Saturday 31 January 2009
Dan Stevens - Film - Hilde
The German official website for Hilde is up, and includes a trailer for the film. [link]
Samuel West - Theatre - The Family Reunion
Some videos about The Family Reunion have been added to the Donmar website [link]
Thursday 29 January 2009
Entertainment news
- John Orloff (A Mighty Heart) will write the screenplay for an Ian Fleming biopic produced by Leonardo DiCaprio [link]
- Rupert Penry-Jones interview about Whitechapel [link]
- 20th Century Fox will co-finance the third Narnia film with Walden Media 1|2
- An adaptation of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman is being written and directed by Neil Jordan [link]
- Armando Iannucci's Sundance diary [link]
- Michael Gambon, Stephen Fry and Penelope Wilton will star in The Inn at the Edge of the World, an adaptation of Alice Thomas-Ellis' novel written and directed by Charles Dance [link]
- British television viewing has increased [link]
- Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities premieres 9 February on Nine [link]
- The U.K. Film Council is launching a movie search engine, FindAnyFilm.com, designed to enable consumers to find out when, where and how a film is available legally in the U.K. [link]
- List of films being shown at the Berlinale [link]
- Noel Clarke interview from Radio 1 [link]
- Jamie Bell and Daniel Craig will star in Tintin directed by Steven Spielberg [link]
- Transcript of an interview with Werner Herzog [link]
- Article about Stanley Kubrick's unmade film The Aryan Papers [link]
- Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) Awards nominations [link]
Dan Stevens, Ruth Wilson - Radio - The Lady of the Camellias
Dan and Ruth will star in The Lady of the Camellias on Radio 4 next week [link]
Rosamund Pike - Film - An Education
Tuesday 27 January 2009
Samuel West - Convention on Modern Liberty
[updated 19 March 2011: picture removed]
The On Modern Liberty photostream at Flickr has a picture of Sam at the launch party for the Convention on Modern Liberty (15 January, London).
The On Modern Liberty photostream at Flickr has a picture of Sam at the launch party for the Convention on Modern Liberty (15 January, London).
Dan Stevens
[updated 8 July 2012]
*** From March 2011, updates to this page link to dan-stevens.co.uk - info about my involvement with the site is here ***
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Agent
Julian Belfrage Associates
Adam House, 14 New Burlington Street, London W1S 3BQ
Theatre
The Heiress (late 2012), Broadway theatre TBC, Morris Townsend
24 Hour Plays "Late at Night" (November 2010), Old Vic, Curtis
Arcadia (May-September 2009), Duke of York's Theatre, Septimus
- Nominated whatsonstage.com Award for Best Ensemble Performance
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (January-February 2009), National Theatre, The Doctor
The Vortex (February-June 2008), Apollo Theatre, Nicky
Hay Fever (April-August 2006), Theatre Royal Haymarket, Simon Bliss
The Romans in Britain (February 2006), Crucible Theatre Sheffield, Marban/Maitland
Much Ado About Nothing (June-August 2005), Theatre Royal Bath, Claudio
As You Like It (November–December 2004, January-March 2005), Rose of Kingston Theatre (and US tour: Brooklyn Academy of Music, Curran Theatre, Ahmanson Theatre), Orlando
- Nominated Ian Charleson Award (2005)
Tonbridge School (MH 1996-2001):
Henry IV Part 1, Hal (directed by Jonathan Smith and Lawrence Thornbury)
Murder in the Cathedral, Beckett (directed by Jonathan Smith and Lawrence Thornbury)
Cabaret, Emcee (directed by Jonathan Smith and Lawrence Thornbury)
Macbeth, Macbeth
Film and TV
Shallow
Downton Abbey series 3 (2012)(TV), Matthew Crawley
New Order (release date unknown)
Summer in February (release date unknown), Gilbert Evans
The North London Book of the Dead (2012), Speaker
Vamps (2012), Joey Van Helsing
Babysitting (2011), Spencer
Downton Abbey series 2 (2011)(TV), Matthew Crawley
Downton Abbey series 1 (2010)(TV), Matthew Crawley
The Turn of the Screw (2009)(TV), Dr Fisher
Hilde (2009), David Cameron
Sense and Sensibility (2008)(TV), Edward Ferrars
Maxwell (2007)(TV), Basil Brookes
Marple: Nemesis (2007)(TV), Michael Faber
Dracula (2006)(TV), Lord Holmwood
The Line of Beauty (2006)(TV), Nick Guest
Switch (short film)
Frankenstein (2004)(TV), Henry
The Lost Genius (TV), Nicholas Gimcrack
Blow (short film), Chris
Radio
Portrait of Winston (September 2011), BBC Radio 4, Graham Sutherland
Widowers' Houses (July 2011), BBC Radio 3, Harry Trench
A Thousand Kisses (April 2011), BBC Radio 3, Gaius Catullus
The Secret Pilgrim episode 1 (June 2010), BBC Radio 4, Ben Cavendish
The Custom of the Country (January 2010), BBC Radio 4, Ralph Marvell
Guilty Until Proved Innocent (December 2009), BBC Radio 4, Jake
The Lady of the Camellias (February 2009), BBC Radio 4, Duval
Orley Farm (December 2008-January 2009), BBC Radio 4, Peregrine Orme
Dickens Confidential series 2 (June-July 2008), BBC Radio 4, Charles Dickens
The Tennis Court (January 2008), BBC Radio 4, Sam Greenwood
A Question of Attribution (September 2006), BBC Radio 4, Phillips
Audio
The Cradle of the Snake (September 2010), Big Finish, Rick ausGarten
Narration - radio
The Old Ways (July 2012), BBC Radio 4
Something Understood (2011), BBC Radio 4
The Spying Game "The Living Daylights" (October 2011), BBC Radio 4 Extra
Face it "Together" (September 2011), BBC Radio 4
Words and Music "Money" (February 2011), BBC Radio 3
A Short History of Vampires "Dracula's Guest" (February 2011), BBC Radio 7
Readings from the King James Bible (January 2011), BBC Radio 4
- Episode 1 "Sodom and Gomorrah"
- Episode 6 "Entry into Jerusalem"
EM Forster Short Stories "The Story of the Siren" (April 2010), BBC Radio 4
