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Accepts full-length MSS, scripts for T.V and theatre; also novels, fiction and non-fiction. Represents screenwriters. Agents cover film, TV and theatre as well as literature.
Does not welcome unsolicited material but enquiries are accepted in writing.
No reading fee for synopsis, plays or screenplays, but a fee is charged for full-length MSS. Return postage required.
Commission:
Domestic: 12.5%
Overseas: 15%
Performance rights: 12.5%
Founded 1982.
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Specialises in stage plays, radio, TV, film (home 10%, overseas 15%); no prose fiction or general MSS. Represented in all major countries.
Represents screenwriters and specialises in film and TV rights. Also represents stage and radio plays.
Commission: home 10%, overseas 15%
No unsolicited scripts; recommendation from known professional required.
Submission Guidelines:
Contacts
Handles fiction, general non-fiction, children's books, film, T.V, theatre and radio scripts.
Affiliated to the Association of Authors' AgentsThe association of UK agents. Their website (http://www.agentsassoc.co.uk/index.html) gives a Directory of Members and a code of practice, but no information about the agencies other than their names. The association refers visitors to the UK agent listings from The Writers' & Artists' Yearbook on the WritersServices site. & Writers' Guild of Great Britain.
Submission guidelines:
Commission: home 15%, USA/Europe/translation 20%
No reading fee
Children's authors include Gina Douthwaite, Joe Hackett, Judith Heneghan, Shirley Isherwood, Kate Lennard, Jude Wisdom, Sarah Mussi, Savita Kalhan.
Founded 1975.
Association of Authors' Agents
Director
Handles authors' rights in theatre, film, TV, radio, software - both Czech and foreign
Looking for high-quality works from the fields of drama, music-drama and literature and offers them to both Czech and foreign clients.
Mediates the use of drama, music-drama and literary works by Czech and foreign authors, representing the authors‘ interests
Founded 1990.
Directors/Contacts/Dramatists & Rights Agents:
Submission guidelines:
The majority of new clients are taken on through recommendation or invitation. However, if you would like your work to be considered for representation, please email a CV and a sample of your work to submissions@berlinassociates.com.
Dramatic writing only, and only by recommendation.
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Represents fiction and general non-fiction, children's books, scripts for film, television and theatre. Does not represent poetry, short stories, academic or text books.
(Home 15%, Overseas 20%).
Submission Guidelines: Not currently accepting new submissions. Please refer to our website for
updates.
Association of Authors' AgentsThe association of UK agents. Their website (http://www.agentsassoc.co.uk/index.html) gives a Directory of Members and a code of practice, but no information about the agencies other than their names. The association refers visitors to the UK agent listings from The Writers' & Artists' Yearbook on the WritersServices site.
Literary Manager
Scripts for TV, films and theatre plus general fiction, thrillers, biographies.
Founded 1962.
Scripts for TV, films and theatre plus general fiction, thrillers, biographies.
Founded 1962.
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Represents writers operating in all media: print, film, TV, radio, the stage and electronic derivatives; specialises in representation of book writers. Query first before sending unsolicited MSS.
Not accepting until further notice.
Directors
The theatrical department
Casarotto Marsh
MSS - theatre, films, TV, sound broadcasting. "We represent a large number of award-winning writers, directors, directors of photography, production designers, costume designers and editors, working in film, television and theatre."
Before submission, a preliminary letter essential.
Casarotto Marsh Limited (in association with Marsh Best & Associates in Los Angeles) deals exclusively with technical heads of department for film, television, promos and commercials eg: Directors of Photography, Production Designers, Costume Designers and Film Editors.
Founded 1989.
Directors
Books
Film/TV/Theatre
Agents for the negotiation of all rights in fiction, general non-fiction, children's fiction and picture books, plays, film and TV scripts (home 15%, USA/translation 20%, scripts 10%). Represented in all foreign markets. Preliminary letter and return postage
All adult submissions should be typed with double line spacing on one side only of A4 paper and pages should be numbered. Be sure to include a covering letter; a full plot synopsis of the proposed book; the first two or three chapters of the book; a CV and a stamped addressed envelope.
Founded 1935
Managing Director
Theatrical and literary agency.
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One of the oldest theatrical agencies, having been established in 1960. Founded by Elspeth Cochrane who trained at the Webber Douglas School of Drama and Music.
Director
Full-length MSS only.
