Editing T. E. Lawrence (section)

===Theatre===
* The character of Private Napoleon Meek in George Bernard Shaw's 1931 play ''[[Too True to Be Good]]'' was inspired by Lawrence. Meek is depicted as conversant with the language and lifestyle of the native tribes. He repeatedly enlists with the army, quitting whenever offered a promotion. Lawrence attended a performance of the play's original [[Worcestershire]] run, and reportedly signed autographs for patrons attending the show.{{sfn|Korda|2010|pp=670–671}}
* Lawrence was the subject of [[Terence Rattigan]]'s controversial play ''[[Ross (play)|Ross]]'', which explored Lawrence's alleged homosexuality. ''Ross'' ran in London in 1960–1961, starring [[Alec Guinness]], who was an admirer of Lawrence, and [[Gerald Harper]] as his blackmailer, Dickinson. The play had been written as a screenplay, but the planned film was never made. In January&nbsp;1986 at the [[Theatre Royal, Plymouth]], on the opening night of the revival of ''Ross'', [[Marc Sinden]], who was playing Dickinson (the man who recognised and blackmailed Lawrence, played by [[Simon Ward]]), was introduced to the man on whom the character of Dickinson was based. Sinden asked him why he had blackmailed Ross, and he replied, "Oh, for the money. I was financially embarrassed at the time and needed to get up to London to see a girlfriend. It was never meant to be a big thing, but a good friend of mine was very close to Terence Rattigan and years later, the silly devil told him the story."<ref>{{cite news|title=Lady Astor on T.E.'s Pillion?|newspaper=Western Morning News|date=18 October 1986}}</ref>
* [[Alan Bennett]]'s play ''[[Forty Years On (play)|Forty Years On]]'' (1968) includes a satire on Lawrence; known as "Tee Hee Lawrence" because of his high-pitched, girlish giggle. "Clad in the magnificent white silk robes of an Arab prince ... he hoped to pass unnoticed through London. Alas he was mistaken."<ref>{{cite news |last=Boyd |first=William |date=29 April 2016 |title=Lawrence of Arabia: a man in flight from himself |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/apr/29/lawrence-after-arabia-hampstead-theatre-london |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=30 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430122228/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/apr/29/lawrence-after-arabia-hampstead-theatre-london |archive-date=30 April 2016}}</ref>
* Lawrence's first year back at Oxford after the War to write was portrayed by Tom Rooney in a play, ''The Oxford Roof Climbers Rebellion'', written by [[Stephen Massicotte]] (premiered Toronto 2006). The play explores Lawrence's reactions to war, and his friendship with Robert Graves. Urban Stages presented the U.S. premiere in New York City in October&nbsp;2007; Lawrence was portrayed by actor Dylan Chalfy.<ref>{{cite book |title=Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion |edition=paperback |year=2007 |first=Stephen |last=Massicotte |publisher=Theatre Communications Group / Playwrights Canada Press |isbn=978-0887544996 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordroofclimbe0000mass}}</ref>
* His 1922 retreat from public life forms the subject of [[Howard Brenton]]'s play ''[[Lawrence After Arabia]]'', commissioned for a 2016 premiere at the [[Hampstead Theatre]] to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the Arab Revolt.<ref>{{cite web | title=Book theatre tickets at Chichester | date=25 November 2018 | url=https://www.cft.org.uk/whats-on/event/ross | access-date=22 February 2016 | archive-date=3 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303115127/https://www.cft.org.uk/whats-on/event/ross | url-status=dead }}</ref>