Directed first Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, for Riksteatre, Oslo, opened 25 January.
Lady Othello and other plays. Volume 6 of collected plays published by Penguin Books.
Love Letters and other Stories. Reissued by Penguin Books. With addition of Said The Old Man to the Young Man. January.
The Kitchen and other plays. Volume 2 of collected plays. Re-issued with new version of The Four Seasons.
Chips With Everything and other plays. Volume 3 of collected plays. Re-issued with changes to The Friends, The Old Ones and Love Letters on Blue Paper.
Three Women Talking (Working title). New play. 2nd typed draft completed 30 July.
Shylock and other plays. Volume 4 of collected plays. Re-issued with changes made to Shylock (new title), The Wedding Feast, and The Journalists. Published October.
The Kitchen: Invited in October as 'Distinguished Artist in Residence' to direct at University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. Substantially revised.
Letter to a Daughter. Last play in cycle of One Woman Plays requiring songs to be specially composed, for a singer who is also an actress'. Written specially for Norwegian Jazz singer, Susanne Fuhr, loosely based on her biographical notes dictated to the author. First draft begun 4 August completed 6 August. Filmed Oct/Nov 1991, transmitted Norwegian TV Sept.1992.
Wesker's Women: Marathon reading in Oslo and Tromso, Noway; at Young Vic Theatre, London; also in Glasgow, European City of Culture.
Yardsale and Four Portraits win £10,000 prize at 7th Festival Georges Bressens at Sete, France. Performed by Josiane Stoleru, directed by Patrice Kerbrat.
Barcelona. Re-write of film script for Hudson Films, based on novel 'Homage to Catalonia' by George Orwell. Never made.
Blood Libel. Commissioned to open new Norwich Playhouse in spring 1993. Play completed September 1991.
The Mistress. Author directed world premiere of play. Opened at Festival of One Act Plays in Arezzo 18 November with actress Claretta Carotenuto. In Rome, Teatro Flaiano, opened 23 November. Designed by Hilary Baxter.
Caritas. Opera. Music Robert Saxton. Produced by Opera North 21 November at Wakefield Opera House, directed by Patrick Mason, designed by Joe Vanek. Role of Christine: Eirian Davies. Conducted by Diego Masson.
Understanding Arnold Wesker: An analysis of the plays, stories, lectures by Robert Wilcher, Senior Lecturer of English at University of Birmingham. Published by the University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, S. Carolina.
Men Die, Women Survive, under previous title of 'Three Women Talking', premiered 15 January Northlight Theatre, Evanston, Chicago. Directed by Russell Vandenbroucke, set design by Michael Merritt, costumes by Nan Cibula-Jenkins.
Roots, new production filmed and scheduled for autumn by BBC TV2, directed by Simon Curtis, with Jane Horrocks and Pam Ferris.
Letter to a Daughter, world stage premiere, Sanwoolim Theatre Company, Seoul, Korea, 20 March, 1992. Performed by Suh-Kwa Yoon, directed by Young-Woong Lim.
The Kitchen - musical. Music commissioned from Barrington Pheloung, lyrics from Nigel Forde.
Wild Spring, play written specially for the late Brenda Bruce. Began writing 20 February, 2nd typed draft completed 18 May.
The Confession. Five minute monologue commissioned via John Francis Lane for Colpo di Scena Company of Mola di Bari. Written January 1993.
Shylock. Educational edition to be printed in paperback in English. Licensed to Societa Editrice Internazionale in Italy.
As Much as I Dare. An autobiography. Begun 21 February 1993, final draft 12 July 1994. Commissioned and published by Century, Random House 27 October 1994.
The Kitchen. Spectacular revival by Stephen Daldry at The Royal Court Theatre, 22 February. Wild Spring. World Premiere, Bungaku-za Theatre Company, Tokyo, 14 October.
Wild Spring and other plays. Volume 7 published by Penguin Books. 27 October 1994.
Arnold Wesker Revisited. A study of the plays and stories by Reade Dornan (assistant professor, Central Michigan University). Published by Twayne (MacMillian) 1995.
Happy Coward: ten minute sketch for French TV requested by Michel Ribes, to be (possibly) used in a series in celebration of `The Coward'. Written 21st December 1994.
As Much as I Dare: Paperback published by Arrow Books 7th September. Mini-season of readings at Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court:
When God Wanted
a Son November 25
Three Women Talking December 2
Wild Spring December 9
Blood Libel. Rehersals began 2nd January, opened 1st February at the new Norwich Playhouse, directed by Irina Brown, designed by Paul Andrews, music by Derek Barnes.
When God Wanted a Son. Rehearsals began 6th January. First preview 4th February, opened 6th February till 9th March at The New End Theatre, Hampstead, London, directed by Spencer Butler, designed by Andy Wilson, with Julie Clare, Jacqueline Pearce, Lawrence Weber.
The Confession. Five minute monologue commissioned via John Francis Lane for Colpo di Scena Company of Mola di Bari. Written January 1993. Never performed. Slightly extended for a play reading as part of The London 'New Play Festival' dir. Katie Valentine, performed by Victoria Davar at The Lyric Hammersmith Studio 12 April.
Break, My Heart. 30 minute play commissioned by Sherman Theatre Cardiff and Penderyn Films for season of lunch-time plays to be performed 4th to 6th June at lunch times and 6 p.m. Directed by Michael Bogdanov who also directed TV version for HTV.
Chips With Everything. Revival, The Lyttleton Theatre, opened 4th September, directed by Howard Davies.
Denial. First airing. Read at Hay Festival of Literature 29 May 1997 selected scenes for 45 minutes assisted by playwright/actress (from Hay Festival Masterclass), Tracy Spoteswood.
The BIRTH of Shylock and the DEATH of Zero Mostel. Journal of
the writing, marketing, rehearsals and Broadway opening of 'Shylock' (The
Merchant) in 1977. Published by Quartet Books.
(US edition published May 1999)
Roots. UK tour of co-production between Watford Palace Theatre and The Oxford Stage Company. March/June 1998.
Arnold Wesker: A Casebook edited by Reade W Dornan (assistant professor, Central Michigan University), published by Garland Publishing. Eighteen essays on various aspects of Wesker's plays by lecturers from different countries.
The King's Daughters. A collection of erotic stories about twelve princesses inspired by the fairy tale of the brothers Grimm. Published by Quartet Books. October 1998. (One of them, Dionis, published in The Erotic Review Nov-Dec 1998)
Open Letter to Trevor Nunn - published on web-site 13 November 1999.
Texas University at Austin purchase archives - 90 boxes. Bulk despatched from Welsh home on 9 December.
The BIRTH of Shylock and the DEATH of Zero Mostel: film option purchased by BBC for a film scripted by Martin Sherman.