# Lindsay Posner

Lindsay Steven Posner (born 6 June 1959) 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".

## 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 | Notes |
| 2021 | Wicked | Winnie Holzman | Stage Theater Neue Flora (Hamburg) | |
| November 2019 | Clybourne Park | Bruce Norris | Embassy Theatre (London) | |
| November 2018 | Flare Path | Terence Rattigan | Embassy Theatre (London) | |
| August 2018 | God of Carnage | Yasmina Reza | Theatre Royal, Bath | |
| February 2016 | The End of Longing | Matthew Perry | Playhouse Theatre | |
| March 2013 | The Winslow Boy | Terence Rattigan | The Old Vic | |
| January 2013 | The Turn of the Screw | Adapted by Rebecca Lenkiewicz from Henry James' novella of the same name | Almeida Theatre | |
| October 2012 | Uncle Vanya | Anton Chekov, in a version by Christopher Hampton | Vaudeville Theatre | |
| 2012 | Relatively Speaking | Alan Ayckbourn | Bath Theatre Royal | |
| 2012 | Abigail's Party | Mike Leigh | Menier Chocolate Factory, Bath Theatre Royal and Wyndham's Theatre | |
| 2012 | Richard III | William Shakespeare | Old Globe Theatre, San Diego | |
| 2011 | Noises Off | Michael Frayn | The Old Vic | |
| 2009 | A View from the Bridge | Arthur Miller | Duke of York's Theatre | Featuring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Ken Stott |
| 2009 | House of Games | Adapted by Richard Bean from the screenplay (of the film of the same name) by David Mamet | Almeida Theatre | |
| 2009 | An Ideal Husband | Oscar Wilde | Vaudeville Theatre | |
| 2009 | Butley | Simon Gray | Duchess Theatre | |
| 2008 | Three Sisters on Hope Street | Diane Samuels and Tracy-Ann Oberman, based on Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters | Liverpool Everyman and Hampstead Theatre | |
| 2008 | Carousel | Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II | Savoy Theatre | Featuring Lesley Garrett |
| 2007 | Fiddler on the Roof | Music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph Stein | Sheffield Crucible and the Savoy Theatre | Featuring Henry Goodman |
| 2006 | The Misanthrope | Molière, adapted by Martin Crimp | Young Vic | Featuring Elizabeth McGovern and Ken Stott |
| 2006 | Fool for Love | Sam Shepard | Apollo Theatre | Featuring Juliette Lewis and Martin Henderson |
| 2006 | Tom and Viv | Michael Hastings | Almeida Theatre | Featuring Will Keen and Frances O'Connor |
| 2005 | The Hypochondriac | Molière | Almeida Theatre | Featuring Henry Goodman |
| 2005 | Romance | David Mamet | Almeida Theatre | Featuring John Mahoney |
| 2005 | The Birthday Party | Harold Pinter | Duchess Theatre | |
| 2005 | A Life in the Theatre | David Mamet | Apollo Theatre | |
| 2004 | Oleanna | David Mamet | Garrick Theatre | Featuring Aaron Eckhart and Julia Stiles |
| 2003 | The Caretaker | Harold Pinter | Bristol Old Vic | |
| 2003 | The Lady from the Sea | Henrik Ibsen | Lyric Hammersmith and West Yorkshire Playhouse | Featuring Natasha Richardson |
| 2003 | Sexual Perversity in Chicago | David Mamet | Comedy Theatre | Featuring Matthew Perry, Hank Azaria and Minnie Driver |
| 2003 | Power | Nick Dear | Royal National Theatre | |
| 2002 | Tartuffe | Molière | Royal National Theatre | |
| 2001 | Twelfth Night | William Shakespeare | RSC at Stratford and the Barbican Theatre | Featuring Guy Henry |
| 2000 | The Rivals | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | RSC at Stratford and the Barbican Theatre | Featuring Benjamin Whitrow and David Tennant |
| 1999 | The Taming of the Shrew | William Shakespeare | RSC at The Pit | |
| 1999 | Volpone | Ben Jonson | RSC at The Swan | |
| 1998 | After Darwin | Timberlake Wertenbaker | Hampstead Theatre | |
| 1997 | American Buffalo | David Mamet | Young Vic | Featuring Douglas Henshall, Neil Stuke and Nicholas Woodeson |
| 1997 | The Provok'd Wife | Sir John Vanbrugh | Old Vic | Featuring Michael Pennington and Victoria Hamilton |
| 1995 | The Seagull | Anton Chekhov | Gate Theatre, Dublin | |
| 1995 | The Robbers | Schiller | Gate Theatre, Notting Hill | |
| 1993 | The Treatment | Martin Crimp | Royal Court | |
| 1992 | Colquhoun and McBryde | John Byrne | Royal Court | |
| 1991 | Death and the Maiden | Ariel Dorfman | Royal Court | Winner, Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play |
| 1990 | No One Sees the Video | Martin Crimp | Royal Court Upstairs | |
| 1989 | American Bagpipes | Iain Heggie | Royal Court | Featuring Lesley Manville and Ken Stott |
| 1988 | Blood | Harwant Bains | Royal Court Upstairs | |
| 1987 | Built on Sand | Daniel Mornin | Royal Court Upstairs | |
| 1987 | Downfall | Gregory Motton | Royal Court Upstairs | |
| 1987 | Ambulance | Gregory Motton | Royal Court Upstairs | |
| 1986 | Ficky Stingers | Eve Lewis | Royal Court Upstairs | Staged as part of the 1986 Royal Court Young Writers' Festival |

## 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