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Lindsay Steven Posner (born 6 June 1959) 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

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".

Theatre

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.

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.

Opera

• Jenůfa by Leoš Janáček (1993) for the Opera Theatre Company in Dublin
• Giulio Cesare by Handel (1998) at the Royal Opera House at the Barbican Centre
• Man and Boy: Dada by Michael Nyman (2003) at the Almeida Theatre and in Jersey
• Love Counts by Michael Nyman (2006) at the Almeida Theatre

Television

Posner has directed two television plays:

• The Maitlands (part of TV series Performance) in 1993, with Eileen Atkins, Bill Nighy, Harriet Walter, Jennifer Ehle, Edward Fox and Samuel West
• Two Oranges and a Mango in 1994, with Paul Bhattacharjee and Saeed Jaffrey

References

1. "Lindsay Posner Authorised Biography", Debrett's People of Today, publication_date. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
2. Lindsay Posner, "Salute Mamet the magnificent", The Observer, 28 August 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
3. ^ "The Agency – Clients – Individuals" Archived 3 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, the agency. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
4. "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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6. "God of Carnage"
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8. "The Winslow Boy at the Old Vic"
9. "Hammer takes first steps on stage in Turn of the Screw", BBC News, 23 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
10. "Lindsay Posner" Archived 5 February 2013 at archive.today. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
11. "Production management file for Built on Sand by Daniel Mornin, May 13, 1987", Archives Hub. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
12. Mary F. Brewer, "Race, Sex, and Gender in Contemporary Women's Theatre: The Construction of "woman" ", Sussex Academic Press, 1999.
13. "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.

External links

• Royal Court Theatre home page
• National Theatre home page
• Lindsay Posner at IMDb

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