| Moonshine | 1955 | (first stage play) |
| Dog Accident | 1958 | Playforms Cambridge University Press 1997 |
| Alas, Poor Fred | 1958 | Studio Theatre 1960 Neighbours & other plays Deutsch 1968 Neighbours & other plays Heinemann 1968 Playforms Cambridge University Press 1997 |
| Who Was Hilary Maconochie | 1959 | Savoury Meringue & other plays Amber Lane 1980 |
| Barnstable | 1959 | New Directions Hutchinson 1961 Samuel French 1985 |
| Return To A City | 1959 | Neighbours & other plays Deutsch 1968 Neighbours & other plays Heinemann 1968 |
| Committal | 1959 | |
| The Ark | 1959 | |
| A Slight Accident | 1961 | Neighbours & other plays Deutsch 1968 Neighbours & other plays Heinemann 1968 |
| Double, Double | 1962 | Blackie 1964 Samuel French 1964 |
| Next Time I'll Sing To You | 1962 | Deutsch 1963 Heinemann 1965 Dramatist's Play Service 1966 Four Plays Penguin 1971 |
| Gimlet | 1963 | (radio play) |
| The Pedagogue | 1963 | Neighbours & other plays Deutsch 1968 Neighbours & other plays Heinemann 1968 new performance available for download (1) |
| Watch Me I'm A Bird | 1964 | (television play) |
| A Scent Of Flowers | 1964 | Deutsch 1966 Heinemann 1966 Dramatist's Play Service 1970 Four Plays Penguin 1971 |
| Neighbours | 1964 | Neighbours & other plays Deutsch 1968 Neighbours & other plays Heinemann 1968 Four Plays Penguin 1971 |
| Trio | 1964 | Neighbours & other plays Deutsch 1968 Neighbours & other plays Heinemann 1968 |
| Pay As You Go | 1965 | (radio play) |
| Monkey Nuts | 1965 | (television play) |
| Triangle | 1965 | Neighbours & other plays Deutsch 1968 Heinemann 1968 |
| Blue Moccasins (2) | 1966 | (television play) |
| Tickets Please (2) | 1966 | (television play) |
| The Italian Girl (3) | 1967 | Samuel French 1969 |
| Parking Meter | 1967 | (television play) |
| The Unconquered (4) | 1968 | (television play) |
| A Man's Best Friend | 1969 | Mixed Doubles Methuen 1970 |
| The Borage Pigeon Affair | 1969 | Deutsch 1970 Four Plays Penguin 1971 |
| The Travails Of Sancho Panza | 1969 | Heinemann 1970 |
| Plastic People | 1970 | (television play) |
| The Mill | 1971 | (television play) |
| Savoury Meringue | 1971 | Savoury Meringue & other plays Amber Lane 1980 |
| Games | 1971 | Samuel French 1973 |
| After Liverpool | 1971 | Samuel French 1973 |
| Grass God | 1972 | (television play) |
| Craven Arms | 1972 | (television play) |
| Black Dog (5) | 1972 | (television play, Granada 1975) |
| Act | 1972 | Fun Art Bus Eyre Methuen 1973 |
| Hans Kohlhaas | 1973 | |
| Bye Bye Blues | 1973 | Fringescripts 1973 Bye Bye Blues & other plays Amber Lane 1980 |
| Poor Old Simon | 1973 | Savoury Meringue & other plays Amber Lane 1980 Samuel French |
| Random Monents In A May Garden | 1973 | Bye Bye Blues & other plays Amber Lane 1980 |
| The Girl In Melanie Klein (6) | 1973 | (radio play, staged in 1980) |
| Play For Yesterday | 1974 | Savoury Meringue & other plays Amber Lane 1980 |
| The Island | 1975 | Bye Bye Blues & other plays Amber Lane 1980 |
| A Journey To London (7) | 1975 | |
| Squat | 1976 | complete text online (previously unpublished) "I... yesterday came upon... the copy of 'Squat'... I found it re-read well, & I look on it as one of the most successful stage-things I did." [JS, Oct 96] |
| Horizon | 1977 | (television play) |
| The Healing Nightmare | 1977 | (television play) |
| Bodies | 1977 |
Samuel French 1978 Amber Lane 1979 Dramatist's Play Service 1979 |
| Over The Wall | 1977 | Play Ten Edward Arnold 1977 |
| What Theatre Really Is | 1977 | Play Ten Edward Arnold 1977 |
| The Sailors Return | 1978 | (film) |
| The Avenue | 1979 | (television play) |
| Birdsong | 1979 | Savoury Meringue & other plays Amber Lane 1980 |
| Bloomers | 1979 | (BBC2 television comedy series) |
| Fall | 1980 | Samuel French 1984 |
| Nothing To Declare | 1981 | (radio play) |
| The Flower Case | 1982 | (radio play) |
| The Captain's Doll (2) | 1983 | (television play) |
| Suspension Of Mercy | 1983 | (radio play) |
| Menocchio | 1984 | Best Radio Plays 1985 Menthuen/BBC 1986 |
| The Magic Bathroom | 1987 | (radio play) |
| A Day At The Dentist's | 1987 | (radio play, BBC R4 "Fear On Four", 13th Mar 1988) |
| The Confidential Agent | 1987 | (radio play) |
| A Child Crying | 1988 | (radio play, BBC R4 "Fear On Four", 2nd April 1989) |
| Redevelopment or Slum Clearance (8) | 1990 | Faber and Faber, London, 1990 |
| Making It Better | 1991 | Samuel French 1992 |
| Retreat | 1995 | First Writes 1995 |
| The Old Man Who Liked Cats | ? | Playforms Cambridge University Press 1997 |
| Hello, I Love You | ? | |
| Slight Exit | ? | |
| The Emperor's Waltz | ? | |
| also various essays and articles; television contributions to Play For Today and Country Matters; adaptations & dramatisations of stories and works by - H.E. Bates, Alexander Dumas, David Garnett, Graham Greene, Patricia Highsmith, Henry James, Olivia Manning, V.S. Pritchett, Thomas Love Peacock |
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(1) produced by Nigel Deacon (7 July 2010) (2) by D.H. Lawrence - adaptation (3) co-author Iris Murdoch - adaptation (4) by Somerset Maugham - adaptation (5) by A E Coppard - adaptation (6) by Ronald Harwood - adaptation (7) completing John Vanbrugh's four-act fragment (8) by Václav Havel - English version by James Saunders from a literal translation by Marie Winn |
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