Gillian Hiscott

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Gillian Hiscott (born 1959 in Plymouth, Devon) is an author and playwright. Partner of The Printing Press, founder of The Library Theatre Ltd.

Plays: Her first written play, an adaptation of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, was published in 1995.

In 2006 she formed The Library Theatre Ltd to tour British theatre festivals with Vendetta, a play based on the novel by Victorian novelist Marie Corelli. The play was directed by Ralph Mondi; Cast: Lucy Casson; Ralph Mondi; Christopher Gutmann; Beryl Nesbitt; Katie Ray. It appeared at venues including Brighthelm Theatre, Brighton; Mission Theatre, Bath; Peterloo Poet's Hall, Calstock; Zoo Venues at the Edinburgh Festival (here directed by Christopher Gutmann). The play ws published in December 2007.

In 2007 her adaptation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park was performed at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate, London. The director was Christopher Gutmann; the cast included Helen Clapp, Jackson Wright, Amy Silver, Becky King, Gerald Davidson, James Devereaux, Susannah Coster, Linnie Reedman, Blake Askew, and Beryl Nesbitt. The play was published in December 2007.

Her other publications include a novel, Lady in Chains, and "Morning" in Winter Words.