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Samantha Marsden

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Sam Marsden was a freelance drama teacher for 10 years, working for theatre companies, youth theatres and state, private, and special ...

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Samantha Marsden

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Sam Marsden was a freelance drama teacher for 10 years, working for theatre companies, youth theatres and state, private, and special schools. Now she is a full-time writer, writing drama teaching resources and fiction. She is the author of 100 Acting Exercises for 8 - 18 Year Olds (Bloomsbury) and her debut novel Under Glass has been optioned for film and TV by former Warner Bros. president of film Greg Silverman’s Stampede Ventures.

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