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 .
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]
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
Molière , 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
Molière
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
Molière
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[ 12] [ 13]
Posner has directed two television plays:[1]
^ "Lindsay Posner Authorised Biography" , Debrett's People of Today , publication_date. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
^ Lindsay Posner, "Salute Mamet the magnificent" , The Observer , 28 August 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap "The Agency – Clients – Individuals" Archived 3 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine , the agency . Retrieved 6 October 2012.
^ "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 .
^ "Clybourne Park"
^ "God of Carnage"
^ "Friends star Matthew Perry returns to the West End with his own play"
^ "The Winslow Boy at the Old Vic"
^ "Hammer takes first steps on stage in Turn of the Screw" , BBC News , 23 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
^ "Lindsay Posner" Archived 5 February 2013 at archive.today . Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^ "Production management file for Built on Sand by Daniel Mornin , May 13, 1987", Archives Hub . Retrieved 6 October 2012.
^ Mary F. Brewer, "Race, Sex, and Gender in Contemporary Women's Theatre: The Construction of "woman" ", Sussex Academic Press , 1999.
^ "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.