The Coral Thief (January 2010), BBC Radio 4
The Music Room (April 2009), BBC Radio 4
The Josephine Hart Poetry Programme episode 1 (April 2008), BBC Radio 4
Narration - audiobooks
Casino Royale, Ian Fleming (2012)
The Invisible Ones, Stef Penney (2011)
The Midnight Palace, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2011)
History of a Pleasure Seeker, Richard Mason (2011)
My Dear I Wanted to Tell You, Louisa Young (2011)
Scorpia Rising, Anthony Horowitz (2011)
Young Sherlock Holmes 2: Red Leech, Andrew Lane (2010)
Fall of Giants, Ken Follett (2010)
Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud, Andrew Lane (2010)
Blueeyed Boy, Joanne Harris (2010)
The Prince of Mist, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2010)
War Horse, Michael Morpurgo (2010)
Crocodile Tears, Anthony Horowitz (2009)
Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel (2009)
A Week in December, Sebastian Faulks (2009)
The Angel's Game, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2009)
The Dragon Diary, Dugald A. Steer (2009) cd|download
The Outcast, Sadie Jones (2008)
Day, A.L. Kennedy (2008)
Snakehead, Anthony Horowitz (2007)
Die with Me, Elena Forbes (2007)
Strike Back, Chris Ryan (2007)
The Dragon's Eye, Dugald A. Steer (2007)
Narration - TV
The Making of Planet Earth (2012)
Narration - other
Jubilee Lines (2012)
The Poetry App (2012)
Citizens: A Manifesto (2011)
Ladybird Fairytales "Jack and the Beanstalk" (2010)
Carte Noire (2009)
World War I poetry (November 2008)
Voiceover samples
Commercials
Narration
Other
Guest appearances/talks
That Sunday Night Show (ITV, January 2012)
Front Row (BBC Radio 4, December 2011)
Private Passions (BBC Radio 3, December 2011)
Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 25 November 2011)
BBC Review Show (BBC2, October 2011)
BBC Breakfast (BBC1, September 2011)
Test Match Special (BBC Radio Five Live, August 2011)
BBC Review Show (BBC2, April 2011)
V&A (with Andrew Davies, June 2008)
Performances/readings
Silence in the Square (November 2011)
Josephine Hart poetry week (June 2011)
Beyond Frankenstein: Josephine Hart presents Romantic Poetry (April 2011)
Comic Relief (March 2011)
Celebrating Creativity at Tonbridge School (February 2011)
Josephine Hart poetry: British Library (January 2011)
Ronna and Beverly Show (December 2010 & January 2011)
The Story of Christmas (December 2010)
Josephine Hart poetry: British Library (October 2009)
Mine for Eternity (October 2008)
Cries from the Heart (June 2008)
Josephine Hart poetry: Edinburgh Book Festival (August 2007)
Cries from the Heart (June 2007)
Josephine Hart poetry: Hay Festival (May 2007)
The Story of Christmas (December 2006)
Writing
"My Week", Telegraph, 18 March 2012
"My Week", Telegraph, 21 February 2012
"My Week", Telegraph, 24 January 2012
"Bloodlust on Safari", The Junket, Issue Two (9 January 2012)
"My Week", Telegraph, 18 December 2011
"My Week", Telegraph, 20 November 2011
"My Week", Telegraph, 22 October 2011
"My Best Teacher", TES, 9 September 2011
"Men need feminism as well" (review of How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran), The Times, 6 June 2011
Uncategorised
Fashion 2012 Menswear Committee (2012)
Authors' Cricket Club
Man Booker Prize, Judge (2012)
BT London Storyteller (2012)
UK Coffee Week (April 2011)
*** From March 2011, updates to this page link to dan-stevens.co.uk - info about my involvement with the site is here ***
IMDB|Wikipedia (EN, DE)|twitter|dan-stevens.co.uk
Agent
Julian Belfrage Associates
Adam House, 14 New Burlington Street, London W1S 3BQ
Upcoming projects and releases
Theatre: The Heiress
Television: Downton Abbey series 3
Film: Summer in February, New Order, Shallow, The Catastrophist [attached].
Audiobook: Casino Royale.
Theatre
The Heiress (late 2012), Broadway theatre TBC, Morris Townsend
24 Hour Plays "Late at Night" (November 2010), Old Vic, Curtis
Arcadia (May-September 2009), Duke of York's Theatre, Septimus
- Nominated whatsonstage.com Award for Best Ensemble Performance
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (January-February 2009), National Theatre, The Doctor
The Vortex (February-June 2008), Apollo Theatre, Nicky
Hay Fever (April-August 2006), Theatre Royal Haymarket, Simon Bliss
The Romans in Britain (February 2006), Crucible Theatre Sheffield, Marban/Maitland
Much Ado About Nothing (June-August 2005), Theatre Royal Bath, Claudio
As You Like It (November–December 2004, January-March 2005), Rose of Kingston Theatre (and US tour: Brooklyn Academy of Music, Curran Theatre, Ahmanson Theatre), Orlando
- Nominated Ian Charleson Award (2005)
Tonbridge School (MH 1996-2001):
Henry IV Part 1, Hal (directed by Jonathan Smith and Lawrence Thornbury)
Murder in the Cathedral, Beckett (directed by Jonathan Smith and Lawrence Thornbury)
Cabaret, Emcee (directed by Jonathan Smith and Lawrence Thornbury)
Macbeth, Macbeth
Film and TV
Shallow
Downton Abbey series 3 (2012)(TV), Matthew Crawley
New Order (release date unknown)
Summer in February (release date unknown), Gilbert Evans
The North London Book of the Dead (2012), Speaker
Vamps (2012), Joey Van Helsing
Babysitting (2011), Spencer
Downton Abbey series 2 (2011)(TV), Matthew Crawley
Downton Abbey series 1 (2010)(TV), Matthew Crawley
The Turn of the Screw (2009)(TV), Dr Fisher
Hilde (2009), David Cameron
Sense and Sensibility (2008)(TV), Edward Ferrars
Maxwell (2007)(TV), Basil Brookes
Marple: Nemesis (2007)(TV), Michael Faber
Dracula (2006)(TV), Lord Holmwood
The Line of Beauty (2006)(TV), Nick Guest
Switch (short film)
Frankenstein (2004)(TV), Henry
The Lost Genius (TV), Nicholas Gimcrack
Blow (short film), Chris
Radio
Portrait of Winston (September 2011), BBC Radio 4, Graham Sutherland
Widowers' Houses (July 2011), BBC Radio 3, Harry Trench