Represents theatre, films, and TV personnel.
No unsolicited MSS.
Founded 1932.
Theatre, films, TV, sound broadcasting, fiction.
Works in conjunction with many foreign agencies. Represents screenwriters and specialises in film and TV. Also represents directors and actors in television, theatre and film.
Writers may submit short synopsis or treatment with an SAE and cover letter.
Directors should submit showreel with an SAE and cover letter.
Agents
Full-length MS, theatrical performance rights.
No reading fee, but no unsolicited submissions.
Agent
Consultant
Genres Film, TV and Theatre only
Commission Home 15%, overseas 15-20%.
Submission guidelines:
Strictly no unsolicited MSS;
Professional recommendation required.
No books.
Founded 1992.
(fwa) represents a select 'boutique' list of writers and directors working in television, film and theatre in the adult, family and children's markets. We also represents film and television rights in books.
Should you wish to register with us, you can email your cv to: submissions@fillinghamweston.com.
Please note the following conditions for client registration and any material submitted:
Agents
Jill Foster Ltd represents screenwriters and specialises in film and TV.
Particularly interested in film, TV and radio comedy and drama. Theatre, films, TV and sound broadcasting. Particularly interested in film and TV comedy and drama. No novels or short stories.
No novels or short stories.
No reading fee. Preliminary letter essential. No submissions by email. Do not send material in the first instance.
Founded 1978.
Directors
Founded 1960. Literary and commercial fiction and non-fiction, film, TV, theatre and radio.
No reading fee. No unsolicited MSS. Works in association with agents overseas.
Represents screenwriters. Fiction, non-fiction, film, TV, theatre and radio.
Preliminary letter required.
No unsolicited scripts.
Founded 1960. Literary and commercial fiction and non-fiction, film, TV, theatre and radio.
No reading fee. No unsolicited MSS. Works in association with agents overseas.
Represents screenwriters. Fiction, non-fiction, film, TV, theatre and radio.
Preliminary letter required.
No unsolicited scripts.
Specialises in stage plays and music.
Works in conjunction with many overseas agents.
No unsolicited MSS; preliminary letter essential.
Founded 1938.
Josef Weinberger founded his publishing business in Vienna in 1885. Through an association with Johann Strauss II, he began licensing performances of Strauss' operettas. Licensing stage works has been a vital part of our work ever since and the principal Viennese operetta composers are represented in our catalogue: Strauss, Millöcker, Zeller, Kálmán, Oscar Straus, Stolz and Fall. We have administered the copyrights of Franz Lehár for many years for Lehár's own company, Glocken Verlag.
We have expanded into several other musical genres over the years: contemporary classical, light orchestral, educational, brass and military band, and religious. Our associated production music library, JW Media Music Ltd, is a leader in its field, while our sister companies in Vienna and Frankfurt have developed repertoire for their own respective markets.
Today, our theatre catalogue spans the century, from Viennese operettas to British musicals of the 1990s. It spans the globe too, through our representation for the UK and other European territories of the prestigious Broadway show catalogues of Music Theatre International and the Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatre Library. 1998 saw another development, our expansion into the arena of the play with the acquisition of rights in the stage works of the Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnár.
Agents
Represents: Writers, directors, designers, screenwriters and choreographers for theatre, film, television, radio, opera and TV.
No unsolicited MSS. No reading fee. Founded 1978.
Rates by negotiation; no reading fee. No unsolicited MSS.
Founded 1978.
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Based in London' s West End for over 30 years, MBA is a leading literary agency representing writers in all media: books, and scripts for film, television, radio and theatre and directors.
No unsolicited submissions.
Fiction and non-fiction, and TV, film, radio and theatre scripts.
Works in conjunction with agents in most countries. UK representative for the Donald Maass Agency, the Martha Millard Agency, the Frances Collin Agency and the Jabberwocky Literary Agency. Founded 1971. Represents scripts for TV, radio, theatre and film. Commission : home 15%, overseas 20%.
Agents
Micheline Steinberg Associates Micheline Steinberg Associates was founded in 1985. The agency represents writers for stage, television, film, radio and animation, as well as writer-directors. MSA also acts for a number of literary estates and negotiates dramatic rights for novelists represented by associated literary agencies. For enquiries, client lists, requests for performing rights and information about submitting scripts, please contact info@steinplays.com. (NB: Please note they are unable to accept unsolicited script submissions by email.)
