Samantha Ellis is a British playwright and writer best known for her book How to be a Heroine[1] and her play How to Date a Feminist.[2]

Early life

Ellis was born in London to Iraqi-Jewish parents.[3][4] She studied English at Queens' College, Cambridge.

Career and works

Ellis's play The Candy Jar was produced at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1996.[5] She worked as a journalist, and wrote a column on theatrical history for The Guardian newspaper.[6]

Her play Patching Havoc was produced at Theatre503 in 2003.[7] 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.[8] Her short play A Sudden Visitation of Calamity was produced at Menagerie Theatre in 2008.[9] 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,[10] was produced by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and went on tour.[11][12] In 2012 she was a founder member of women's theatre company Agent 160.[13]

Her book How to be a Heroine was published by Chatto & Windus in January 2014,[14] and her biography of Anne Brontë Take Courage: Anne Bronte and the Art of Life was published in January 2017.[15]

References

  1. ^ "How to be a Heroine by Samantha Ellis – review". The Guardian. 4 January 2014.
  2. ^ "How to Date a Feminist".
  3. ^ "VINTAGE". vintage-books.co.uk.
  4. ^ Nathan, John (11 February 2010). "Interview: Samantha Ellis". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  5. ^ Ellis, Samantha. "Aaaargggh! it's Edinburgh".
  6. ^ Ellis, Samantha. "Samantha Ellis". The Guardian. London.
  7. ^ "US". Independent.co.uk.[dead link]
  8. ^ "What's On: Main Stage: Overview". Archived from the original on 12 January 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  9. ^ "Associate Playwrights - Menagerie Theatre Company". menagerietheatre.co.uk.
  10. ^ http://nickhernbooks.co.uk/index.cfm?nid=025E2296-E2B2-4246-8FA9-9E54784CFB37&isbn=9781848420656&sr[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ Gardner, Lyn (17 February 2010). "Cling to Me Like Ivy". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  12. ^ "What's On".
  13. ^ "AGENT 160 PRESENTS Agent 160 - LAUNCH SHOW". Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  14. ^ "How to be a Heroine by Samantha Ellis – review". The Guardian. 4 January 2014.
  15. ^ Goodwin, Daisy. "Take Courage: Anne Brontë and the Art of Life by Samantha Ellis".

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