A Thousand Kisses (April 2011), BBC Radio 3, Gaius Catullus
The Secret Pilgrim episode 1 (June 2010), BBC Radio 4, Ben Cavendish
The Custom of the Country (January 2010), BBC Radio 4, Ralph Marvell
Guilty Until Proved Innocent (December 2009), BBC Radio 4, Jake
The Lady of the Camellias (February 2009), BBC Radio 4, Duval
Orley Farm (December 2008-January 2009), BBC Radio 4, Peregrine Orme
Dickens Confidential series 2 (June-July 2008), BBC Radio 4, Charles Dickens
The Tennis Court (January 2008), BBC Radio 4, Sam Greenwood
A Question of Attribution (September 2006), BBC Radio 4, Phillips
Audio
The Cradle of the Snake (September 2010), Big Finish, Rick ausGarten
Narration - radio
The Old Ways (July 2012), BBC Radio 4
Something Understood (2011), BBC Radio 4
The Spying Game "The Living Daylights" (October 2011), BBC Radio 4 Extra
Face it "Together" (September 2011), BBC Radio 4
Words and Music "Money" (February 2011), BBC Radio 3
A Short History of Vampires "Dracula's Guest" (February 2011), BBC Radio 7
Readings from the King James Bible (January 2011), BBC Radio 4
- Episode 1 "Sodom and Gomorrah"
- Episode 6 "Entry into Jerusalem"
EM Forster Short Stories "The Story of the Siren" (April 2010), BBC Radio 4
The Coral Thief (January 2010), BBC Radio 4
The Music Room (April 2009), BBC Radio 4
The Josephine Hart Poetry Programme episode 1 (April 2008), BBC Radio 4
Narration - audiobooks
Casino Royale, Ian Fleming (2012)
The Invisible Ones, Stef Penney (2011)
The Midnight Palace, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2011)
History of a Pleasure Seeker, Richard Mason (2011)
My Dear I Wanted to Tell You, Louisa Young (2011)
Scorpia Rising, Anthony Horowitz (2011)
Young Sherlock Holmes 2: Red Leech, Andrew Lane (2010)
Fall of Giants, Ken Follett (2010)
Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud, Andrew Lane (2010)
Blueeyed Boy, Joanne Harris (2010)
The Prince of Mist, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2010)
War Horse, Michael Morpurgo (2010)
Crocodile Tears, Anthony Horowitz (2009)
Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel (2009)
A Week in December, Sebastian Faulks (2009)
The Angel's Game, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2009)
The Dragon Diary, Dugald A. Steer (2009) cd|download
The Outcast, Sadie Jones (2008)
Day, A.L. Kennedy (2008)
Snakehead, Anthony Horowitz (2007)
Die with Me, Elena Forbes (2007)
Strike Back, Chris Ryan (2007)
The Dragon's Eye, Dugald A. Steer (2007)
Narration - TV
The Making of Planet Earth (2012)
Narration - other
Jubilee Lines (2012)
The Poetry App (2012)
Citizens: A Manifesto (2011)
Ladybird Fairytales "Jack and the Beanstalk" (2010)
Carte Noire (2009)
World War I poetry (November 2008)
Voiceover samples
Commercials
Narration
Other
Guest appearances/talks
That Sunday Night Show (ITV, January 2012)
Front Row (BBC Radio 4, December 2011)
Private Passions (BBC Radio 3, December 2011)
Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 25 November 2011)
BBC Review Show (BBC2, October 2011)
BBC Breakfast (BBC1, September 2011)
Test Match Special (BBC Radio Five Live, August 2011)
BBC Review Show (BBC2, April 2011)
V&A (with Andrew Davies, June 2008)
Performances/readings
Silence in the Square (November 2011)
Josephine Hart poetry week (June 2011)
Beyond Frankenstein: Josephine Hart presents Romantic Poetry (April 2011)
Comic Relief (March 2011)
Celebrating Creativity at Tonbridge School (February 2011)
Josephine Hart poetry: British Library (January 2011)
Ronna and Beverly Show (December 2010 & January 2011)
The Story of Christmas (December 2010)
Josephine Hart poetry: British Library (October 2009)
Mine for Eternity (October 2008)
Cries from the Heart (June 2008)
Josephine Hart poetry: Edinburgh Book Festival (August 2007)
Cries from the Heart (June 2007)
Josephine Hart poetry: Hay Festival (May 2007)
The Story of Christmas (December 2006)
Writing
"My Week", Telegraph, 18 March 2012
"My Week", Telegraph, 21 February 2012
"My Week", Telegraph, 24 January 2012
"Bloodlust on Safari", The Junket, Issue Two (9 January 2012)
"My Week", Telegraph, 18 December 2011
"My Week", Telegraph, 20 November 2011
"My Week", Telegraph, 22 October 2011
"My Best Teacher", TES, 9 September 2011
"Men need feminism as well" (review of How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran), The Times, 6 June 2011
Uncategorised
Fashion 2012 Menswear Committee (2012)
Authors' Cricket Club
Man Booker Prize, Judge (2012)
BT London Storyteller (2012)
UK Coffee Week (April 2011)
Blog info
[updated 3 November]
About
I started Spiffy Jellybean in 2006 to share information about wonderfully talented people such as actors, and to a lesser extent, writers and directors; and to post random summaries of entertainment news. This blog is a non-commercial, independent project that is not sanctioned by any creatives or their representatives.
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Resources
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About
I started Spiffy Jellybean in 2006 to share information about wonderfully talented people such as actors, and to a lesser extent, writers and directors; and to post random summaries of entertainment news. This blog is a non-commercial, independent project that is not sanctioned by any creatives or their representatives.
Disclaimer
To the best of my knowledge, credit has been given to information and media in the blog.
Media has been used for non-commercial purposes under the Fair Use Act. If you hold the copyright for any of the media posted and believe infringement has occurred, please contact me and the item/s will be removed immediately.
Also, I am not responsible for the content of external sites I have linked to.
