ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. James Hyland has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of the following stage plays and the owner of their subsequent theatrical productions including any and all stagecraft therein contained: "A Christmas Carol - As told by Jacob Marley (deceased)" (© 2009), "Fagin's Last Hour" (© 2011), "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" (© 2013), "A Lesson from Auschwitz" (© 2015), "The Accountment of Luke" (© 2017), "The Mad Hatter's Tea Party" (© 2019),"Dracula's Guest" (© 2021) and "Silver & Gold" (© 2022). No portion or element of these works may be copied, distributed, adapted or reproduced in any way (including photocopying or storing them in any medium by electronic means) without the signed written permission of the copyright owner. Any unauthorised act in this respect may lead to legal proceedings, including a civil claim for damages. For the avoidance of doubt, please note that stage adaptations are considered original dramatic works and the copyright is owned solely by the adapter even if the original author of the source material died more than 70 years ago. Once the adaptation is created, copyright exists in the adapted work, leaving the copyright holder the same copyrights as any other work. Furthermore, copyright law dictates that stage directions, staging choices and all stagecraft therein are subject to copyright protection in addition to the script itself. Even if a stage adaptation is based on an existing work (like a novel such as "Oliver Twist"), the new script contains original creative choices such as altered dialogue, pacing, staging, and character interpretation. All of these elements are independently protected by copyright law and it is a crime to use them without the author's signed written permission. For licensing requests please contact the copyright owner at jameshylanduk@gmail.com

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"I have had to apply this copyright statement to my website as several of my plays have suffered copyright infringements, the cases of which are currently in the hands of my company's solicitor." ~James Hyland, Copyright Owner

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