{{short description|British playwright}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use British English|date=December 2017}} '''Sam Holcroft''' is a British playwright.
==Early life== Holcroft studied Biology at the University of Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.journal-online.co.uk/article/3411-crawling-with-ideas |title=Crawling with ideas » the Journal |accessdate=2012-07-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317045215/http://www.journal-online.co.uk/article/3411-crawling-with-ideas |archivedate=17 March 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> During her time as a student she wrote two plays for the Edinburgh University Theatre Company and was part of the Traverse Theatre's young writers group. Initially intending to study for a Ph.D., she questioned her choices and took a year out from education, during which time she was commissioned for her first play.
Currently, Holcroft is a "Writer-in-Residence"<ref>{{cite web|title=Sam Holcroft (U.K.)|url=http://www.aoiagency.com/sam-holcroft/|website=AO International Agency|accessdate=29 March 2017}}</ref> at the Royal National Theatre.
==Awards and honours== * 2014 Windham–Campbell Literature Prize (Drama), valued at $150,000 one of the largest prizes in the world of its kind.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://windhamcampbell.org/2014/winner/sam-holcroft |title=Prize Citation for Sam Holcroft |publisher=Windham–Campbell Literature Prize |author= |date=7 March 2014 |accessdate=8 March 2014}}</ref>
==Plays== *''Cockroach'' (2008), produced by the Traverse Theatre and published by Nick Hern Books.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/oct/28/theatre | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Theatre review: Cockroach, Traverse, Edinburgh}}</ref> *''Vanya'' (2009), inspired by Chekhov's ''Uncle Vanya'', produced by the Gate Theatre and directed by Natalie Abrahami. *''Edgar and Annabel ''(2011), produced by the National Theatre<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/holcroft-sam.html |title=Sam Holcroft - complete guide to the Playwright, Plays, Theatres, Agent |access-date=20 July 2012 |archive-date=28 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128144145/http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/holcroft-sam.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and directed by Lyndsey Turner. *''The Wardrobe'' (2014), produced by the National Theatre in their studio space. The play was chosen for the National Theatre's Connections Festival, the annual festival of new plays curated for young performers.<ref name="Younger Theatre">{{cite web|last1=Clarke|first1=Caitlyn|title=Features: Sam Holcoft, The Wardrobe and NT Connections - A Younger Theatre|url=http://www.ayoungertheatre.com/features-sam-holcoft-the-wardrobe-and-nt-connections/|website=A Younger Theatre|accessdate=29 March 2017|date=27 June 2014}}</ref> *''Rules for Living'' (13 March 2015), produced by the National Theatre in the Dorfman auditorium.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Holcroft|first1=Sam|title=Rules for Living|date=2015|publisher=Nick Hern Books Limited|location=London|isbn=9781848424692}}</ref>
*''A Mirror'' (2023), produced by Jeremy Herrin.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/a-mirror-almeida-theatre-review-jonny-lee-miller-micheal-ward-b1102532.html | title=A Mirror at the Almeida: Thrilling and infuriating in equal measure | date=24 August 2023 }}</ref>
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