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Samuel West - Film - Shrink
[updated 19 March 2011]
britfilms|bengooder.com*|IMDB|Hopscotch Films
Film festival screenings, 2003
Portobello [link]
Ojai [link]
Raindance [link]
Kinofilm [link]
Ourense [link]
Screencaps
Click thumbnails for full size
*click on the picture at the bottom of the page to view the film
britfilms|bengooder.com*|IMDB|Hopscotch Films
Film festival screenings, 2003
Portobello [link]
Ojai [link]
Raindance [link]
Kinofilm [link]
Ourense [link]
Screencaps
Click thumbnails for full size
*click on the picture at the bottom of the page to view the film
Entertainment news
- SAG award results [link]
- William Monahan (writer, The Departed) will make his directorial debut in London Boulevard, starring Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley [link]
- An Education:
- Carey Mulligan interview from Baz Bamigboye's Daily Mail column [link]
- The film won two awards at Sundance - Audience, world cinema drama; Cinematography, world cinema drama [link]
- UK film production has decreased [link]
- Oscar nominations [link]
- Meryl Streep interview [link]
- Article about Edgar Allan Poe's influence on cinema [link]
- Gossip Girl:
- Interview with Bill Nighy and Eddie Izzard from Radio 1 [link]
- Costume design in Mad Men [link]
Monday 26 January 2009
Charles Edwards
[updated 19 March 2016]
Charles as Michael Quince in Pravda
Conway Van Gelder Grant|Sue Terry Voices|IMDB|Wikipedia|Twitter
Theatre
Waste (November 2015-March 2016), National Theatre, Henry Trebell
Richard II (July-October 2015), The Globe, Richard II
Blithe Spirit (December 2014-March 2015), North American tour, Charles Condomine
I Went to a Marvellous Party (June 2014), Cafe de Paris
Blithe Spirit (March-June 2014), Gielgud Theatre, Charles Condomine
50 Years on Stage - extract from Pravda (November 2013), National Theatre, Michael Quince
Strange Interlude (June-September 2013), National Theatre (Lyttelton), Charles Marsden
- Clarence Derwent Award
This House (September-December 2012 and February-April 2013), National Theatre (Cottesloe and Olivier), Bernard Weatherill
The King's Speech (February-May 2012), tour, King George VI
Happy Days in the Art World (October-November 2011), tour (Tramway and Skirball Center), Me
Much Ado About Nothing (May-October 2011), Globe Theatre, Benedick
Twelfth Night (January-March 2011), National Theatre, Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Wanderlust (September-October 2010), Royal Court Theatre, Stephen Moore
A Midsummer Night's Dream (February-March 2010), Rose Theatre Kingston, Oberon
The Apple Cart (July-August 2009), Theatre Royal Bath, King Magnus
The Browning Version (June-September 2009), Theatre Royal Bath and tour (Malvern Theatres, Kingston Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru), Frank Hunter
Where There's a Will (February-April 2009), English Touring Theatre, Ribadier
The Devil's Disciple [reading] (May 2008), The Players, Rev. Anthony Anderson
The 39 Steps (January-July 2008), American Airlines Theatre, Cort Theatre, Richard Hannay
The 39 Steps (September-October 2007), Huntington Theatre Company, Richard Hannay
The 39 Steps (September 2006-April 2007), Criterion Theatre, Richard Hannay
The 39 Steps (August-September 2006), Tricycle Theatre, Richard Hannay
Hay Fever (April-August 2006), Theatre Royal Haymarket, Sandy Tyrrell
Much Ado About Nothing (June-August 2005), Theatre Royal Bath, Don Pedro
Private Lives (June-August 2005), Theatre Royal Bath, Victor
Twelfth Night (October-November 2004), Bristol Old Vic, Orsino
Portugal [reading] (June 2004), National Theatre, Nick
John Bull's Other Island (September-October 2003), Tricycle Theatre, Tom Broadbent
The Duchess of Malfi (January-May 2003), National Theatre, Antonio
All My Sons (July-October 2000, July-September 2001), National Theatre, George
Making Noise Quietly (January-April 2000), tour
Our Betters (August-September 1997), Chichester Festival Theatre, Fleming Harvey
The Merchant of Venice (February-March 1997), Birmingham Rep, Bassanio
The Heidi Chronicles (August-October 1996), Greenwich Theatre, Peter Patrone
Beethoven's Tenth (May-July 1996), Chichester Festival Theatre
French Without Tears (November-December 1995), Watford Theatre, Kit Neilan
The Letter (September-October 1995), Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
The Importance of Being Earnest (March-June 1995), English Touring Theatre, Algernon Moncrieff
As You Like It (September-November 1994), English Touring Theatre, Orlando
The Winslow Boy (1994), Plymouth Theatre Royal, tour, The Globe
Trios (July-August 1993), Riverside Studios
Mr Cinders (December 1992-February 1993), Kings Head Theatre
Blithe Spirit (1992), ?, Charles Condomine
Film and TV
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), Fielding
Arthur & George (2015)(TV), Alfred 'Woodie' Wood
Ripper Street series 3, episode 6, "The Incontrovertible Truth"(2014)(TV), Lord Montacute
Trying Again (2014)(TV), Ian
A Young Doctor's Notebook series 2 episodes 2-4 (2013)(TV), The Colonel
Downton Abbey series 4 episodes 1-4 (2013)(TV), Michael Gregson
Philomena (2013), David
Diana (2013), Patrick Jephson
Playhouse Presents "Stage Door Johnnies" (2013)(TV)
Downton Abbey series 3 episodes 7-9 (2012)(TV), Michael Gregson
Holy Flying Circus (2011)(TV), Michael Palin
Waking the Dead series 9 episodes 1-2 "Harbinger" (2011)(TV), Donald Rees
Midsomer Murders "Blood Wedding" (2008)(TV), Ned Fitzroy
Mistresses series 1 episodes 5-6 (2008)(TV), Paul Malloy
The All Together (2007), Marcus Craigie-Halkett
The Shell Seekers (2006)(TV), Noel
Batman Begins (2005), Wayne Enterprises Executive
Colditz (2005)(TV), Ellways, MI9 Officer
Monarch of the Glen series 4 episode 4 (2002)(TV), David Fraser
Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)(TV), David - Edward VIII
Murder Rooms (2001)(TV), Arthur Conan Doyle
Relative Values (2000), Phillip Bateman-Tobias
Longitude (2000)(TV), Lt. Seward
Mansfield Park (1999), Yates
An Ideal Husband (1999), Jack in stage production of The Importance of Being Earnest
