Samantha Ellis
Samantha Ellis is a British playwright and writer. Her 2010 play Cling to Me Like Ivy was described by The Guardian newspaper as "genuinely rare beast, a popular comedy with heart, brains and the stomach to make some difficult choices".[1]
Early life[]
Ellis was born in London to Iraqi-Jewish parents.[2][3] She studied English at Queens' College, Cambridge.
Career and works[]
Ellis's play The Candy Jar was produced at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1996.[4] She worked as a journalist, and wrote a column on theatrical history for The Guardian newspaper.[5]
Her play Patching Havoc was produced at Theatre503 in 2003.[6] Her radio play Sugar and Snow, set in the Kurdish community in north London, was produced on BBC Radio 4 in 2006 and given a reading at the Hampstead Theatre.[7] Her short play A Sudden Visitation of Calamity was produced at Menagerie Theatre in 2008.[8] In 2010 her play The Thousand and Second Night was produced by LAMDA.[citation needed] In 2010 her play Cling To Me Like Ivy, published by Nick Hern Books,[9] was produced by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and went on tour.[1][10] In 2012 she was a founder member of women's theatre company Agent 160.[11]
Her book How to be a Heroine was published by Chatto & Windus in January 2014, and her biography of Anne Brontë Take Courage: Anne Bronte and the Art of Life was published in January 2017.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Gardner, Lyn (17 February 2010). "Cling to Me Like Ivy". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ "VINTAGE". www.vintage-books.co.uk.
- ^ Nathan, John (11 February 2010). "Interview: Samantha Ellis". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ Ellis, Samantha. "Aaaargggh! it's Edinburgh".
- ^ Ellis, Samantha. "Samantha Ellis". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "US".[dead link]
- ^ "What's On: Main Stage: Overview". Archived from the original on 12 January 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ "Associate Playwrights - Menagerie Theatre Company". www.menagerietheatre.co.uk.
- ^ http://nickhernbooks.co.uk/index.cfm?nid=025E2296-E2B2-4246-8FA9-9E54784CFB37&isbn=9781848420656&sr[permanent dead link]
- ^ "What's On".
- ^ "AGENT 160 PRESENTS Agent 160 - LAUNCH SHOW". Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
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