Curriculum Vitae

I was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and educated at Sutton High School G.P.D.S.T.
St Anne’s College, Oxford and The London School of Economics. I have been a professional writer for 30 years.
I have written over 30 Theatre plays, including work for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Bristol Old Vic, Derby Playhouse, Theatr Clwyd, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Colway Theatre Trust, Metro Theatre Company, The Soho Poly and The Orange Tree.

I have also written for Television and have had three 90 minute plays and one 75 minute play produced on BBC Radio, as well as five short stories.

I am a very experienced course and workshop leader, with a special interest in new writing and women’s work.
I am also a student and teacher of Jewish mysticism and meditation, and a Student Member of the National Federation of Spiritual Healers

Plays for Theatre include:

Short Plays
A Quieter Sort of Battle / 98 Days to Christmas, Orange Tree, Richmond Dir : Julia Pascal.
Alice, after Wonderland. Bristol Old Vic Dir : Caroline Raphael
Alice / White Elephant / Strip. Soho Poly Dir : Caroline Smith
Hatikva. The Kings Head Dir : Katie Mitchell
Banana Legs. Wyvern Theatre Swindon Dir: Shelley Sutton
Flower of Darkness. King Street Gallery Dir: John Downie
The Colour of Light. Sherman Theatre Cardiff Dir: Annie Castledine

Full Length Plays
People For Dinner. Man In The Moon. Dir : Stephen Butcher
The Lizzie Papers. Mercury Theatre, Colchester.
After all These Years. Finborough Arms. Dir : Chris James
Bed of Roses. Finborough Arms Dir : Jill Brooke
Free ‘n Lovely. Theatre Venture Dir : Sue Dunderdale (Pub: Theatre Venture)
Watching Foxes. Bristol Old Vic Dir : Andy Hinds
The Ballad of Tilly Hake. Colway Theatre Trust. Dir: Joan Mills (Community Play)
A Day By The Sea. Remould Theatre Co (Community Play)
Geraniums. L’ean Youth Theatre Dir : Ben Yeger (Pub : Aurora Metro)
Self Portrait. Theatr Clwyd, Derby Playhouse (Main Stage), The Orange Tree and Richmond. Dir Annie Castledine (Pub : Amber Lane) Finalist in the Susan Smith Blackburn Award
Bardo. Commissioned Derby Playhouse
Dancing In The Dark. Metro Theatre Company Dir Anita Lewton.
Variations on a Theme by Clara Schumann (Pub : Methuen Plays by Women 9), Dartington College of Arts Dir : Annie Castledine
A Better Day. Theatre Royal, Stratford E. Dir Annie Castledine
Recovery.
Tango Oblivion. (2005)
Dove. ( 2006 ) Scheduled Shalom/Salaam Radio , Bristol 2008
Landscape With Figures. (2007)
Therapy. (2007)

A complete collection of Sheila Yeger’s plays can be found in The Theatre Museum Archive of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Radio Stories
Stranger to the City. Short story. BBC Radio 4.
The Dirty Di Renzis. Short story. BBC Radio 4.
Passover. Short story. BBC Radio 4.
The Stationery Cupboard. Short story. BBC Radio 4.
Grotto. Short Story. BBC Radio 4.

Radio Plays
A Quieter Sort of Battle. 30 mins Capital Radio.
These Animals Are Dangerous. 90 mins BBC Radio 4.
Director - David Spenser.
Heart of England. 90 mins BBC Radio 4.
Director - Kay Patrick
Yellow Ochre. 75 mins BBC Radio 4.
Director - Kay Patrick
A Day By The Sea. 90 min Radio version of CommunityPlay. BBC Radio Humberside.
Director - Graham Henderson

Television
Starting Out. 2 episodes. Award Winning Series.
For Maddie With Love. 4 episodes. A.T.V. Series.
Angels. 8 episodes. B.B.C. Series.
The Colour of Light. 30 min film H.T.V.

Novels
For Maddie with Love (New English Library)
Pharaoh’s Daughter
To the Ends of the Earth

Published Work includes
Articles Weekend Junkies.
(New Society. Repub. in “Crime, Deviance & Social Sickness")
What do you do? (New Society)
Whoring on the side. (New Society)
Masses of Art. (Arts South West)
Taking Reality by Surprise. (Contrib. Womens’ Press)
Why This Nice Jewish Girl Became a Buddhist. (Manna)
From the Yellow Notebooks- an M.E. Diary. (Kindred Spirit)
Plays Free 'n Lovely. (Theatre Venture,)
Self Portrait. (Amber Lane Press,)
Variations. (Methuen Plays by Women 9.)
Geraniums. (In ‘Young Blood’. Aurora Metro)
Novel For Maddie With Love. (New English Library)

Non Fiction
The Sound of One Hand Clapping, a Guide to writing for the Theatre
(Amber Lane Press)
Wisdom Of The Heart, Book on meditation, and the Jewish mystical tradition

Poetry
Poems published in:
New Poetry, South West Review, West Quest,
Rive Gauche, Leaves From The Tree of Life.

Work in Progress: Tango Nights: short film

Writing Workshops include
“Women’s Work” Two, 9 month courses for women writing plays.
Made in Wales Theatre Co.
“Writing for the Theatre” 1 year workshop. Bristol Playwrights Co.
“I’ve Always Wanted To Write but .....” One Day Workshop.Various Venues
Breaking The Mould Octagon Theatre, Bolton.
Writers’ Weekend Theatre Writers Union
Writing For The Theatre Eastern Arts Association
So You Want To Be an Author ? Bucks Arts Association
Four Arvon Foundation Courses Totleigh Barton, Devon.
5 day Course in writing for the Theatre High School For The Arts, Utrecht.
A Proper Job:- The Writer’s Role National Community Plays Training School.
Oxford University Summer School for Adults: 1 week course in writing for radio

Other Workshops Include
Endings/New Beginnings Women’s Retreat. Lam Rim Buddhist Centre, Wales.
Taking Time, Making Space Women’s Retreat. Dartington Hall.
Shiviti Workshop In Meditation and Kabbalah.
The Blue Tassel Workshop in Meditation and Kabbalah.
Wisdom of the Heart Workshop in Meditation and Kabbalah.
Rituals Interfaith exploration of various rituals.
The Ammerdown Centre, Bath.
Meditation, Mysticism and Kabbalah One Day workshop.