Augustine's Oak, the first play to be commissioned for Shakespeare's new Globe Theatre, is the story of St Augustine's mission in 597 AD to reconcile the Christians of the Celtic Church with the authority of Rome.

Peter Oswald was born in England in 1965. His original plays include the verse plays Allbright and Valadonama, and Fair Ladies At A Game Of Poem Cards, Augustine's Oak, Ramayana, and Sha Kuntala. He has also adapted plays by Sophocles and Lorca.