I have just written a fantastic new play, called 'The King & Her'.

It takes place in December 1936, the month in which King Edward VIII
(of England) ruled after acceeding to the throne in the January.

It has five great characters: the King, his Mistress (Mrs Simpson),
his Butler, Adolph Hitler and Winston Churchill who meet at Fort
Belvedere (the King's favourite residence) to discuss the
constitutional crisis.

Fortunately, they're all dead so some liberties have been taken.

NOW, for the West End & Broadway.

So, come along Google Answers and tell me how!

Only a potentially viable answer will be acceptable.

Hello again probonopublico, and thanks for the question.

What an ‘interesting’ play it sounds! Below are some resources which
should put you on the road to stardom.  (watch out Andrew Lloyd
Webber!)

Get your play ‘instantly’ published on the net:
“the philosophy of playsonthenet.com is that it offers everyone the
chance to become involved. There are so many people in the world with
talent that never have the opportunity to be seen or heard! “
http://www.playsonthenet.co.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9

Some good advice from 'aunty' (BBC)
”In the arena of playwriting, publication does not come without
production. Most of the play publishing houses will not in fact accept
unsolicited plays at all, much less ones that have not been produced.
So your goal should be to send your play to theatres and playwriting
contests before you ever worry about publishing.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A627716

The Stage
http://www.thestage.co.uk/

New York Theatre News
http://www.nytheatre.com/

“Creators of innovative self-promotional techniques and mailing label
lists
for professionals working in the performing arts”
http://www.utdtheatricalservices.com/

“We help you connect
If your play wins an award, has a production or staged reading, we'll
let hundreds of Artistic Directors, Literary Managers and Producers
know about it! “ *requires $35 a year subscription*.
http://marketinsight.virtualave.net/

Good list of relevant links:
http://www.internetwriter.co.uk/chapters/chap6_screen_trav.htm


Good luck with the play! Let us know how things turn out.

All the best

THX1138


Some of the search strategies I used:
"playwriting contests "
://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=10&hl=pt&ie=ISO-8859-1&btnG=Pesquisa+Google&as_epq=playwriting+contests+&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=

" playwriting " site:.uk
://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=10&hl=pt&ie=ISO-8859-1&btnG=Pesquisa+Google&as_epq=+playwriting+&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=.uk

Brilliant!

Thanks a lot.

Another opinion (from a fellow theater professional. :)

Be wary of playwriting contests that charge a fee, or that promise you
access to hundreds of producers. In fact, beware of anything that
promises great potential benefit and asks for money up-front.  A
legitimate contest or marketing tool will not charge more than a
minimal ($75 max) 'entry fee', or something similar.  There are
hundreds of operations that are not quite scams, but that make money
taking advantage of too-trusting aspiring artists by promising an easy
route to success... There is no such thing.  (Yeah, I sound a little
bitter, only because I and everyone I know fell for one or another of
these early in our careers, and it amounted to time and money we could
have spent making real progress.)  There certainly are very credible
contests that can advance your career if you receive an award, but
they're very well known (otherwise how could they be much help?) and
have lots and lots of submissions from already reputable writers. 
It's certainly worth looking into, but a long shot.

If you're interested in being a professional playwright, consider
getting an agent/manager.  That's not easy either... and if anyone in
that arena ever asks for money up-front, get up and walk out!  Agents
are not allowed to make a dime until you do, they only get a
percentage of what you make (around 10%.)  Managers are not regulated,
so there are more bogus ones, but they too should not collect anything
until you do (as high as 15%.)

Either way, I agree with the notion that mounting the show is your
best bet.  I don't know where you are or if you know directors in your
community, but speaking as an actor who works more every year,
promoting and employing yourself is the best, if not only, way to go. 
Get a director, cast, and find a theater to rent out. Find out how
long a run you need in order to get reviewed by the major papers in
your area. Make postcards and send them to all the industry types in
your market (industry should be admitted free, and have wine and hors
d'hovres afterwadrs... it really will get them there.)  After you have
some good reviews under your belt, put together a press kit with
copies of the reviews, stills from the production, and contact info. 
Use that to shop yourself and the play around to anyone who might be
of help, or might know someone who might.  Do a little research and
find out what other plays have a similar sensibility, who has produced
them, and get in touch with those people... The idea is to build a fan
base of professionals who can introduce you to other professionals who
can get you going. Look into theater festivals like Williamstown,
Humana, Edinburgh Fringe, and the like... many, many major productions
have come out of such fests (far more than playwriting contests, I
suspect.)

Last of all, persevere. That's really all it takes. Dogged dedication
and time.  Yup, it's a LOOOOOT of work.  That's why the people who
make it are the ones who really, really  love the theater :)

Good luck!!!

Another suggestion to get your play performed:  

1.  Join a playwriting group (some links follow)
         http://www.askplay.org/links.html

A good friend of mine is a serious poet and playwrite who has had a
great number of public performances of her work in many venues around
the USA.  Although she has a minor strong reputation, most of her
produced work has been from companies which include actors, writers,
directors, and producers that have worked with her at writing groups,
workshops, and theater companies that she has been a member of.
Although your question did not indicate your geographical location,
you can search for local groups or groups nearby where you can get
your work "read" and performed in the hope of being discovered.  There
is no better way to "feel" a work than observe what a director does
with it in a reading or staged performance.

I'll list a few more links that may be of interest:

   http://www.fordham.edu/theatre/playwriting.html

   http://www.theatrebc.org/playcomp/winners01.htm

   http://www.workingtitleplaywrights.com/about.html

    www.gorillatheatre.org/GorillaShortTermGoals.pdf

Search strategy:  playwriting groups

Google search reference:  

://www.google.com/search?q=%22playwriting+group%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&start=0&sa=N

seedy

Hi, Everybody & Many Thanks.

Actually, I am published writer with several books in print all over
the world. I wrote a play 3 years ago and entered it in a Play
Competition. It came 2nd. I've entered the new one in the same Play
Competition this year but results will not be announced until
September. I live in the UK and am a member of the local Play Writing
Group. I have a talented son who is a playwright & a director but,
alas, nepotism is dead in this family at least.

What is the world coming to?

Bryan

Your description of the play's plot reminds me of the wonderful play,
"Copenhagen" which I saw on Broadway a couple of years ago....Fabulous
staging, concept, and dialog.  The character of Niels Bohr's wife
facinated me....

The plot involves three possible scenarios for what occurred when
Niels Bohrs met with Richard Heisenberg during WWII (the details of
which are unknown in reality)....fabulous!!!  It reminded me of the
famous joke of Heisenberg being stopped by the police for speeding.
The officer asked him if he knew how fast he was going and he
answered, "no, but I know where I am"......

http://www.aip.org/history/spring2000/copenhagen.html

seedy

PS:  It sounds like you are doing everything that was suggested by
your "official" answer and the comments previously made. Perhaps you
should work on the "talented son" a bit more....remind him of duty,
honor, and your last will and testament....:-)))))

Where did I get "Richard" Heisenberg?????  Of course, it was Werner Heisenberg...

seedy