Autor/-in: Diane Samuels

Diane Samuels is a playwright whose work has been widely produced. Her play Kindertransport. won the Verity Bargate and Meyer-Whitworth Awards, and was first produced by the Soho Theatre Company in 1993. Subsequently it has been translated into many languages, performed in the West End, Off-Broadway and all over the world, and revived numerous times. Other plays include: The True-Life Fiction of Mata Hari. (Watford Palace Theatre, 2002); Cinderella’s Daughter. (Trestle Theatre tour, 2005); 3 Sisters on Hope Street. with Tracy-Ann Oberman (co-produced by Liverpool Everyman/Playhouse and Hampstead Theatres, 2008) and Poppy George. (Watford Palace Theatre, 2016). Her plays for younger audiences include One Hundred Million Footsteps. for Quicksilver Theatre Company and Chalk Circle. , Frankie’s Monster. and How to Beat a Giant. at the Unicorn Theatre. Her musical, The A-Z of Mrs P. , with music and lyrics by Gwyneth Herbert, had its world premiere at Southwark Playhouse in 2014. For BBC radio, plays include Swine. , Doctor Y. , Watch Out for Mister Stork. , Hen Party. , Tiger Wings. and Psyche. She also works as a teacher/facilitator of creative writing to all ages.