Sam Holcroft
Sam Holcroft is a playwright, winner of the Windham Campbell Prize for Literature.
Her plays include: A Mirror (Almeida Theatre, London, 2023; West End, 2024); Rules for Living (National Theatre, London, 2015); The Wardrobe for National Theatre Connections; Edgar & Annabel, part of the Double Feature season in the Paintframe at the National Theatre; Dancing Bears, part of the Charged season for Clean Break at Soho Theatre and Latitude Festival; While You Lie at the Traverse, Edinburgh; Pink, part of the Women, Power and Politics season at the Tricycle; Vanya, adapted from Chekhov, at The Gate; and Cockroach, co-produced by the National Theatre of Scotland and Traverse (nominated for Best New Play 2008, by the Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland and shortlisted for the John Whiting Award, 2009).
In 2013, she wrote The House Taken Over, a libretto for opera, adapted from Cortázar, for the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and Académie Européenne de Musique. She received the Tom Erhardt Award in 2009, was the Pearson Writer-in-Residence at the Traverse Theatre, 2009–10, and the Writer-in-Residence at the National Theatre Studio from 2013–14. In 2014, she received a Windham Campbell Prize for Literature in the drama category.
Charged
Six plays about women, crime and justice
Six plays by some of the most exciting and distinctive female voices in British theatre, exploring the heartbreaking truth about the lives of women in the criminal justice system.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99Cockroach
By Sam HolcroftA dark and compelling vision of a world infected by violence.
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By Sam HolcroftA short play laying bare the twisted loyalties and violence in teenage gangs.
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Double Feature: One
By Sam Holcroft and D C MooreDouble Feature brings together – in two volumes of paired short plays – four of the most exciting new voices in UK theatre, in their first commissions for the National Theatre.
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£9.99£7.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£9.99£7.99Edgar & Annabel
By Sam HolcroftAn Orwellian dystopian fable about a group of freedom fighters attempting to stand up to a repressive regime, while being continuously subjected to surveillance.
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A Mirror
By Sam HolcroftSam Holcroft's elusive and explosive new play about censorship, authorship and free speech, premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in August 2023, directed by Jeremy Herrin.
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By Sam HolcroftA short play about a millionaire businesswoman confronted by an unexpected visitor.
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Rules for Living
By Sam HolcroftA theatrically playful, dark comedy about the unwritten rules we follow in our lives.
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By Sam HolcroftA gripping journey through British history that shows how our country was shaped and how connected we are with our past. Part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.
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By Sam HolcroftA blistering play about our need for honesty in relationships and how it can sometimes bring about their downfall.
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Women, Power and Politics: Now
Five plays
By variousA collection of wide-ranging and ambitious short plays reflecting the complexities of women and political power in the United Kingdom.
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