Rachel Wagstaff

Rachel Wagstaff
Rachel Wagstaff wrote the book for the multi-award winning musical Flowers for Mrs Harris (Best Musical, UK Theatre Awards 2016), which transferred to Chichester Festival Theatre, directed by Daniel Evans, in September 2018 after a run at the Sheffield Crucible. Her critically acclaimed adaptation of Birdsong opened in the West End, directed by Trevor Nunn, and enjoyed four UK tours with the Original Theatre Company and Birdsong Productions.
With Duncan Abel, she adapted Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train, which had a record-breaking UK tour and West End run in 2019 and her new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d toured the UK produced by the Wales Millennium Centre and Wiltshire Creative.
For radio, Rachel adapted Sebastian Faulks’ novel The Girl at the Lion d’Or for a five part series for Woman’s Hour on Radio Four, transmitted in 2009. Her Afternoon Play When I Lost You, also co-written with Duncan Abel, was transmitted on Radio Four in July 2013.
Moonshadow, the musical she co-wrote with Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), opened at the Royal Albert Hall in 2010, and then was produced at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne in June 2012. That Girl was produced by DryWrite at the Soho Theatre in June 2012. Rachel also wrote the book for the original musical Only the Brave, which opened at the Wales Millennium Centre in March 2016, with music composed by Matthew Brind.
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Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks, Rachel Wagstaff
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Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks , Rachel Wagstaff
Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 11m
“No child or future generation will ever know what this was like, will ever understand”
Based on Sebastian Faulks’s international bestselling novel, Birdsong tells the story of a soldier haunted by his past. -
The Mirror Crack'd
Agatha Christie, Rachel Wagstaff
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The Mirror Crack'd
Agatha Christie , Rachel Wagstaff
Full-Length Play, Drama / 7w, 4m
In this dynamic new adaptation of Agatha Christie's classic mystery, Miss Marple unravels a web of lies, tragedy and danger when a fading Hollywood film star is murdered.
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Flowers for Mrs Harris
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, DramaFlowers for Mrs Harris
Richard Taylor , Rachel Wagstaff ,Paul Gallico
Full-Length Musical, Drama / 6w, 4m
For Ada Harris, day-to-day life is spent cleaning houses. But when she happens upon something that takes her breath away, she sets off on a journey that will change her life... From the cobbled streets of post-war London to the magical avenues of Paris and beyond, Ada transforms the lives of everyone she meets along the way, but can she let go of her past and finally let her own life blossom?
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The Girl on the Train
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Play, DramaLoading...
The Girl on the Train
Rachel Wagstaff , Paula Hawkins , Duncan Abel
Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 4m
A new stage adaptation based on Paula Hawkins' international bestseller and the blockbuster DreamWorks film, The Girl on the Train is a gripping mystery/suspense thriller.
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Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks, Rachel Wagstaff
Full-Length Play, DramaBirdsong
Sebastian Faulks , Rachel Wagstaff
Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 11m
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The Mirror Crack'd
Agatha Christie, Rachel Wagstaff
Full-Length Play, DramaThe Mirror Crack'd
Agatha Christie , Rachel Wagstaff
Full-Length Play, Drama / 7w, 4m
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Flowers for Mrs Harris
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, DramaFlowers for Mrs Harris
Richard Taylor , Rachel Wagstaff ,Paul Gallico
Full-Length Musical, Drama / 6w, 4m
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The Girl on the Train
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Play, DramaThe Girl on the Train
Rachel Wagstaff , Paula Hawkins , Duncan Abel
Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 4m