Script submissions

 

Please let us know about any content within your play that may be of a difficult or potentially distressing nature. 
Some examples are listed here

You do not need to give full details, and difficult content will not prevent your play from being read or considered. Instead, it enables us to give your script the best chance to be read as objectively as possible whilst safeguarding those involved in the reading process.

 

File upload

You can only upload pdf or word documents max 10MB

 

 

 

 

Submission Criteria
  • We can only accept scripts as a PDF or Word document with a maximum size of 10MB.
  • We are only able to accept full length plays – as a guide, we suggest this would be a minimum of around 50 pages or 25-30 pages for a monologue.
  • We are unable to accept more than one submission from a writer at any one time.
  • We do not read screenplays, novels, poetry collections, radio plays or adaptations.
  • We do not read historical/biographical plays (we do accept plays that contain real people or a narrative in which real people are depicted, but not ‘the life story / biography of…’)
  • We are accepting scripts for original musicals that fit these criteria but cannot accept scores or soundtracks as part of first submission.
  • We cannot consider resubmissions or new drafts of plays we have read and responded to.
Privacy Policy

We take data protection seriously and hereby undertake to look after all personal data in accordance with General Data Protection Regulation which came into force in May 2018 or any forthcoming data protection legislation. As part of our unsolicited script reading process, all personal data related to submissions will be stored securely on our server indefinitely and access limited to the Literary department, who manage the script reading process. The justification for keeping this data is legitimate interest, as we may need to contact writers about the script they have submitted or future work. This information will not be shared with third parties. Scripts will only be stored if they are recommended for a further read by the Literary Department. You have the right to request access to your personal data at any time and can ask to be removed from the database. Please visit https://royalcourttheatre.com/privacy-policy/ for full details of our privacy policy.