The Lady from the Sea
After reading English at Liverpool University, Thomas gained national attention when her play, "Shamrocks And Crocodiles", won the John Whiting Award in 1985. Her play "Indigo" was performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in their 1987/88 season. Other theatrical work includes "Some Singing Blood" at London's Royal Court Theatre, and an adaptation of Ibsen's "The Lady from the Sea", presented in London and at the National Theatre of Norway in Oslo. Her play "The House of Special Purpose" was staged at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2010.