In 1998, I co-wrote, together with Dr. Billy Smart, The Benefactor, the first British hyperdrama to be published on the Internet and performed in the UK. Its never been performed again, but it is globally referenced in research papers!

You can read it in all its retro, SML (standard mark-up language) glory here.

A hyperdrama is a play that is written in hypertext, that is performed as a promenade, and that is realised on multiple levels. Scenes happen simultaneously throughout a performance space. In The Benefactor, there are five different locations where the action takes place. The scripts for the different locations are divided into levels which represent the time span of the piece (about 45 minutes real time). The table of scenes shows what happens at the same time. All the characters and locations in this hyperdrama are of equal importance. As an online reader, you could follow the path of one character through the play by clicking on their hypertext links; read all the separate scripts in a linear fashion; or explore the hyperdrama more randomly by swapping between rooms via the links. Start here.