The agency represents writers for stage, television, film, radio and animation, as well as writer-directors.
MSA also acts for a number of literary estates and negotiates dramatic rights for novelists represented by associated literary agencies.
For enquiries, client lists, requests for performing rights and information about submitting scripts, please contact info@steinplays.com. (NB: Please note they are unable to accept unsolicited script submissions by email.)
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Playwrights' agency and script advisory service.
Its focus is the development and representation of New Zealand playwrights and their plays.
Plays, motion picture and TV scripts.
Directors
Drama scripts for film, TV, theatre and radio.
Preliminary letter, CV and sae essential. No reading fee.
Founded 1984.
Specialises in film and TV. Agent represents approximately 70 writers working in film, TV and theatre, as well as directors.
Unsolicited enquiries welcome. Please send CV or showreel, covering letter and synopsis along with an sae.
To make an unsolicited submission to the agents at Rochelle Stevens and Co. please send a letter telling us something about yourself and what has brought you to your current work.
If you are a writer for film, television, theatre or radio, please also include a current CV, a short synopsis and the opening 10 pages of the script you wish to submit.
If you are a director, please also send a current CV and a DVD showreel of your work.
If you are a writer of fiction, non-fiction or children's books please send a synopsis of no more than one page and the first three chapters.
Please include a stamped self-addressed envelope and appropriate postage if you would like your entire submission returned. Scripts sent without return postage will be recycled.
For book submissions only: you can email your submission in word format (.doc or .docx) only to books@rochellestevens.com, for the attention of Elinor Cooper.
Unsolicited e-mail submissions for anything other than books will be deleted unread.
Directors
All full-length MSS (excluding science fiction and poetry); also theatre, film and sound broadcasting.
No reading fee, but may take 3-4 months to consider full MSS. Send synopsis only in first instance, with letter outlining writing credits and whether MS has been previously submitted, plus return postage.
Authors include Richard Aldington, Simone de Beauvoir (in UK), Samuel Beckett (publication rights), Steven Berkoff, Alan Brownjohn, Sandy Brownjohn, Donald Campbell, Nick Dear, Neil Donnelly, J.T. Edson, Bernard Farrell, Rainer Werner Fassbinder (in UK), Jean Genet, Franz Xaver Kroetz, Don McCamphill, Heiner Muller (in UK), Graham Reid, Alan Sillitoe, Botho Strauss (in UK), Rina Vergano, Anthony Vivis, Wim Wenders (in UK).
Represents screenwriters in film and TV; also all other forms excluding science fiction and poetry.
Send synopsis only in the first instance, with letter outlining writing credits and whether script has been previously submitted, plus return postage.
Clients include: Wim Wenders (UK only), and work of Rainer Werner Fassbinder (in UK).
Founded 1949.
CEO
Play publishers; authors' representatives.
Agents
First established as a literary and dramatists' agency in 1896, Sayle ScreenFirst established as a literary and dramatists' agency in 1896, Sayle Screen has evolved into one of London's leading and longest standing independent agencies, now representing writers, directors and producers for film, television, stage and new media
Specialises in scripts for film, TV, theatre and radio. Represents film and TV rights in fiction and non-fiction for The Sayle Literary Agency, Greene and Heaton Ltd and Peter Robinson Ltd. Works in conjunction with agents in New York and Los Angeles.
Preliminary letter and return postage essential. Only accepts submissions by post, no email submissions.
Approximately 100 writers; the agency also represents directors for both film and television.
Fiction: general, literary and crime. Non-fiction: current affairs, social issues, travel, biographies, history.
No plays, poetry, textbooks, children's, technical, legal or medical books.
Submitted work must be double-spaced, single-sided, numbered, typed or word processed with clear contact details. Do not send an SAE as all rejected material is recycled.
Translation rights handled by the Marsh Agency Ltd.
Film and TV rights handled by Sayle Screen Ltd.
Overseas associates Dunow & Carlson Agency, Darhansoff, Verrill and Feldman, Anne Edelstein Literary Agency, New England Publishing Associates, USA.
, Greene and HeatonThe late Elaine Greene founded the agency in 1963, and a number of Elaine's first clients - including P.D. James, Michael Frayn and William Shawcross - are still represented by the company.
All types of fiction and non-fiction. No poetry or original scripts for theatre, film or TV.
Handles picture books, fiction for 5-8 and 9-12 year-olds, teenage fiction, series fiction, poetry and non-fiction.
