Sixty-Six Books was a set of plays premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2011, to mark the theatre's reopening on a new site and the 400th anniversary of the King James Version. It drew its title from the 66 books of the Protestant Bible. The special show ran from 10 October 10 to 29 October 2011, with special 24-hour shows on 15 and 29 October; the production featured 130 actors, including Miranda Raison, Ralf Little, Billy Bragg, and Rafe Spall.
List of plays Book Title Author Cast / notes Genesis Godblog Jeanette Winterson Catherine Tate Exodus The Crossing Anne Michaels Leviticus The Foundation Caroline Bird Numbers The Opening of the Mouth Neil Bartlett Deuteronomy The Rules Maha Khan Philips Anjana Vasan Joshua Sole Fide - By Faith Alone Daisy Hasan Judges Beardy Tom Wells Ruth The Book of Ruth (and Naomi) Stella Duffy Kate Duchêne and Nikki Amuka-Bird 1 Samuel David and Goliath Andrew Motion Malcolm Sinclair 2 Samuel Thus Spake Orunmila ... Wole Soyinka 1 Kings The Suleman Roy Williams 2 Kings Two Bears Sam Burns 1 Chronicles The Chronicle Salena Godden 2 Chronicles From Solomon to Cyrus the Great Tim Rice Ezra The Strange Wife Naomi Foyle Nehemiah When he had been loved ... Mandla Langa Esther Hadassah Jackie Kay Job In the Land of Uz Neil LaBute Psalms When We Praise Kwame Kwei-Armah Proverbs Notes for a Young Gentleman Toby Litt Ecclesiastes The Preacher, or How Ecclesiastes Changed My Life Nancy Kricorian Song of Solomon The Beauty of the Church Carol Ann Duffy Isaiah All the trees of the field Ian McHugh Jeremiah A Lost Expression Luke Kennard Lamentations Halter-Neck Paul Muldoon Ezekiel The Fair and Tender Owen Sheers Daniel Oliver Lewis Jack Thorne Miranda Raison and Dominic Mafham Hosea Fugitive Motel Nick Payne Joel I Notice the Sound First Yemsi Blake Amos Amos the Shepherd Curses the Rulers of Ancient Israel Michael Rosen Obadiah The House Next Door Nancy Harris Jonah Cetacean Nick Laird Micah Flare Adam Foulds Nahum God is Jealous Moira Buffini Habakkuk Habaccuc Dreams Trevor Griffiths Zephaniah In the night, a promise Helen Edmundson Haggai it is having fallen out of grace Suheir Hammad Zechariah The End of the Alphabet Elinor Cook Malachi When You Left I Thought I'd Die But Now I'm Fine Molly Naylor Matthew A Nobody Laura Dockrill Mark Capernaum Steve Waters Luke Do Unto Others Billy Bragg John Lazarus Rowan Williams Acts Acts Lachlan Mackinnon Romans The Man Who Came to Brunch Amy Rosenthal 1 Corinthians Without Love Matt Charman 2 Corinthians The Wood Orchid Wena Poon Galatians The Transgressor Deirdre Kinahan Ephesians Ephesus-Schmephesus Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran Philippians The Loss of All Things Chris Goode Colossians Uncool Religion Zukiswa Wanner 1 Thessalonians Paul's First Voicemail to Thessa D C Jackson 2 Thessalonians Falling Away Christopher Shinn 1 Timothy Concerning Faith David Edgar 2 Timothy Hand-Me-Downs James Graham Titus A Sunday Sermon Anya Reiss Philemon The Letter Kamila Shamsie Hebrews The Middle Man Anthony Weigh Shaun Dingwall, Syrus Lowe James Salvation and Justification Reprised Anew Brian Chikwava 1 Peter Snow in Sheffield Helen Mort 2 Peter False Teachers Suhayla El Bushra 1 John Something, Someone, Somewhere David Eldridge 2 John Men in Verse Nathalie Handal 3 John Room 303 Enda Walsh Epistle of Jude The Goat at Midnight Anne Carson Revelations Endpapers Kate Mosse
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"Sixty-Six Books: 21st-century writers speak to the King James Bible: A Contemporary Response to the King James Bible", Oberon Books, 2012-05-02.