Lucie broke through to a larger audience with "Hard Feelings" (1982) -- a play set in a gentrifying Brixton before and during its 1981 riots. The success of "Hard Feelings" began a run of work that included "Progress" (1984), "Key to the World" (1984), "Fashion" (1987), "Grace" (1992), "Gaucho" (1994), and "The Shallow End" (1996).