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British theatre director (born 1959)
Lindsay Steven Posner
(born 6 June 1959)
[1]
is a British theatre director, known for his work in London's West End and at the
Royal Court Theatre
, the
Royal Shakespeare Company
and the
National Theatre
, particularly plays by
David Mamet
.
Career
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Lindsay Posner graduated from the acting course at the
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
in 1984. He was associate director of the
Royal Court Theatre
from 1987 to 1992 where his production of
Death and the Maiden
won two
Laurence Olivier Awards
.
He has directed five productions of
David Mamet
's plays, describing him as "America's greatest living playwright".
[2]
Theatre
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Posner was an associate director of the
Royal Court Theatre
between 1987 and 1992. During this time, he directed a number of new plays. Additionally, from 1989 he was appointed artistic director of Royal Court Theatre Upstairs and deputy director (to Artistic Director
Max Stafford-Clark
) for the main house.
[3]
During the late 2000s and early 2010s, he has had success with revivals of modern British comedies such as
Relatively Speaking
,
Abigail's Party
and
Noises Off
.
Theatre directed by Lindsay Posner
Date
|
Play
|
Author
|
Theatre
|
Notes
|
2021
|
Wicked
|
Winnie Holzman
|
Stage Theater Neue Flora (Hamburg)
|
[4]
|
November 2019
|
Clybourne Park
|
Bruce Norris
|
Embassy Theatre (London)
|
[5]
|
November 2018
|
Flare Path
|
Terence Rattigan
|
Embassy Theatre (London)
|
|
August 2018
|
God of Carnage
|
Yasmina Reza
|
Theatre Royal, Bath
|
[6]
|
February 2016
|
The End of Longing
|
Matthew Perry
|
Playhouse Theatre
|
[7]
|
March 2013
|
The Winslow Boy
|
Terence Rattigan
|
The Old Vic
|
[8]
|
January 2013
|
The Turn of the Screw
|
Adapted by
Rebecca Lenkiewicz
from
Henry James
' novella
of the same name
|
Almeida Theatre
|
[9]
|
October 2012
|
Uncle Vanya
|
Anton Chekov
, in a version by
Christopher Hampton
|
Vaudeville Theatre
|
[10]
|
2012
|
Relatively Speaking
|
Alan Ayckbourn
|
Bath Theatre Royal
|
[3]
|
2012
|
Abigail's Party
|
Mike Leigh
|
Menier Chocolate Factory
,
Bath Theatre Royal
and
Wyndham's Theatre
|
[3]
|
2012
|
Richard III
|
William Shakespeare
|
Old Globe Theatre
,
San Diego
|
[3]
|
2011
|
Noises Off
|
Michael Frayn
|
The Old Vic
|
[3]
|
2009
|
A View from the Bridge
|
Arthur Miller
|
Duke of York's Theatre
|
[3]
Featuring
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
and
Ken Stott
|
2009
|
House of Games
|
Adapted by
Richard Bean
from the screenplay (of the
film of the same name
) by
David Mamet
|
Almeida Theatre
|
[3]
|
2009
|
An Ideal Husband
|
Oscar Wilde
|
Vaudeville Theatre
|
[3]
|
2009
|
Butley
|
Simon Gray
|
Duchess Theatre
|
[3]
|
2008
|
Three Sisters on Hope Street
|
Diane Samuels
and
Tracy-Ann Oberman
, based on
Anton Chekhov
's
Three Sisters
|
Liverpool Everyman
and
Hampstead Theatre
|
[3]
|
2008
|
Carousel
|
Richard Rodgers
and
Oscar Hammerstein II
|
Savoy Theatre
|
[3]
Featuring
Lesley Garrett
|
2007
|
Fiddler on the Roof
|
Music by
Jerry Bock
, lyrics by
Sheldon Harnick
, book by
Joseph Stein
|
Sheffield Crucible
and the
Savoy Theatre
|
[3]
Featuring
Henry Goodman
|
2006
|
The Misanthrope
|
Moliere
, adapted by
Martin Crimp
|
Young Vic
|
Featuring
Elizabeth McGovern
and
Ken Stott
|
2006
|
Fool for Love
|
Sam Shepard
|
Apollo Theatre
|
[3]
Featuring
Juliette Lewis
and
Martin Henderson
|
2006
|
Tom and Viv
|
Michael Hastings
|
Almeida Theatre
|
[3]
Featuring
Will Keen
and
Frances O'Connor
|
2005
|
The Hypochondriac
|
Moliere
|
Almeida Theatre
|
[3]
Featuring
Henry Goodman
|
2005
|
Romance
|
David Mamet
|
Almeida Theatre
|
[3]
Featuring
John Mahoney
|
2005
|
The Birthday Party
|
Harold Pinter
|
Duchess Theatre
|
[3]
|
2005
|
A Life in the Theatre
|
David Mamet
|
Apollo Theatre
|
[3]
|
2004
|
Oleanna
|
David Mamet
|
Garrick Theatre
|
[3]
Featuring
Aaron Eckhart
and
Julia Stiles
|
2003
|
The Caretaker
|
Harold Pinter
|
Bristol Old Vic
|
[3]
|
2003
|
The Lady from the Sea
|
Henrik Ibsen
|
Lyric Hammersmith
and
West Yorkshire Playhouse
|
[3]
Featuring
Natasha Richardson
|
2003
|
Sexual Perversity in Chicago
|
David Mamet
|
Comedy Theatre
|
[3]
Featuring
Matthew Perry
,
Hank Azaria
and
Minnie Driver
|
2003
|
Power
|
