The 1950's
	1958
	Chicken Soup with Barley: First performed at The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, 7 July 1958 for one week, followed by a second week at The Royal Court Theatre opening 14 July. Directed by John Dexter. Awarded Arts Council Bursary of £300.
	1959
	Roots: First performed at The Belgrade Theatre 25 May. Directed by John Dexter, designed by Jocelyn Herbert, starring Joan Plowright. Transferred to the Royal Court Theatre on 30 June, and subsequently to the Duke of York's in St Martin's Lane on 30 July where, due to abnormal heat wave (and despite rave reviews) it ran for only a few weeks. Won The London Evening Standard's award 'Most Promising Playwright'.
	Chicken Soup with Barley published by Penguin Books in first of the series 'New English Dramatists' together with 'Each His Own Wilderness' by Doris Lessing, and 'Hamlet of Stepney Green' by Bernard Kops. Roots published soon after.
	The Kitchen, a shorter version, given an airing on two Sunday nights as 'Productions without décor' at The Royal Court on 13 and 20 September, directed by John Dexter, designed by Jocelyn Herbert.