Empress first edition cover, Oberon Books 2013
First edition

Empress (2013)

Publisher Oberon Books Year 2013 ISBN 9781849434904

Identification points are listed only where two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 22 Oct 2026.

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Who published the Empress first edition?
Oberon Books, in 2013.
Identification

How to identify this edition

Tanika Gupta's play was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company and premiered at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in 2013. The text was first published by Oberon Books in 2013 as a paperback in the Oberon Modern Plays series, ISBN 978-1-84943-490-4. Bloomsbury issues of 2021, 2022 and 2023 (for example 978-1-350-42858-4) carry Bloomsbury ISBNs and are not the first. Look for Oberon branding and the 978-1-84943 ISBN.

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2013

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Who published the Empress first edition?

Oberon Books, in 2013.

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Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 22 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.