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The WME legit department has signed a trio of British people towards the roster, while using tenpercentery now becoming Stateside repetition for helmer Timothy Sheader and scribes Mike Bartlett and Nick Payne. The a.d. in the London outdoors venue Regent's Park Outdoors Theater, Sheader was recently attracted onto helm the arrival Shakespeare neighborhood revival of tuner "To the Forest," following inside the actions of his much-famous 2010 staging in the show at Regent's Park. More youthful crowd directed last year's "Crazy deeply in love with You," which moved for the West Finish. Bartlett may also be searching for a Gotham stint along with his London hit "Cock," that the team of yank commercial producers is steering toward an Off Broadway bow later this year. Scribe's plays have "13," "Earthquakes employed in londonInch and "Love Love Love," playing the Royal Court later this year. Payne, meanwhile, recently acquired a slew of plaudits for "Constellations," another play envisioned having an approaching NY run. Also on his resume are plays "Should There Be I have Not Think It Is Yet" and "Wanderlust." The Three creatives it's still repped inside the U.K. by their Brit tenpercenters, with Sheader and Payne both on Curtis Brown's list and Bartlett repped with the Agency. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com