Nick Dear
|
Royal National Theatre
|
[3]
|
2002
|
Tartuffe
|
Moliere
|
Royal National Theatre
|
[3]
|
2001
|
Twelfth Night
|
William Shakespeare
|
RSC
at
Stratford
and the
Barbican Theatre
|
[3]
Featuring
Guy Henry
|
2000
|
The Rivals
|
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
|
RSC
at
Stratford
and the
Barbican Theatre
|
[3]
Featuring
Benjamin Whitrow
and
David Tennant
|
1999
|
The Taming of the Shrew
|
William Shakespeare
|
RSC
at
The Pit
|
[3]
|
1999
|
Volpone
|
Ben Jonson
|
RSC
at
The Swan
|
[3]
|
1998
|
After Darwin
|
Timberlake Wertenbaker
|
Hampstead Theatre
|
[3]
|
1997
|
American Buffalo
|
David Mamet
|
Young Vic
|
[3]
Featuring
Douglas Henshall
,
Neil Stuke
and
Nicholas Woodeson
|
1997
|
The Provok'd Wife
|
Sir John Vanbrugh
|
Old Vic
|
[3]
Featuring
Michael Pennington
and
Victoria Hamilton
|
1995
|
The Seagull
|
Anton Chekhov
|
Gate Theatre
, Dublin
|
[3]
|
1995
|
The Robbers
|
Schiller
|
Gate Theatre
,
Notting Hill
|
[3]
|
1993
|
The Treatment
|
Martin Crimp
|
Royal Court
|
[3]
|
1992
|
Colquhoun and McBryde
|
John Byrne
|
Royal Court
|
[3]
|
1991
|
Death and the Maiden
|
Ariel Dorfman
|
Royal Court
|
[3]
Winner,
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play
|
1990
|
No One Sees the Video
|
Martin Crimp
|
Royal Court
Upstairs
|
[3]
|
1989
|
American Bagpipes
|
Iain Heggie
|
Royal Court
|
[3]
Featuring
Lesley Manville
and
Ken Stott
|
1988
|
Blood
|
Harwant Bains
|
Royal Court
Upstairs
|
[3]
|
1987
|
Built on Sand
|
Daniel Mornin
|
Royal Court
Upstairs
|
[11]
|
1987
|
Downfall
|
Gregory Motton
|
Royal Court
Upstairs
|
[3]
|
1987
|
Ambulance
|
Gregory Motton
|
Royal Court
Upstairs
|
[3]
|
1986
|
Ficky Stingers
|
Eve Lewis
|
Royal Court
Upstairs
|
[3]
Staged as part of the 1986 Royal Court Young Writers' Festival
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[13]
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Opera
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Television
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Posner has directed two television plays:
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References
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"Lindsay Posner Authorised Biography"
,
Debrett's People of Today
, publication_date. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
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Lindsay Posner,
"Salute Mamet the magnificent"
,
The Observer
, 28 August 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
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"The Agency ? Clients ? Individuals"
Archived
3 June 2011 at the
Wayback Machine
,
the agency
. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
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"WICKED! Die Musical-Hexen im Anflug auf Hamburg | Stage Entertainment Deutschland"
.
WICKED! Die Musical-Hexen im Anflug auf Hamburg | Stage Entertainment Deutschland
(in German)
. Retrieved
5 May
2021
.
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"Clybourne Park"
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"God of Carnage"
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"Friends star Matthew Perry returns to the West End with his own play"
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"The Winslow Boy at the Old Vic"
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"Hammer takes first steps on stage in Turn of the Screw"
,
BBC News
, 23 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
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"Lindsay Posner"
Archived
5 February 2013 at
archive.today
. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
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"Production management file for Built on Sand
by
Daniel Mornin
, May 13, 1987",
Archives Hub
. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
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Mary F. Brewer, "Race, Sex, and Gender in Contemporary Women's Theatre: The Construction of "woman" ",
Sussex Academic Press
, 1999.
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"English Stage Company/Royal Court Theatre Archive Catalogue of records in the V&A Department of Theatre and Performance"
,
V&A Department of Theatre and Performance
. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
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