Verity Laughton's Adaptation of ‘The Dictionary of Lost Words’ Opens In Adelaide

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams, adapted for the stage by Cameron’s client Verity Laughton is now playing at the State Theatre Company South Australia until October 14th 2023. Cameron’s client Max Lyandvert was also Composer and Sound Designer of the production.

Motherless and ever curious, Esme spends her childhood in the Scriptorium – the “Scrippy”, a converted garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of lexicographers guided by Dr James Murray are gathering words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. She hides beneath the sorting table and catches a word on a “slip” as it falls and soon, she finds other words that have been neglected by the men. Here begins Esme’s collection of her own: The Dictionary of Lost Words.

“How do you write a play from a novel about words? How do you even write a novel about words? The South Australian team of Verity Laughton, playwright and Pip Williams, author have done both to great effect in this fabulous adaptation of this international best-seller novel.” Australian Stage

“While 'Dictionary'’s next stop is the Sydney Opera House, that will very likely only be the beginning. Like the written word, and Pip Williams' bestseller, this is a production that will spread to everywhere that stories are told.” ★★★★★ SCENESTR

You can buy tickets here.

Running until 14 October 2023 at the Dunstan Playhouse in Adelaide.