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'It arrives in an envelope and begs to be staged': the thrill of an unsolicited script

More writers are under commission and on development schemes than ever before but the Royal Court receives 3,000 scripts out of the blue each year. Three of its shows this autumn were plucked from the slush pile.

Chris Campbell, literary manager, Royal Court Theatre

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