Stuart Paterson

A classic fairy tale with a twist, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences. The ugly sisters and the vicious stepmother get their come-uppance, but Cinders, in a thoroughly refreshing alternative, rejects the spoilt and arrogant Prince in favour of the genuine and reliable Buttons. Stuart Paterson's stage version of Cinderella was first performed at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, in 1989.

An imaginative reworking of the children's classic, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences. Hansel and Gretel stumble upon a colourful circus family but are tricked into following their new friends to the wicked witch's candy-covered lair. Hansel is given over to the witch in return for the imprisoned father of the circus family. But Gretel won't give in and frees her brother in the same way. Helped by Orin the Faerie-King and the mysterious Monkey-boy, the children defeat the witch with a combination of kindness and courage. Stuart Paterson's play Hansel and Gretel was first staged at the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, in 1998.

A play set in Ayrshire after the First World War, with touches of Ibsen - from the acclaimed Scottish playwright. Matt has returned from life on the road, haunted by his experience of the trenches. For sixteen years, his brother Rob has broken his back to build a haulage business in a tough rural community. He has married Catherine, a restless city girl, who shows an unsettling interest in the new arrival. Driven by birthright and rivalry, the two brothers are drawn into a remorseless life-or-death struggle for control of the business – and of Catherine. With its isolated setting, its action set in train by an unexpected arrival and its impassioned characters whose strong feelings run deep beneath their words, King of the Fields has a strength reminiscent of the plays of Ibsen. Stuart Paterson's play was first staged at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in 1999.