Also handles adult fiction and non-fiction.
Overseas associates worldwide.
When submitting please include the following:
For permission to reproduce extracts from books by this agents authors approach them as follows:
Advise them which extract you would like to use; the context in which you plan to use it; the print run (if you intend to use the extract in a published work); the territories the permission needs to cover; and whether or not your use of the extract will be for profit. All of these factors will determine how much they charge for the permission. Upon receipt of this information they will send you an agreement letter listing appropriate terms.
They do not answer permission requests by telephone.
Send all requests to Nick Harrop or email to permissions@greeneheaton.co.uk
Clients include Bill Bryson, Jan Dalley, Suzannah Dunn, Marcus du Sautoy, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Michael Frayn, P.D. James, Jonathan Jones, William Leith, William Shawcross, Sarah Waters, Jackie Wullschlager. Children's authors include Helen Craig, Joshua Doder, Amber Deckers. Founded 1963. Children's authors include Helen Craig, Joshua Doder, Amber Deckers.
Ltd and Peter Robinson Ltd. Works in conjunction with agents in New York and Los Angeles.Agents UK and US
Film / Theatre / TV
Foreign
Quality literary and commercial fiction and non-fiction, including: politics, history, military history, gardening, thrillers, crime, romance, drama, biography, travel, cookery, humour, UK and foreign estates. Founded 1967. Full-length and short MSS. Agents in most foreign countries. The agency represents novelists and nonfiction writers as well as several major literary estates. Quality literary and commercial fiction and non-fiction, including: politics, history, military history, gardening, thrillers, crime, romance, drama, biography, travel, cookery, humour, UK and foreign estates.
Also theatre, film, radio and TV scripts.
Overseas associates Georges Borchardt
Primarily an agency for English language writers, and currently represents over 200 authors including eight Pulitzer Prize winners and two Nobel Prize winners.
We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.
Also theatre, film, radio and TV scripts.
Overseas associates Georges Borchardt, Inc. (Richard Scott Simon). US film and TV representation CAA, APA and others.
Specialises in theatre, film, radio and TV scripts.
Welcomes approaches from new clients, either to start or to develop their careers. Preliminary letter with sae essential. No reading fee.
Clients include: Rose Tremain, Paul Wilson, and Bonnie Greer, Peter Ackroyd, Benedict Allen, Charles Allen, Pam Ayres, Melvyn Bragg, Steven Carroll, David Cohen, Anna del Conte, Judy Corbalis, Elizabeth Corley, Seamus Deane, Chris Ewan, Rosie Goodwin, Jean Goodhind, Robert Green, Susan Hill, Richard Holmes, HRH The Prince of Wales, Ian Johnstone, Irene Karafilly, Richard Mabey, Graham Rice, Steve Rider, Robert Rigby, Martin Riley, Diane Setterfield, Tom Sharpe, Martin Stephen, Jeffrey Tayler, Andrew Taylor, Rose Tremain, Barry Unsworth, Kevin Wells, Prof. Stanley Wells, Neil White, John Wilsher, Paul Wilson and the Estates of Catherine Cookson, Patrick O'Brian, Penelope Mortimer, Jean Rhys and F.A. Worsley.
Specialises in theatre, film, radio and TV scripts.
Welcomes approaches from new clients, either to start or to develop their careers. Preliminary letter with sae essential. No reading fee.
Clients include: Rose Tremain, Paul Wilson, and Bonnie Greer, Peter Ackroyd, Benedict Allen, Charles Allen, Pam Ayres, Melvyn Bragg, Steven Carroll, David Cohen, Anna del Conte, Judy Corbalis, Elizabeth Corley, Seamus Deane, Chris Ewan, Rosie Goodwin, Jean Goodhind, Robert Green, Susan Hill, Richard Holmes, HRH The Prince of Wales, Ian Johnstone, Irene Karafilly, Richard Mabey, Graham Rice, Steve Rider, Robert Rigby, Martin Riley, Diane Setterfield, Tom Sharpe, Martin Stephen, Jeffrey Tayler, Andrew Taylor, Rose Tremain, Barry Unsworth, Kevin Wells, Prof. Stanley Wells, Neil White, John Wilsher, Paul Wilson and the Estates of Catherine Cookson, Patrick O'Brian, Penelope Mortimer, Jean Rhys and F.A. Worsley.