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Sam Peter Jackson (born 17 March 1978) is a playwright and actor best known for writing the play "Public Property",[1] which ran at the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End in 2009[2] starring Nigel Harman, Robert Daws and Steven Webb and was nominated for a 2010 WhatsOnStage Theatregoers' Choice Award [3] as Best New Comedy. The play was published by Oberon Books.[4]

Sam's other plays include "Minor Irritations", which was the first play to receive the Pleasance Theatre's Charlie Hartill Special Reserve[5] and was nominated for the 2006 Oscar Wilde Award for Writing,[6] and the short plays "Charity"and "Where I Used To Live",[7] produced by The Factory Theatre Company in London,[8] and "Icarus", produced by Mind The Gap Theatre in New York.[9]

As an actor he has most notably appeared in Channel 4's BAFTA-winning "Nuremberg - Goering's Last Stand" and the BBC TV film "D-Day".[10]

Sam also co-wrote and presented the 2010 Channel 4 documentary "The Other Michael Jackson: Battle of the Boogie"[11] about his father singer/songwriter Mick Jackson (singer), who wrote the song "Blame It On The Boogie".[12] To promote the film Sam appeared on BBC Breakfast with his father.[13]

In 2009 Sam was described as "a writing talent to watch" by Variety (magazine).[14] He is represented by Berlin Associates in London.[15]

References

  1. ^ Public Property Website
  2. ^ Trafalgar Studios Public Property
  3. ^ WOS Awards Nominees 2010
  4. ^ Jackson, Sam Peter (2009). Public Property (1st ed.). London: Oberon Books. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-84002-977-2.
  5. ^ Pleasance Theatre
  6. ^ Oscar Wilde Awards 2006
  7. ^ Sam Peter Jackson editorial WhatsOnStage
  8. ^ Factory Round One
  9. ^ Mind the Gap Homepage
  10. ^ IMDB
  11. ^ Channel 4 documentary
  12. ^ Mick Jackson Biography
  13. ^ Mick Jackson interview on BBC Breakfast
  14. ^ Variety on Public Property
  15. ^ Sam on Berlin Associates website

External links

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