Books by Diane Samuels

A romantic drama with music inspired by the days of music hall and beyond, from the author of the modern classic Kindertransport. First performed at the Watford Palace Theatre in February 2016.

The author's guide to Kindertransport, an invaluable and uniquely authoritative resource for anyone studying, teaching or performing the play. Since it was first staged by the Soho Theatre Company in London in 1993, Diane Samuels' Kindertransport has enjoyed huge success around the world, has been revived numerous times, and is widely studied in schools and colleges. The play tells the story of how nine-year-old Eva, a German Jewish girl, is sent by her parents on the Kindertransport to start a new life with a foster family in Britain just before the outbreak of World War Two. Over forty years later, she has changed her name to Evelyn and denied her roots. When her own daughter discovers some old letters and photos in the attic, she is forced to confront the truth about who she really is and to reveal a dark secret that she has done everything to keep hidden. In this author's guide to the play, Diane Samuels investigates the historical background, drawing on the personal testimony of those whose lives were transformed by the Kindertransport. She explores the creative process that shaped the play through successive drafts. And she presents detailed accounts from the actors, directors, a composer and designer who have contributed to the play's most notable productions.

A modern classic about one woman's struggle to come to terms with her past - brutally separated from her German Jewish parents at the age of 9 and brought to England with the promise of a new life. Kindertransport is a set text for GE Drama (AQA) and AS/A-Level English Literature (WJEC). This edition also includes several personal memoirs by German-born children whose lives were saved, and transformed, by the Kindertransport. Winner of the 1992 Verity Bargate Award 'Desperately harrowing... searing theatre that cuts across a continuum of suffering to the very heart of what unifies us as human' The Times 'A powerful contribution to Holocaust literature... presented with emotional clarity and intense sympathy' New Yorker

Reinvention of Chekhov's "Three Sisters" set amongst the Jewish community in war-torn Liverpool.