Yellow Fever (1998)
Coming Home episode 1 (1998)(TV), Rupert
In Your Dreams (1997)(TV), Waiter
Loved Up (1995) (TV), Nigel Bennet
Rumpole of the Bailey "Rumpole and the Family Pride" (1992)(TV), Police Officer
Radio
Words and Music "Northern Lights: The North Pole" (December 2015), BBC Radio 3
Matchbox Theatre (November-December 2015), BBC Radio 4, various
Double Acts episode 1 "A Flock of Tigers" (October 2015), BBC Radio 4, Edmund
Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully series 2 (October-November 2014), BBC Radio 4, Field Commander Uljabaan
Words and Music "Strauss' Library" (June 2014), BBC Radio 3
Silk: The Clerks' Room "Bethany" (April 2014), BBC Radio 4, Mr Lewis
Imo and Ben (June 2013), BBC Radio 3, Lord Harewood
Mrs Updike (February 2013), BBC Radio 3, John Updike
Dracula (October 2012), BBC Radio 4, Dr Seward
Betrayal (July 2012), BBC Radio 4, Robert
Publish and Be Damn'd: The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson (June 2012), BBC Radio 4, Ponsonby/Melbourne
Sea Change (January 2012), BBC Radio 4, Harold Nicolson
Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities (April 2011), BBC Radio 4, Doleful
Different Planes (February 2004), BBC Radio 4, Jack Wyman
Our Betters (February 1998), BBC Radio 4, Fleming Harvey
Training
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduated 1992
- Do I Hear A Waltz? (June-July 1992), Barbican Theatre, Mr McIlhenny
National Youth Music Theatre 1988-1990
Other
The Mono Box
Charles as Michael Quince in Pravda
Conway Van Gelder Grant|Sue Terry Voices|IMDB|Wikipedia|Twitter
Upcoming project
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), Fielding
Theatre
Waste (November 2015-March 2016), National Theatre, Henry Trebell
Richard II (July-October 2015), The Globe, Richard II
Blithe Spirit (December 2014-March 2015), North American tour, Charles Condomine
I Went to a Marvellous Party (June 2014), Cafe de Paris
Blithe Spirit (March-June 2014), Gielgud Theatre, Charles Condomine
50 Years on Stage - extract from Pravda (November 2013), National Theatre, Michael Quince
Strange Interlude (June-September 2013), National Theatre (Lyttelton), Charles Marsden
- Clarence Derwent Award
This House (September-December 2012 and February-April 2013), National Theatre (Cottesloe and Olivier), Bernard Weatherill
The King's Speech (February-May 2012), tour, King George VI
Happy Days in the Art World (October-November 2011), tour (Tramway and Skirball Center), Me
Much Ado About Nothing (May-October 2011), Globe Theatre, Benedick
Twelfth Night (January-March 2011), National Theatre, Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Wanderlust (September-October 2010), Royal Court Theatre, Stephen Moore
A Midsummer Night's Dream (February-March 2010), Rose Theatre Kingston, Oberon
The Apple Cart (July-August 2009), Theatre Royal Bath, King Magnus
The Browning Version (June-September 2009), Theatre Royal Bath and tour (Malvern Theatres, Kingston Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru), Frank Hunter
Where There's a Will (February-April 2009), English Touring Theatre, Ribadier
The Devil's Disciple [reading] (May 2008), The Players, Rev. Anthony Anderson
The 39 Steps (January-July 2008), American Airlines Theatre, Cort Theatre, Richard Hannay
The 39 Steps (September-October 2007), Huntington Theatre Company, Richard Hannay
The 39 Steps (September 2006-April 2007), Criterion Theatre, Richard Hannay
The 39 Steps (August-September 2006), Tricycle Theatre, Richard Hannay
Hay Fever (April-August 2006), Theatre Royal Haymarket, Sandy Tyrrell
Much Ado About Nothing (June-August 2005), Theatre Royal Bath, Don Pedro
Private Lives (June-August 2005), Theatre Royal Bath, Victor
Twelfth Night (October-November 2004), Bristol Old Vic, Orsino
Portugal [reading] (June 2004), National Theatre, Nick
John Bull's Other Island (September-October 2003), Tricycle Theatre, Tom Broadbent
The Duchess of Malfi (January-May 2003), National Theatre, Antonio
All My Sons (July-October 2000, July-September 2001), National Theatre, George
Making Noise Quietly (January-April 2000), tour
Our Betters (August-September 1997), Chichester Festival Theatre, Fleming Harvey
The Merchant of Venice (February-March 1997), Birmingham Rep, Bassanio
The Heidi Chronicles (August-October 1996), Greenwich Theatre, Peter Patrone
Beethoven's Tenth (May-July 1996), Chichester Festival Theatre
French Without Tears (November-December 1995), Watford Theatre, Kit Neilan
The Letter (September-October 1995), Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
The Importance of Being Earnest (March-June 1995), English Touring Theatre, Algernon Moncrieff
As You Like It (September-November 1994), English Touring Theatre, Orlando
The Winslow Boy (1994), Plymouth Theatre Royal, tour, The Globe
Trios (July-August 1993), Riverside Studios
Mr Cinders (December 1992-February 1993), Kings Head Theatre
Blithe Spirit (1992), ?, Charles Condomine
Film and TV
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), Fielding
Arthur & George (2015)(TV), Alfred 'Woodie' Wood
Ripper Street series 3, episode 6, "The Incontrovertible Truth"(2014)(TV), Lord Montacute
Trying Again (2014)(TV), Ian
A Young Doctor's Notebook series 2 episodes 2-4 (2013)(TV), The Colonel
Downton Abbey series 4 episodes 1-4 (2013)(TV), Michael Gregson
Philomena (2013), David
Diana (2013), Patrick Jephson
Playhouse Presents "Stage Door Johnnies" (2013)(TV)
Downton Abbey series 3 episodes 7-9 (2012)(TV), Michael Gregson
Holy Flying Circus (2011)(TV), Michael Palin
Waking the Dead series 9 episodes 1-2 "Harbinger" (2011)(TV), Donald Rees
Midsomer Murders "Blood Wedding" (2008)(TV), Ned Fitzroy
Mistresses series 1 episodes 5-6 (2008)(TV), Paul Malloy
The All Together (2007), Marcus Craigie-Halkett
The Shell Seekers (2006)(TV), Noel
Batman Begins (2005), Wayne Enterprises Executive
Colditz (2005)(TV), Ellways, MI9 Officer
Monarch of the Glen series 4 episode 4 (2002)(TV), David Fraser
Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)(TV), David - Edward VIII
