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Samantha Ellis

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Samantha Ellis is a playwright and journalist. The daughter of Iraqi Jewish refugees she grew up in London. Her non-fiction books are How to be a Heroine (2014) ; Take Courage: Anne Brontë and the Art of Life (2017) and Chopping Onions on my Heart; on losing and preserving culture (2025) which will be published in the US under the title Always Carry Salt. Her plays include Cling to me Like Ivy, Operation Magic Carpet and How to Date a Feminist. She has written prefaces for Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey (Vintage Classics) and Amber Reeves's A Lady and her Husband (Persephone Books). ...more

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How to Be a Heroine

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How to Date a Feminist

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Cling To Me Like Ivy

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I am so sorry I never saw this question till now. I’m afraid i am not really able to license that play. But thank you so much for thinking of me and my work and I wish you all the best with your drama club!
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“I don't know if I'll get a happy ending. But why worry about a happy ending? Why worry about any ending at all? I don't know where I'm going next, and for the first time in forever, I don't want to. I want my life to be picaresque. Fantastical. I want to say yes and.”
Samantha Ellis, How to Be a Heroine

“But you can't rescue people; you can only help them rescue themselves.”
Samantha Ellis, How to Be a Heroine

“It's probably unwise to romanticize everything- and I'll probably always do it.”
Samantha Ellis, How to Be a Heroine

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