Lindsay Steven Posner (born 6 June 1959)"Lindsay Posner Authorised Biography", Debrett's People of Today. Retrieved 6 October 2012. 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 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".Lindsay Posner, "Salute Mamet the magnificent", The Observer, 28 August 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2012.

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.

+ Theatre directed by Lindsay Posner Date Play Author Theatre NotesFicky StingersEve LewisRoyal Court Upstairs Staged as part of the 1986 Royal Court Young Writers' FestivalMary 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", V&A Department of Theatre and Performance. Retrieved 6 October 2012.AmbulanceGregory MottonRoyal Court UpstairsDownfallGregory MottonRoyal Court UpstairsBuilt on SandDaniel MorninRoyal Court Upstairs"Production management file for Built on Sand by Daniel Mornin, May 13, 1987", Archives Hub. Retrieved 6 October 2012.BloodHarwant BainsRoyal Court UpstairsAmerican BagpipesIain HeggieRoyal Court Featuring Lesley Manville and Ken StottNo One Sees the VideoMartin CrimpRoyal Court UpstairsDeath and the MaidenAriel DorfmanRoyal Court Winner, Laurence Olivier Award for Best New PlayColquhoun and McBrydeJohn ByrneRoyal CourtThe TreatmentMartin CrimpRoyal CourtThe RobbersFriedrich SchillerGate Theatre, Notting HillThe SeagullAnton ChekhovGate Theatre, DublinThe Provok'd WifeJohn VanbrughThe Old Vic Featuring Michael Pennington and Victoria HamiltonAmerican BuffaloDavid MametYoung Vic Featuring Douglas Henshall, Neil Stuke and Nicholas WoodesonAfter DarwinTimberlake WertenbakerHampstead TheatreVolponeBen JonsonRSC at The SwanThe Taming of the ShrewWilliam ShakespeareRSC at The PitThe RivalsRichard Brinsley SheridanRSC at Stratford and the Barbican Theatre Featuring Benjamin Whitrow and David TennantTwelfth NightWilliam ShakespeareRSC at Stratford and the Barbican Theatre Featuring Guy HenryTartuffeMolièreRoyal National TheatrePowerNick DearRoyal National TheatreSexual Perversity in ChicagoDavid MametComedy Theatre Featuring Matthew Perry, Hank Azaria and Minnie DriverThe Lady from the SeaHenrik IbsenLyric Hammersmith and West Yorkshire Playhouse Featuring Natasha RichardsonThe CaretakerHarold PinterBristol Old VicOleannaDavid MametGarrick Theatre Featuring Aaron Eckhart and Julia StilesA Life in the TheatreDavid MametApollo TheatreThe Birthday PartyHarold PinterDuchess TheatreRomanceDavid MametAlmeida Theatre Featuring John MahoneyThe HypochondriacMolièreAlmeida Theatre Featuring Henry GoodmanTom & VivMichael HastingsAlmeida Theatre Featuring Will Keen and Frances O'ConnorFool for LoveSam ShepardApollo Theatre Featuring Juliette Lewis and Martin HendersonThe MisanthropeMolière, adapted by Martin CrimpYoung VicFeaturing Elizabeth McGovern and Ken StottFiddler on the RoofMusic by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph SteinSheffield Crucible and the Savoy Theatre Featuring Henry GoodmanCarouselRichard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein IISavoy Theatre Featuring Lesley GarrettThree Sisters on Hope StreetDiane Samuels and Tracy-Ann Oberman, based on Anton Chekhov's Three SistersLiverpool Everyman and Hampstead TheatreButleySimon GrayDuchess TheatreAn Ideal HusbandOscar WildeVaudeville TheatreHouse of GamesAdapted by Richard Bean from the screenplay (of the film of the same name) by David MametAlmeida TheatreA View from the BridgeArthur MillerDuke of York's Theatre Featuring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Ken StottNoises OffMichael FraynThe Old VicRichard IIIWilliam ShakespeareOld Globe Theatre, San DiegoAbigail's PartyMike LeighMenier Chocolate Factory, Theatre Royal, Bath, and Wyndham's TheatreRelatively SpeakingAlan AyckbournTheatre Royal, BathUncle VanyaAnton Chekhov, in a version by Christopher HamptonVaudeville Theatre. Retrieved 16 October 2012.The Turn of the ScrewAdapted by Rebecca Lenkiewicz from Henry James' novella of the same nameAlmeida Theatre"Hammer takes first steps on stage in Turn of the Screw", BBC News, 23 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.The Winslow BoyTerence RattiganThe Old Vic"The Winslow Boy at The Old Vic", oldvictheatre.comThe End of LongingMatthew PerryPlayhouse Theatre"Friends star Matthew Perry returns to the West End with his own play", londonboxoffice.co.ukGod of CarnageYasmina RezaTheatre Royal, Bath"God of Carnage", theatreroyal.org.ukNovember 2018Flare PathTerence RattiganEmbassy Theatre (London)Clybourne ParkBruce NorrisEmbassy Theatre (London)"Clybourne Park", cssd.ac.uk2021WickedWinnie HolzmanStage Theater Neue Flora (Hamburg)The TruthFlorian ZellerApollo Theatre

Opera Jenůfa by Leoš Janáček (1993) for the Opera Theatre Company in Dublin Giulio Cesare by George Frideric Handel (1998) for The Royal Opera 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

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