Olivier said that drama is an affair of the heart, or it's nothing, and he was right.

She is best known for her 1978 musical play Piaf about French singer Édith Piaf. Pam Gems (1 August 1925 – 13 May 2011) was a British playwright. List of works
The Early Plays (1972–1976)
(work year place first produced)
Betty's Wonderful Christmas (1972) Cockpit Theatre London
My Warren And After Birthday (1973) Almost Free Theatre London
Miz Venus and Wild Bill (1973) Almost Free Theatre London
After Birthday (1973)
The Amiable Courtship Of Miz Venus And Wild Bill (1974) Almost Free Theatre London
Go West Young Woman (1974) The Roundhouse London
Up In Sweden (1975) Haymarket Leicester
My Name Is Rosa Luxembourg (adaptation) (1975)
Up In Sweden (1975)
Rivers and Forests (adaptation) (1976)
Dead Fish (aka Dusa Fish Stas And Vi; 1976) Edinburgh Festival
Guinevere (1976) Edinburgh Festival
The Project (1976) Soho Poly London
Dusa Fish Stas and Vi (1976) Edinburgh Festival
The Middle Plays (1977–2000)
Franz Into April (1977) ICA London
Queen Christina (1977) Other Place Stratford-on-Avon
Piaf (1978) Other Place Stratford-on-Avon
Ladybird Ladybird (1979) The King's Head Islington London
Sandra (1979) London
Aunt Mary (1982) Warehouse Theatre London
The Treat (1982) ICA London
The Cherry Orchard (adaptation) (1984)
Variety Night (1982) London
Camille (adaptation) (1984)
Loving Women (1984)
The Danton Affair (1986)
Pasionaria (1985) Playhouse Theatre Newcastle upon Tyne
Arther and Guinevere (1990) Edinburgh
The Seagull (adaptation) (1991)
The Blue Angel (1991) Other Place Stratford-on-Avon
Deborah's Daughter (1994) Manchester
Ghosts (adaptation) (1994)
Marlene (1996) Oldham
Stanley (1996) London
At the Window (1997)
The Snow Palace (1998)
Ebba (1999)
The Late Plays (2000-)
Girabaldi Si! (2000)
Linderhof (2001)
Mrs Pat (2002) Theatre Royal York
Yerma (adaptation) (2003) Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester
Not Joan the Musical (2003)
The Lady From The Sea (adaptation) (2003) Almeda Theatre London
The Little Mermaid (adaptation) (2004) Greenwich Theatre Riverside Theatre London
Nelson (2004) Nuffield Theatre Southampton
Broadway Lady (2007)
Piaf (2008) Donmar Warehouse London
Winterlove (2009) The Drill Hall London
Despatches (2009) The Drill Hall London.

The author of numerous original plays as well as of adaptations of works by major European playwrights of the past Gems is best known for the 1978 musical play Piaf.