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. 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
  1. Gardner, Lyn (17 February 2010). "Cling to Me Like Ivy". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  2. "VINTAGE". www.vintage-books.co.uk.
  3. Nathan, John (11 February 2010). "Interview: Samantha Ellis". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  4. Ellis, Samantha. "Aaaargggh! it's Edinburgh".
  5. Ellis, Samantha. "Samantha Ellis". The Guardian. London.
  6. "US".
  7. "What's On: Main Stage: Overview". Archived from the original on 12 January 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  8. "Associate Playwrights - Menagerie Theatre Company". www.menagerietheatre.co.uk.
  9. http://nickhernbooks.co.uk/index.cfm?nid=025E2296-E2B2-4246-8FA9-9E54784CFB37&isbn=9781848420656&sr%5B%5D
  10. "What's On".
  11. "AGENT 160 PRESENTS Agent 160 - LAUNCH SHOW". Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
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