A-level Drama and Theatre (7262) - Set Plays Editions Update

Oct 20, 2026

Guidance for A-level Drama and Theatre (7262) set plays lists the prescribed editions and provides update notes for examination use. It explains that List A does not require specific editions, while the editions named are used to set questions, and adaptations are not appropriate. The document supplies tables of playwrights, set plays, publishers, and ISBNs, including May 2025 changes and alternatives for selected titles in both List A and List B.

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List A

Notes on editions for List A plays

Set plays (playwright, title, publisher, ISBN)

List B

Notes on editions for List B plays

Set plays (playwright, title, publisher, ISBN)

Notes and guidance: Drama set plays A-level Drama and Theatre (7262) List A Specific editions are not prescribed for List A plays. The editions listed for List A texts are those we use to set questions. You may use different editions of these plays, but we recommend you source a copy of the one we use to make sure it's similar. This will enable your learners to access the questions on the paper. Adaptations are not appropriate. | Playwright | List A set play | Publisher | Update details | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Sophocles | Antigone
The Three Theban Plays, translated by Robert Fagles, Penguin, 1984
ISBN: 0140444254 | Penguin | | | William
Shakespeare | MuchAdo About Nothing ed Claire McEachern, Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2016
ISBN: 1472520297 | Bloomsbury | May 2025: students can also use the ISBN 9781472520296 edition. | | Playwright | List A set play | Publisher | Update details | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Carlo Goldoni | A Servant to Two Masters ed Lee Hall, Methuen Drama, 1999
ISBN 0413748502 | Bloomsbury | May 2025: students can also use the ISBN 9780413748508 edition. | | Henrik Ibsen | Hedda Gabler Student Edition, Bloomsbury, 2002
ISBN 0413770702 | Bloomsbury | May 2025: students can also use the ISBN 9781350110069 edition. It’s the same version of the play text, but with a new introduction, notes and publication date (27 January 2022) . | | Bertolt Brecht | The Caucasian Chalk Circle
ed Eric Bentley, Penguin, 2007
ISBN 0141189169 | Penguin | May 2025: students can also use the ISBN 9780141189161 edition. | | Dario Fo | Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Methuen Drama, 1987
ISBN 0413156109 | Bloomsbury | May 2025: students can also use the ISBN 9780413156105 edition. | | Jez Butterworth | Jerusalem
Nick Hern Books, 2009
ISBN 1848420501 | NHB | May 2025: students can also use the ISBN 9781848420502 edition. | List B Specific editions are prescribed for these plays. | Playwright | List B set play | Publisher | Update details | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Federico García Lorca | Yerma
Methuen Drama, 2007
ISBN 978-0713683264 | Bloomsbury | | | Tennessee Williams | The Glass Menagerie Penguin, 2009
ISBN 978-0141190266 | Penguin | | | Steven Berkoff | Metamorphosis in Three Theatre Adaptations from Franz Kafka, Amber Lane Press, 1988
ISBN 978-0906399842 | Amber Lane Press | Students can also use the ISBN 9781738476909 edition. There is no change to the text, but the page numbers differ and there is a new foreword. | | Caryl Churchill | Cloud Nine in Plays: 1, Methuen Drama
ISBN 978-0413566706 | Bloomsbury | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Timberlake Wertenbaker | Our Country's Good Methuen Student Editions
ISBN 978-1350097889 | Bloomsbury | Learners studying Our Country’s Good from List B for exams in summer 2025 may use either the new edition ISBN 978-1350097889 or the old edition ISBN 978-0413692306. For exams in summer 2026 and beyond learners must use the new edition ISBN 978-1350097889. | | Polly Teale | Brontë
Polly Teale, Nick Hern Books, 2011
ISBN 978-1848421707 | NHB | | | Danai Gurira | The Convert
Methuen Drama, 2022
ISBN 9781350340879 | Bloomsbury | | | Inua Ellams | Three Sisters (A new play after Chekhov) Methuen Drama
ISBN 978-1350262782 | Bloomsbury | | Version 1.1 May 2025

FAQs

What does the document say about editions for List A set plays?

Specific editions are not prescribed for List A. The listed editions are the ones used to set questions, and learners may use similar different editions that match the question set closely. Adaptations are not appropriate.

What changes are noted for May 2025?

May 2025 update details indicate that learners can also use specific alternative ISBN editions for certain List A and List B texts, typically with differences in introduction, notes, page numbers, or publication date while keeping the play text the same.

How are List B set plays different from List A?

List B set plays have specific editions that are prescribed. The document lists the required publishers and ISBNs for these plays for examination preparation.

Oct 20, 2026

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