Diane Samuels

Diane Samuels (born 1960) is a British author and playwright.

Biography

Early life

Born into a Jewish family in Liverpool,[1] Samuels studied history at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and then studied for a PGCE in drama at Goldsmiths, University of London. She worked as a drama teacher in inner London secondary schools for five years and as an education officer at the Unicorn Theatre for children.[2][3]

Career

Samuels lives in London[4] and has been a full-time writer since 1992. Her works include Kindertransport[1] (1993), Frankie’s Monster – an adaptation of Vivien Alcock's The Monster Garden, The True Life Fiction of Mata Hari (2001), and Three Sisters on Hope Street, co-written with Tracy-Ann Oberman.[5]

With singer-songwriter Gwyneth Herbert she has written a musical, The A-Z of Mrs P, which tells the story of Phyllis Pearsall's creation of the London A to Z street atlas. The play was performed in workshop with actress Sophie Thompson in May 2011[6] and was performed at Southwark Playhouse from 21 February to 29 March 2014,[7][8] starring Peep Show actress Isy Suttie.[9][10]

Samuels was a Pearson Creative Research Fellow at the British Library[11] and is a reviewer of books for The Guardian newspaper.[12]

References
  1. Lucy Johnston (February 2014). "Safety lines". The Richmond Magazine: 16–17.
  2. S. Lillian Kremer. Holocaust Literature: An Encyclopedia of Writers and Their Work, Taylor & Francis, 2003, ISBN 0-415-92984-9
  3. "Diane Samuels interview". Write Words. 14 April 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  4. "Diane Samuels". Drama Online. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  5. Playwrights database
  6. "Gwyneth Herbert". Sidney Brown Memorial Award. 2012. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  7. "The A-Z of Mrs P". Southwark Playhouse. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  8. "The A-Z of Mrs P – new British musical opens in February 2014". Musical Theatre Review. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  9. Robert Dex (8 November 2013). "Peep Show star Isy Suttie hits the street for new musical". The Independent. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  10. Louise Jury (11 December 2013). "Peep Show geek Isy Suttie's musical move in London A-Z show". Evening Standard. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  11. British Library – Magical Worlds
  12. sample review


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