Plays
- Wise Child, Wyndham's Theatre (1967)
- Dutch Uncle, Aldwych Theatre (1969)
- The Idiot (adapted from Dostoyevsky), Old Vic (1970)
- Spoiled, Haymarket Theatre (February 1971)
- Butley, Criterion Theatre (1971)
- Otherwise Engaged, Queen's Theatre (1975)
- Dog Days, Oxford 1976; Eyre Methuen (1976) ISBN 0-413-37270-7
- Molly, stage adaptation of his television play Death of a Teddy Bear (1967), based on the Francis Rattenbury 1935 murder case, Comedy Theatre (1978)
- The Rear Column, The Globe Theatre (1978); Eyre Methuen (1978) ISBN 0-413-39170-1
- Close of Play, National Theatre Lyttelton (1979)
- Stage Struck, Vaudeville Theatre (1979)
- Quartermaine's Terms, Queen's Theatre (1981)
- Tartuffe (adaptation), Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. (1982)
- The Common Pursuit, Lyric Hammersmith (1984)
- Melon (later revised as The Holy Terror), Theatre Royal Haymarket (1987)
- Hidden Laughter, Vaudeville Theatre (1990)
- The Holy Terror, Temple of Arts Theater, Tucson, Arizona (1991)
- Cell Mates, Albery Theatre (1995)
- Simply Disconnected, sequel to Otherwise Engaged, Minerva Theatre, Chichester (1996)
- Life Support, Aldwych Theatre (1997)
- Just the Three of Us, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre (1997); Nick Hern Books (1999) ISBN 1-85459-434-6
- The Late Middle Classes, Watford Palace (1999)
- Japes, Peter Hall Company, Mercury Theatre, Colchester (2000) and Theatre Royal Haymarket (2001)
- Japes Too and Michael, published in Four Plays by Faber (2004) ISBN 0-571-21988-8
- The Pig Trade, published in Four Plays (2004)
- The Holy Terror (revival), Duke of York's Theatre (2004)
- The Old Masters featuring art critic Berenson and art dealer Duveen, Comedy Theatre (2004)
- Little Nell, BBC Radio 4 (2006); Theatre Royal, Bath (2007)
- Missing Dates, BBC Radio 4 (1 March 2008)
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