Out of the Margins

Tom Stoppard, Inua Ellams, Wole Soyinka, Caryl Churchill, Tina Fey, David Hare, Jez Butterworth, Richard Curtis, Tony Kushner, Tanika Gupta and V (formerly Eve Ensler) are just some of the 60 leading playwrights who have annotated first and special editions of their play texts, screenplays and musical scripts to be auctioned for the Out of the Margins Auction organised by Good Chance, and hosted by the Auction Collective, in collaboration with Christie’s!

And every penny raised in this ONCE-IN-A-GENERATION auction goes towards our work bringing the voices of those seeking sanctuary out of the margins and into the spotlight.

The Out of the Margins auction represents the largest collection of annotated play texts and scripts in theatre history, providing an unprecedented record of the private thoughts and feelings of some of the world’s greatest living contemporary playwrights, covering some of the most significant moments in the last fifty years of theatre.

The 55 annotated texts being auctioned in aid of refugee artists include some of the world’s best loved theatrical productions such as Leopoldstadt, Jerusalem, Prima Facie, The Vagina Monologues, The Doctor, Closer, The Empress, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Play What I Wrote, Wicked, Jerry Springer: The Opera, Mean Girls and Matilda the Musical and many more. Each text has been annotated by hand, giving unique insight into the writer’s creative process, and reflections, memories, thoughts and feelings since, often in a highly personal and intimate way.

Out of the Margins brings these texts together for the first time, providing a unique opportunity for members of the general public, theatre lovers, and collectors alike to bid for a piece of theatrical history.