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...See more

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. See less