Samuel Adamson’s plays include FRANK & FERDINAND (National Theatre Connections), SOUTHWARK FAIR, (National Theatre), MRS AFFLECK (from Ibsen’s Little Eyolf, National Theatre), BOSTON MANOR (Theatre 503/Theatre Voice), FISH AND COMPANY (National Youth Theatre/Soho Theatre), CLOCKS AND WHISTLES (Bush Theatre and Origin Theatre Company, New York; Time Out award), DRINK, DANCE, LAUGH AND LIE (Bush/Channel 4), GRACE NOTE (Old Vic/Peter Hall Company), SOME KIND OF BLISS (Trafalgar Studios and Brits Off Broadway, New York), BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (from Truman Capote’s novel, Theatre Royal, Haymarket) and TOMORROW WEEK (BBC Radio 3); as well as contributions to 24 HOUR PLAYS (Old Vic), A CHAIN PLAY (Almeida) and DECADE (Headlong). His play of ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (from Pedro Almodóvar’s film; Old Vic Theatre; 2008 Whatsonstage Theatregoers’ Choice Best New Play) has been translated into many languages and is performed regularly around the world. He is Artistic Associate on the National Theatre’s award-winning WAR HORSE (Lincoln Center Theater, New York and forthcoming at the Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto). Versions include: Chekhov’s THE CHERRY ORCHARD (Oxford Stage Company/Riverside Studios) and THREE SISTERS (OSC tour and West End); Ibsen’s PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY (National Theatre) and A DOLL’S HOUSE (Southwark Playhouse, Northcott Theatre Exeter and Dundee Rep); Schnitzler’s PROFESSOR BERNHARDI (Arcola Theatre; also adapted for BBC Radio 3); Bernhard Studlar’s TRANSDANUBIA DREAMING (National Theatre Studio) and Ostrovsky’s LARISSA AND THE MERCHANTS (Insite Performance Company; forthcoming). Film: RUNNING FOR RIVER (Directional Studios/Krug). His plays are published by Faber and Faber; versions by Samuel French. He was writer in residence at the Bush Theatre in 1997-8.

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