Murder Rooms (2001)(TV), Arthur Conan Doyle
Relative Values (2000), Phillip Bateman-Tobias
Longitude (2000)(TV), Lt. Seward
Mansfield Park (1999), Yates
An Ideal Husband (1999), Jack in stage production of The Importance of Being Earnest
Yellow Fever (1998)
Coming Home episode 1 (1998)(TV), Rupert
In Your Dreams (1997)(TV), Waiter
Loved Up (1995) (TV), Nigel Bennet
Rumpole of the Bailey "Rumpole and the Family Pride" (1992)(TV), Police Officer
Radio
Words and Music "Northern Lights: The North Pole" (December 2015), BBC Radio 3
Matchbox Theatre (November-December 2015), BBC Radio 4, various
Double Acts episode 1 "A Flock of Tigers" (October 2015), BBC Radio 4, Edmund
Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully series 2 (October-November 2014), BBC Radio 4, Field Commander Uljabaan
Words and Music "Strauss' Library" (June 2014), BBC Radio 3
Silk: The Clerks' Room "Bethany" (April 2014), BBC Radio 4, Mr Lewis
Imo and Ben (June 2013), BBC Radio 3, Lord Harewood
Mrs Updike (February 2013), BBC Radio 3, John Updike
Dracula (October 2012), BBC Radio 4, Dr Seward
Betrayal (July 2012), BBC Radio 4, Robert
Publish and Be Damn'd: The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson (June 2012), BBC Radio 4, Ponsonby/Melbourne
Sea Change (January 2012), BBC Radio 4, Harold Nicolson
Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities (April 2011), BBC Radio 4, Doleful
Different Planes (February 2004), BBC Radio 4, Jack Wyman
Our Betters (February 1998), BBC Radio 4, Fleming Harvey
Training
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduated 1992
- Do I Hear A Waltz? (June-July 1992), Barbican Theatre, Mr McIlhenny
National Youth Music Theatre 1988-1990
Other
The Mono Box
Samuel West - Radio - High Table, Lower Orders
High Table, Lower Orders is being repeated on BBC7 starting from today. [link]
Sunday 25 January 2009
Saturday 24 January 2009
Friday 23 January 2009
Rosamund Pike
Rosamund will be a celebrity ambassador for Barnardo's. Yesterday she visited the charity's headquarters in Essex. The Duchess of Cornwall was also present. [link]
Pictures
Getty. #84403474, #84403479
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Getty. #84403474, #84403479
Rex Features. 840217m, 840217q, 840217r, 840217s, 840217aj, 840217ak
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Samuel West - Theatre - Richard II
[updated 19 March 2011]
Richard II by William Shakespeare
RSC, directed by Steven Pimlott
The Other Place (Stratford) 28 March-5 October 2000; Barbican Theatre (London) 19 December 2000-17 April 2001
Reviews
Curtain Up
"...his [Sam's] performance as Richard II is mesmerising and mature..."
International Herald Tribune
"...Samuel West's compulsive, compelling, indecisive king..."
divento
"...Samuel West has the rare talent of making one fall a little in love with whatever character he is playing. Here, his King Richard is not intrinsically feeble or unbalanced, but a young man with a similarly young court circle who simply proves too light for the well orchestrated plans of David Troughton's Machiavellian Bolingbroke..."
The Guardian
"...Compact with irony and intelligence, it is a performance that augurs well for West's Stratford Hamlet..."
The Herald
"...Shorn of narcissism or self-pity, West's superbly gauged performance is both wise and weak, sardonic and lyrical, now regal, now everyman..."
Financial Times
"...Sam West's performance as Richard is marvellous in its blend of intelligence and modesty. He seems almost to make himself transparent in his effort to reveal the play, the character, the lines - and yet he has natural authority. In the simplest, surest brushstrokes, he shows us the essence of each speech, each scene..."
The Observer
"... [Sam] is a crisp, intelligent and original Richard..."
Interviews
The Independent "History in every word", 12 March 2000
Coventry Evening Telegraph "I'll never bore of the Bard", 24 March 2000
Evening Mail "Sam keeps it in the family", 24 March 2000
Birmingham Post "Divine role being cast as Richard II", 28 March 2000
Pictures
RSC/Manuel Harlan 1|2|3
Arenapal. arp1017008, arp1017018-arp1017021, arp1017027, arp1017030, arp1017031, 0261676-0261678, 0243370
Corbis. RJ002878
AHDS (via samuel_daily) [link]
Other
Smallwood, Robert (ed.) (2007), Players of Shakespeare 6: Essays in the Performance of Shakespeare's History Plays, 1st edn, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. "King Richard II" (pp. 85-99) - essay by Sam
The Guardian "New trainers or a theatre ticket? Expensive choice", 9 July 2000 - article by Sam about theatre written while the play was in rep at Stratford
The Observer "To play the kings", 8 April 2001
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Richard II by William Shakespeare
RSC, directed by Steven Pimlott
The Other Place (Stratford) 28 March-5 October 2000; Barbican Theatre (London) 19 December 2000-17 April 2001
Reviews
Curtain Up
"...his [Sam's] performance as Richard II is mesmerising and mature..."
International Herald Tribune
"...Samuel West's compulsive, compelling, indecisive king..."
divento
"...Samuel West has the rare talent of making one fall a little in love with whatever character he is playing. Here, his King Richard is not intrinsically feeble or unbalanced, but a young man with a similarly young court circle who simply proves too light for the well orchestrated plans of David Troughton's Machiavellian Bolingbroke..."
The Guardian
"...Compact with irony and intelligence, it is a performance that augurs well for West's Stratford Hamlet..."
The Herald
"...Shorn of narcissism or self-pity, West's superbly gauged performance is both wise and weak, sardonic and lyrical, now regal, now everyman..."
Financial Times
"...Sam West's performance as Richard is marvellous in its blend of intelligence and modesty. He seems almost to make himself transparent in his effort to reveal the play, the character, the lines - and yet he has natural authority. In the simplest, surest brushstrokes, he shows us the essence of each speech, each scene..."
