handed Liberty: A Play about Magna Carta. London: Methuen 1965; London: Methuen/Mermaid Theatre, 1965, limited issue of 1,000 copies; New York: Grove Press, 1966.

The Royal Pardon; or, The Soldier Who Became an Actor, by Arden and Margaretta D’Arcy. London: Methuen, 1967.

Soldier, Soldier and Other Plays. London: Methuen, 1967. Contains: Soldier, Soldier: A Comic Song for Television; Wet Fish: A Professional Reminiscence for Television; When Is a Door Not a Door?; Friday’s Hiding, by Arden and Margaretta D’Arcy.

The Hero Rises Up: A Romantic Melodrama, by Arden and Margaretta D’Arcy. London: Methuen, 1969.

Two Autobiographical Plays. London: Methuen, 1971. Contains: The True History of Squire Jonathan and His Unfortunate Treasure; The Bagman.

The Island of the Mighty: A Play on a Traditional British Theme in Three Parts, by Arden and Margaretta D’Arcy, illustrated by the authors. London: Eyre Methuen, 1974.

Plays. London: Eyre Methuen, 1977; New York: Grove Press, 1978. Republishes, with a preface by Arden, Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance; The Workhouse Donkey; Armstrong’s Last Goodnight.

To Present the Pretence: Essays on the Theatre and Its Public. London: Eyre Methuen, 1977. Contains two essays written in collaboration with Margaretta D’Arcy.

The Non-Stop Connolly Show: A Dramatic Cycle of Continuous Struggle, in Six Parts, by Arden and Margaretta D’Arcy. London: Pluto Press, 1977-78. 6 volumes in 5.

Pearl: A Play about a Play within a Play, Written for Radio. London: Eyre Methuen, 1979.

Vandaleur’s Folly: An Anglo-Irish Melodrama: The Hazzard of Experiment in an Irish Co-operative, Ralahine, 1831, by Arden and Margaretta D’Arcy. London: Eyre Methuen, 1981.

The Little Gray House in the West: An Anglo-Irish Melodrama, by Arden and Margaretta D’Arcy. London: Pluto Press, 1982.

Silence among the Weapons: Some Events at the Time of the Failure of a Republic. London: Methuen, 1982; as Vox Pop: Last Days of the Roman Republic, San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

Awkward Corners: Essays, Papers, Fragments, selected, with commentaries, by the authors, Arden and Margaretta D’Arcy. London: Methuen, 1988.

Books of Bale: A Fiction of History. London: Methuen, 1988.

Whose Is the Kingdom?, by Arden and Margaretta D’Arcy. London & New York: Methuen, 1988.

Cogs Tyrannic: Four Stories. London: Methuen, 1991.

Plays One, with a preface and introductory notes by Arden. London: Methuen, 1994. Contains: The Waters of Babylon; When Is a Door Not a Door?; Live Like Pigs; Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance; The Happy Return.

Plays Two, with a preface and introductory notes by Arden. London: Methuen, 1994. Contains: The Workhouse Donkey; Armstrong’s Last Goodnight; Left-Handed Liberty; The True History of Squire Jonathan and His Unfortunate Treasure; The Bagman.

Jack Juggler and the Emperor’s Whore: Seven Tall Tales Linked Together for an Indecorous Toy Theatre. London: Methuen, 1995.

 

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