We receive many requests to reproduce extracts from works by our clients in works written or edited by other authors. These are generally described as “permissions”. There is a minimum fee of £100 (plus VAT if applicable).
You may apply for permission via post to United Agents Ltd, 12-26 Lexington Street, London, W1F 0LE or via email (permissions@unitedagents.co.uk). If at all possible, please address the enquiry directly to the assistant of the author’s agent as detailed on this website.
Regrettably, however, we cannot accept telephone enquiries about permissions. Please note that although all requests are dealt with as quickly as possible, due to the enormous number of requests we receive it is important to apply as far ahead of your deadline as you can.
For all permissions not in the English language please contact foreign@unitedagents.co.uk
Please use the permissions application form below and send it to the appropriate agent as listed below.
Olivia Davies: odavies@unitedagents.co.uk
- Maurice Baring
- Dornford Yates
- Magdalen King-Hall
- Arthur Morrison
- Sir Ronald Penrose
- A P Herbert
Caroline Dawney: cdawney@unitedagents.co.uk
Ariella Feiner: afeiner@unitedagents.co.uk
Amber Garvey: agarvey@unitedagents.co.uk
- G K Chesterton
- The Divine Office
- The Grail
- Robert Graves
- Ronald Knox
- Nevil Shute
Millie Hoskins mhoskins@unitedagents.co.uk
Molly Jamieson: mjamieson@unitedagents.co.uk
Aeneas Gunn
Laura Macdougall: lmacdougall@unitedagents.co.uk
Zoe Ross: zross@unitedagents.co.uk
- Bernard Darwin
- David Garnett
- Cyril Hare
- W B Yeats
Sophie Scard: sscard@unitedagents.co.uk
Rosemary Scoular: rscoular@unitedagents.co.uk
Emily Talbot: etalbot@unitedagents.co.uk
- Lewis Carroll
- Richmal Crompton
- Rudyard Kipling
We will only process permission requests that are submitted in this way:
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United Agents Author’s First Name |
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United Agents Author’s Surname |
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Name of Work |
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Name of Requestor |
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Company of requestor |
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Registered Address |
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Email address |
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Title of work in which extract is to be used |
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Author of new work |
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Publisher of new work |
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Publication date of new work |
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Type of work (e.g. book, musical, illustration) |
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Territory of publication |
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Language of publication |
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Context (How will the work be used?) |
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Abridged/Unabridged |
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Word count (PROSE) |
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Line count (POETRY) |
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Number of ILLUSTRATIONS |
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Page size of ILLUSTRATIONS (please specify, full, half or quarter page?) |
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Description of/ copy of image requested |
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Colour or Black and White ILLUSTRATIONS |
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Print run of new publication |
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Retail price of new publication |
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Formats you will publish in (HB, PB, e-book, website etc.) |
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United Agents Illustrator First Name |
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United Agents Illustrator Surname |
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Name of copyrighted work |
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Name of Requestor |
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Company |
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Official registered address |
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Title of Theatre production in which extract is to be used |
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Director |
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Producer |
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Performance date |
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Number of performances |
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Name and address of theatre, including postcode |
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Ticket price |
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Capacity of theatre (no of seats, standing room) |
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Number of illustrations |
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Where the illustrations will be used (what size, what number printed in each) |
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Colour or Black and White illustrations? |
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Retail price (for programmes, etc) |
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Do you require website use as well? (Be forewarned that the price is significantly higher if you add digital use) |
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Please note: due to the high number of permission requests we receive, you should expect the request to take at least six weeks to be processed. We kindly ask you to bear this in mind when submitting your request.