The Observer
"... [Sam] is a crisp, intelligent and original Richard..."
Interviews
The Independent "History in every word", 12 March 2000
Coventry Evening Telegraph "I'll never bore of the Bard", 24 March 2000
Evening Mail "Sam keeps it in the family", 24 March 2000
Birmingham Post "Divine role being cast as Richard II", 28 March 2000
Pictures
RSC/Manuel Harlan 1|2|3
Arenapal. arp1017008, arp1017018-arp1017021, arp1017027, arp1017030, arp1017031, 0261676-0261678, 0243370
Corbis. RJ002878
AHDS (via samuel_daily) [link]
Other
Smallwood, Robert (ed.) (2007), Players of Shakespeare 6: Essays in the Performance of Shakespeare's History Plays, 1st edn, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. "King Richard II" (pp. 85-99) - essay by Sam
The Guardian "New trainers or a theatre ticket? Expensive choice", 9 July 2000 - article by Sam about theatre written while the play was in rep at Stratford
The Observer "To play the kings", 8 April 2001
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Thursday 22 January 2009
Entertainment news
- Lovely interview from Flavorwire with Adam Elliot and Melanie Coombs about Mary & Max, which opened Sundance [link]
- Casting update for Ghost, directed by Roman Polanski [link]
- Ricky Gervais on Inside the Actor's Studio [link]
- Article about the Berlin Film Festival jury, which will be presided over by Tilda Swinton [link]
- Sony Pictures Classics has picked up North American and select Latin American rights to An Education, starring Carey Mulligan, Dominic Cooper and Rosamund Pike [link]
- Tilda Swinton will feature on Patrick Wolf's upcoming album [link]
- Southern Star has been sold to Endemol [link]
- Kate Winslet interview from Radio 1 [link]
- Jason Isaacs, Catherine McCormack and Derek Jacobi will star in the BBC Radio's sci fi season (via The Medium is Not Enough) [link]
- Article about Alfred Hitchcock's cameos in his films [link]
- Some Sundance portraits [link]
- Interview with Gus van Sant [link]
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Wednesday 21 January 2009
Rebecca Hall - Television - Red Riding trilogy
A nice mention of Rebecca (and the marvellous Andrew Garfield) in an article about a promo screening for Channel 4's Red Riding trilogy from TV Scoop:
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"...there are sensitive moments between Garfield (who really is excellent) and the mother of a kidnapped and murdered girl (Frost/Nixon's Rebecca Hall, a stand-out performance from her)..."
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Tuesday 20 January 2009
Samuel West - Theatre - Hamlet
[updated 19 March 2011]
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
RSC, directed by Steven Pimlott
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford: Previewed 31 March 2001, Opened 2 May 2001, Closed 13 October 2001
Barbican Theatre in London: Previewed 6 December 2001, Opened 11 December 2001, Closed 2 April 2002
Reviews
Theater Pro
"...West looks every inch the Prince of Denmark as detailed in the text itself: slight of build (unlike Hercules) yet athletic, meeting the demands of the action that calls for a climactic fencing match at the end. From his hunched-up angry son chastising his mother in his first scene, through the soliloquies (all there) with their moods varying from despair to self-reproach, to sensitivity to others’ suffering in 'this harsh world,' to realizing that 'the readiness is all,' West is Hamlet. He has the nobility as well as the youth and the agility the text calls for, and he can deliver the language, with the right rhythm, inflection, and music, so that his speeches are not only clear but also stunning in their effect..."
Online Review London
"...This is a fine Hamlet. It is played with a just a touch of understatement by Samuel West, an actor so genetically crammed with talent that his slightest gesture is an essay in the craft he follows. His Hamlet is indeed unlike Hercules, is indeed intellectual and sicklied over by thought; he is Hamlet as he should be – a doubting, troubled, self-accusing, wretchedly sad, intelligent Hamlet, who nevertheless has princely parts, as shown by the swift and natural reappearance of the manner proper to his station when confronted by those who trespass too far upon it, and by his skill with the foil when at last fighting becomes necessary. When Ophelia laments the overthrow of the "courtier's, soldier's, scholar's eye, tongue, sword" one can believe of Samuel West's Hamlet that he is indeed such a prince..."
BBC News
"A strong performance from Samuel West as Hamlet...West's dynamic performance draws a fine rhetorical flourish from each soliloquy, which appear surprisingly fresh despite our familiarity with them..."
Curtain Up
"...Sam West as the prince, or heir apparent to the chairman of the board in this case, is immensely likeable... West speaks the lines well and naturally with many an original interpretative resonance. His is an intelligent, underplayed Hamlet, with his madness barely noticeable. West uses the players' Priam/Pyrrhus play to bring to the surface his own doubts about the murder necessitated by vengeance..."
The Express
"...There's nothing much ambiguous about Sam West's Hamlet. He's a sleeves-up sort of prince, gun-happy, striding purposefully about the stage like the action man he could have been. He's also funny and no slouch in the big speeches - delivered from the hip with passion in that beguiling voice of his which has adorned a thousand BBC documentries..."
The Guardian
"...West's Hamlet, the believer turned sceptic, is mesmerising..."
Middlebury Campus
"...Samuel West played a refreshingly vibrant Hamlet. He also did a remarkable job of creating two different personas for the prince: one who spoke directly with the audience and with characters he trusted, and one for situations where he felt called to put on his 'antic disposition'..."
Theatre Guide London
"There is much to like in the Royal Shakespeare Company's new Hamlet, and most of it is called Samuel West. The attractive young star gives an excitingly natural and contemporary feel to the Danish prince...it is West's contemporary student Hamlet who absolutely dominates our attention, with totally realistic behaviour and the striking ability to make the oft-heard lines sound as if newly thought of at the moment..."
Evening Mail
"Sam West is a captivatingly anarchic Hamlet... [he] brings a swaggering, mischievous edge to the role..."
The Observer
"Sam West has proved his admirers right. It's long been obvious to them that he would be a penetrating Hamlet. And he is. Sceptical and precise, continually turning his insights to his own disadvantage, he's always riveting - and sometimes chilling..."
