Lindsay Posner

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

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

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
000000002016-02-01-0000February 2016	The End of Longing	Matthew Perry	Playhouse Theatre	^[4]
000000002013-03-01-0000March 2013	The Winslow Boy	Terence Rattigan	The Old Vic	^[5]
000000002013-01-01-0000January 2013	The Turn of the Screw	Adapted by Rebecca Lenkiewicz from Henry James' novella of the same name	Almeida Theatre	^[6]
000000002012-10-01-0000October 2012	Uncle Vanya	Anton Chekov, in a version by Christopher Hampton	Vaudeville Theatre	^[7]
000000002012-01-01-00002012	Relatively Speaking	Alan Ayckbourn	Bath Theatre Royal	^[3]
000000002012-01-01-00002012	Abigail's Party	Mike Leigh	Menier Chocolate Factory, Bath Theatre Royal and Wyndham's Theatre	^[3]
000000002012-01-01-00002012	Richard III	William Shakespeare	Old Globe Theatre, San Diego	^[3]
000000002011-01-01-00002011	Noises Off	Michael Frayn	The Old Vic	^[3]
000000002009-01-01-00002009	A View from the Bridge	Arthur Miller	Duke of York's Theatre	^[3] Featuring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Ken Stott
000000002009-01-01-00002009	House of Games	Adapted by Richard Bean from the screenplay (of the film of the same name) by David Mamet	Almeida Theatre	^[3]
000000002009-01-01-00002009	An Ideal Husband	Oscar Wilde	Vaudeville Theatre	^[3]
000000002009-01-01-00002009	Butley	Simon Gray	Duchess Theatre	^[3]
000000002008-01-01-00002008	Three Sisters on Hope Street	Diane Samuels and Tracy-Ann Oberman, based on Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters	Liverpool Everyman and Hampstead Theatre	^[3]
000000002008-01-01-00002008	Carousel	Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II	Savoy Theatre	^[3] Featuring Lesley Garrett
000000002007-01-01-00002007	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
000000002006-01-01-00002006	The Misanthrope	Molière, adapted by Martin Crimp	Young Vic	Featuring Elizabeth McGovern and Ken Stott
000000002006-01-01-00002006	Fool for Love	Sam Shepard	Apollo Theatre	^[3] Featuring Juliette Lewis and Martin Henderson
000000002006-01-01-00002006	Tom and Viv	Michael Hastings	Almeida Theatre	^[3] Featuring Will Keen and Frances O'Connor
000000002005-01-01-00002005	The Hypochondriac	Molière	Almeida Theatre	^[3] Featuring Henry Goodman
000000002005-01-01-00002005	Romance	David Mamet	Almeida Theatre	^[3] Featuring John Mahoney
000000002005-01-01-00002005	The Birthday Party	Harold Pinter	Duchess Theatre	^[3]
000000002005-01-01-00002005	A Life in the Theatre	David Mamet	Apollo Theatre	^[3]
000000002004-01-01-00002004	Oleanna	David Mamet	Garrick Theatre	^[3] Featuring Aaron Eckhart and Julia Stiles
000000002003-01-01-00002003	The Caretaker	Harold Pinter	Bristol Old Vic	^[3]
000000002003-01-01-00002003	The Lady from the Sea	Henrik Ibsen	Lyric Hammersmith and West Yorkshire Playhouse	^[3] Featuring Natasha Richardson
000000002003-01-01-00002003	Sexual Perversity in Chicago	David Mamet	Comedy Theatre	^[3] Featuring Matthew Perry, Hank Azaria and Minnie Driver
000000002003-01-01-00002003	Power	Nick Dear	Royal National Theatre	^[3]
000000002002-01-01-00002002	Tartuffe	Molière	Royal National Theatre	^[3]
000000002001-01-01-00002001	Twelfth Night	William Shakespeare	RSC at Stratford and the Barbican Theatre	^[3] Featuring Guy Henry
000000002000-01-01-00002000	The Rivals	Richard Brinsley Sheridan	RSC at Stratford and the Barbican Theatre	^[3] Featuring Benjamin Whitrow and David Tennant
000000001999-01-01-00001999	The Taming of the Shrew	William Shakespeare	RSC at The Pit	^[3]
000000001999-01-01-00001999	Volpone	Ben Jonson	RSC at The Swan	^[3]
000000001998-01-01-00001998	After Darwin	Timberlake Wertenbaker	Hampstead Theatre	^[3]
000000001997-01-01-00001997	American Buffalo	David Mamet	Young Vic	^[3] Featuring Douglas Henshall, Neil Stuke and Nicholas Woodeson
000000001997-01-01-00001997	The Provok'd Wife	Sir John Vanbrugh	Old Vic	^[3] Featuring Michael Pennington and Victoria Hamilton
000000001995-01-01-00001995	The Seagull	Anton Chekhov	Gate Theatre, Dublin	^[3]
000000001995-01-01-00001995	The Robbers	Schiller	Gate Theatre, Notting Hill	^[3]
000000001993-01-01-00001993	The Treatment	Martin Crimp	Royal Court	^[3]
000000001992-01-01-00001992	Colquhoun and McBryde	John Byrne	Royal Court	^[3]
000000001991-01-01-00001991	Death and the Maiden	Ariel Dorfman	Royal Court	^[3] Winner, Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play
000000001990-01-01-00001990	No One Sees the Video	Martin Crimp	Royal Court Upstairs	^[3]
000000001989-01-01-00001989	American Bagpipes	Iain Heggie	Royal Court	^[3] Featuring Lesley Manville and Ken Stott
000000001988-01-01-00001988	Blood	Harwant Bains	Royal Court Upstairs	^[3]
000000001987-01-01-00001987	Built on Sand	Daniel Mornin	Royal Court Upstairs	^[8]
000000001987-01-01-00001987	Downfall	Gregory Motton	Royal Court Upstairs	^[3]
000000001987-01-01-00001987	Ambulance	Gregory Motton	Royal Court Upstairs	^[3]
000000001986-01-01-00001986	Ficky Stingers	Eve Lewis	Royal Court Upstairs	^[3] Staged as part of the 1986 Royal Court Young Writers' Festival^[9]^[10]

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

↑ "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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 "The Agency – Clients – Individuals", the agency. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
↑ "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". 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.

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