hogan country of origin united kingdom headquarters location islington london publication types books nonfiction topics drama and performing arts official website oberon books oberon books is an independent publisher which specialises in drama and the performing arts . whilst the majority of oberon s catalogue is made up of play texts in recent years it has begun to publish theatrical biographies as well as books on ballet opera illustration photography and cinema . oberon is one of the most prolific publishers of drama in the uk with over 800 titles in its back catalogue and approximately 80 new books going into production each year . in 2009 10 plays were published alongside productions at the royal court the national theatre rsc trafalgar studios west yorkshire playhouse belgrade theatre national theatre wales tricycle theatre donmar warehouse soho theatre the west end and broadway . 1 contents 1 notable contemporary authors 2 theatre group partners 3 critical acclaim and awards 4 john osborne discovery 5 references 6 external links notable contemporary authors edit abi morgan oladipo agboluaje howard barker richard bean torben betts ranjit bolt will eno john fraser christopher fry a. c. grayling tanika gupta sir peter hall dennis kelly bernard kops bryony lavery nell leyshon john logan robert david macdonald mustapha matura glyn maxwell sheridan morley virginia mckenna dorota mas owska douglas maxwell john mortimer richard norton taylor meredith oakes john osborne gary owen julia pascal michael pennington barry reckord anya reiss roy smiles ade solanke laura wade sir arnold wesker theatre group partners edit oberon also publishes plays from the following theatre companies kneehigh theatre complicite operaupclose out of joint the red room theatre company critical acclaim and awards edit john logan s red was the winner of six tony awards in 2010 including best play and best direction michael grandage . red was also the winner of the 2010 drama desk award for outstanding play . the following oberon plays were also nominated for olivier awards in 2010 2 3 4 y il the first wife by oladipo agboluaje nominated for outstanding achievement in an affiliate theatre afghanistan the great game by various authors nominated for outstanding achievement in an affiliate theatre england people very nice by richard bean nominated for best new comedy our class by tadeusz slobodzianek nominated for best director for bijan sheibani a number of oberon playwrights have been nominated for the 2010 evening standard awards 5 richard bean s the big fellah for best new play . laura wade s posh for best new play . anya reiss and atiha sen gupta both nominated for the charles wintour award for most promising playwright nominees for the 2010 tma theatre awards include 6 mrs reynolds and the ruffian by gary owen for best new play . spur of the moment by anya reiss for best new play . kursk by bryony lavery for best touring production . oberon s previous award winners include a disappearing number by simon mcburney and complicite winner of both the evening standard award and the olivier award for best new play in 2008 7 8 bloody sunday scenes from the saville inquiry by richard norton taylor winner of the olivier award for outstanding achievement in an affiliate theatre in 2006 9 nell leyshon winner of the evening standard award for most promising playwright for comfort me with apples in 2005 10 torben betts winner of the critics award for theatre in scotland for best new play with the unconquered 2007 . john osborne discovery edit in september 2008 two early playscripts by john osborne previously thought to be lost were discovered in the british library s archives . both plays predated look back in anger and were published together for the first time by oberon books as before anger . 11 references edit introduction to oberon books . retrieved 28 07 2010 64th tony awards competitive award winners retrieved 06 08 2010 . drama desk award for outstanding play winners retrieved 06 08 2010 . olivier awards 2010 nominations in full retrieved 06 08 2010 . london evening standard theatre awards 2010 the long list retrieved 29 10 2010 . tma theatre awards 2010 nominees retrieved 29 10 2010 . macbeth and joan of arc storm es awards retrieved 06 08 2010 . laurence olivier award for best new play past winners retrieved 06 08 2010 . oliviers bloody sunday is 2006 s outstanding achievement in an affiliate theatre retrieved 06 08 2010 . nell leyshon university of southampton profile retrieved 06 08 2010 . sheffield university news releases 2009 retrieved 02 08 2010 . external links edit oberon books official website oberon at doollee.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title oberon books & oldid 719925834 categories publishing companies of the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search 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