10 Facts About Jeremy Sams

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Jeremy Sams was born on 12 January 1957 and is a British theatre director, writer, translator, orchestrator, musical director, film composer, and lyricist.

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Jeremy Sams read music, French, and German at Magdalene College, Cambridge and piano at Guildhall School of Music.

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Jeremy Sams came to prominence as a director with a revival of Michael Frayn's farce Noises Off, which he mounted in London's Royal National Theatre in 2000.

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4.

Jeremy Sams's efforts earned him two Tony Award and two Drama Desk Award nominations.

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5.

Jeremy Sams's directing credits include Jason Carr and Gary Yershon's musical of The Water Babies at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2003.

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6.

Jeremy Sams directed the Jason Robert Brown Broadway musical13 at the Bernard B Jacobs Theatre, on Broadway.

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7.

Jeremy Sams has written and directed the stage adaptation of The Good Life based on the BBC TV sitcom which toured the UK in autumn 2021, and will direct a stage adaptation of The Lavender Hill Mob based on the 1951 Ealing comedy film which will begin touring in autumn 2022.

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Jeremy Sams' composing credits include the BBC film of Jane Austen's Persuasion, for which he won a BAFTA award for Best Music.

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9.

Jeremy Sams directed 13 the Musical, which consisted of known stars like Ariana Grande, Graham Phillips, and Caitlin Gann.

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10.

Jeremy Sams has written, arranged, and directed music for some 50 theatre productions, including The Wind in the Willows and Arcadia and The Merry Wives of Windsor.

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