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Diane Samuels

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

Samuels was born into a Jewish family in Liverpool[1] in 1960. She was educated at King David High School, Liverpool, 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]

Samuels lives in London[4] and has been a full-time writer since 1992. She was a Pearson Creative Research Fellow at the British Library[5] and is a visiting lecturer at Regent's University London[5] and a reviewer of books for The Guardian newspaper.[6]

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Her works include:

References

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  1. ^ a b Johnston, Lucy (February 2014). "Safety lines". The Richmond Magazine: 16–17.
  2. ^ Kremer, S. Lillian. 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. ^ a b "Diane Samuels". Regent's University London. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Review: Toby Alone by Timothée de Fombelle". The Guardian. 25 April 2008. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Poster". Victoria and Albert Museum. 2 March 1991. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  8. ^ Samuels, Diane (1 January 1995). Kindertransport. Nick Hern Books. ISBN 9781854592279 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "The True Life Fiction of Mata Hari". Nick Hern Books. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Three Sisters On Hope Street". Nick Hern Books. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  11. ^ Suttie, Isy (5 February 2014). "Isy Suttie: Phyllis Pearsall, the A–Z mapper who was right up my street". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  12. ^ Pritchard, Claudia (9 February 2014). "Charting a course in song: The musical dedicated to the humble A to Z". The Independent on Sunday. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  13. ^ Dex, Robert (8 November 2013). "Peep Show star Isy Suttie hits the street for new musical". The Independent. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  14. ^ Jury, Louise (11 December 2013). "Peep Show geek Isy Suttie's musical move in London A-Z show". Evening Standard. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  15. ^ "The A-Z of Mrs P – new British musical opens in February 2014". Musical Theatre Review. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  16. ^ "Poppy + George". What's on. Watford Palace Theatre. February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  17. ^ Samuels, Diane (2016). "Cast biographies" in Poppy + George. Nick Hern Books. ISBN 978-1-84842-545-3.
  18. ^ Brown, Peter (February 2018). "Review: monolog Chickenshed Theatre". ActDrop. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  19. ^ a b Dagan, Ori (1 June 2016). "Gwyneth Herbert's Toronto Honeymoon". The Whole Note. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  20. ^ "About". Gwyneth Herbert. 2015. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  21. ^ Firscht, Naomi (19 November 2015). "The show must go on – all 10 of them, as production company offers fresh way to invest in musicals". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  22. ^ "The Rhythm Method". Landor Space. 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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