Shakespeare Newsletter
"...the cornerstone of any production of Hamlet is its prince, and Samuel West is the ideal prince for this production...West does much more than capture the rootlessness and post-adolescent angst disturbing many contemporary young men. His Hamlet is confronted by metaphysical enigmas, tortured by his thwarted love for Ophelia, disturbed by guilt, betrayed by Gertrude, and stung by a sense of life's grim apparent absurdity. In other words, West is equal to the role and embodies much of its essence..."
Interviews
whatsonstage.com (the websites Sam mentions in the interview have moved; The International Dialects of English Archive is here and The Surrey Stick Figure Theatre of Death is here)
Telegraph [link]
The Guardian "That Hamlet moment", 28 March 2001
The Independent "How Do I Look?", 14 April 2001
The Northern Echo "Let four captains bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage", 11 October 2001
Evening Standard "The best in the West", 6 December 2001
Pictures
RSC/Manuel Harlan 1|2|3|4|5|6
Lebrecht/Tristram Kenton. 00098623-00098642
Arenapal. arp1025767, arp1025769, arp1025772, arp1025774, arp1025777, arp1025778, arp1025779, arp1025780
Corbis. RJ002877
Photographers Direct 1|2|3|4|5|6|7
Other
Dobson, Michael (ed.) (2006), Performing Shakespeare's Tragedies Today: The Actor's Perspective, 1st edn, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. "Hamlet" (pp. 41-56) - the essay, which is very interesting, is an edited transcript of an interview with Sam conducted in 2001 by Abigail Rokison.
Independent on Sunday "Diction impossible - no accent too tough", 8 April 2001
The Telegraph "How to Play Hamlet", 28 April 2001
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Hamlet by William Shakespeare
RSC, directed by Steven Pimlott
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford: Previewed 31 March 2001, Opened 2 May 2001, Closed 13 October 2001
Barbican Theatre in London: Previewed 6 December 2001, Opened 11 December 2001, Closed 2 April 2002
Reviews
Theater Pro
"...West looks every inch the Prince of Denmark as detailed in the text itself: slight of build (unlike Hercules) yet athletic, meeting the demands of the action that calls for a climactic fencing match at the end. From his hunched-up angry son chastising his mother in his first scene, through the soliloquies (all there) with their moods varying from despair to self-reproach, to sensitivity to others’ suffering in 'this harsh world,' to realizing that 'the readiness is all,' West is Hamlet. He has the nobility as well as the youth and the agility the text calls for, and he can deliver the language, with the right rhythm, inflection, and music, so that his speeches are not only clear but also stunning in their effect..."
Online Review London
"...This is a fine Hamlet. It is played with a just a touch of understatement by Samuel West, an actor so genetically crammed with talent that his slightest gesture is an essay in the craft he follows. His Hamlet is indeed unlike Hercules, is indeed intellectual and sicklied over by thought; he is Hamlet as he should be – a doubting, troubled, self-accusing, wretchedly sad, intelligent Hamlet, who nevertheless has princely parts, as shown by the swift and natural reappearance of the manner proper to his station when confronted by those who trespass too far upon it, and by his skill with the foil when at last fighting becomes necessary. When Ophelia laments the overthrow of the "courtier's, soldier's, scholar's eye, tongue, sword" one can believe of Samuel West's Hamlet that he is indeed such a prince..."
BBC News
"A strong performance from Samuel West as Hamlet...West's dynamic performance draws a fine rhetorical flourish from each soliloquy, which appear surprisingly fresh despite our familiarity with them..."
Curtain Up
"...Sam West as the prince, or heir apparent to the chairman of the board in this case, is immensely likeable... West speaks the lines well and naturally with many an original interpretative resonance. His is an intelligent, underplayed Hamlet, with his madness barely noticeable. West uses the players' Priam/Pyrrhus play to bring to the surface his own doubts about the murder necessitated by vengeance..."
The Express
"...There's nothing much ambiguous about Sam West's Hamlet. He's a sleeves-up sort of prince, gun-happy, striding purposefully about the stage like the action man he could have been. He's also funny and no slouch in the big speeches - delivered from the hip with passion in that beguiling voice of his which has adorned a thousand BBC documentries..."
The Guardian
"...West's Hamlet, the believer turned sceptic, is mesmerising..."
Middlebury Campus
"...Samuel West played a refreshingly vibrant Hamlet. He also did a remarkable job of creating two different personas for the prince: one who spoke directly with the audience and with characters he trusted, and one for situations where he felt called to put on his 'antic disposition'..."
Theatre Guide London
"There is much to like in the Royal Shakespeare Company's new Hamlet, and most of it is called Samuel West. The attractive young star gives an excitingly natural and contemporary feel to the Danish prince...it is West's contemporary student Hamlet who absolutely dominates our attention, with totally realistic behaviour and the striking ability to make the oft-heard lines sound as if newly thought of at the moment..."
Evening Mail
"Sam West is a captivatingly anarchic Hamlet... [he] brings a swaggering, mischievous edge to the role..."
The Observer
"Sam West has proved his admirers right. It's long been obvious to them that he would be a penetrating Hamlet. And he is. Sceptical and precise, continually turning his insights to his own disadvantage, he's always riveting - and sometimes chilling..."
Shakespeare Newsletter
"...the cornerstone of any production of Hamlet is its prince, and Samuel West is the ideal prince for this production...West does much more than capture the rootlessness and post-adolescent angst disturbing many contemporary young men. His Hamlet is confronted by metaphysical enigmas, tortured by his thwarted love for Ophelia, disturbed by guilt, betrayed by Gertrude, and stung by a sense of life's grim apparent absurdity. In other words, West is equal to the role and embodies much of its essence..."
Interviews
whatsonstage.com (the websites Sam mentions in the interview have moved; The International Dialects of English Archive is here and The Surrey Stick Figure Theatre of Death is here)
Telegraph [link]
The Guardian "That Hamlet moment", 28 March 2001
The Independent "How Do I Look?", 14 April 2001
The Northern Echo "Let four captains bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage", 11 October 2001
Evening Standard "The best in the West", 6 December 2001
Pictures
RSC/Manuel Harlan 1|2|3|4|5|6
Lebrecht/Tristram Kenton. 00098623-00098642
Arenapal. arp1025767, arp1025769, arp1025772, arp1025774, arp1025777, arp1025778, arp1025779, arp1025780
Corbis. RJ002877
Photographers Direct 1|2|3|4|5|6|7
Other
Dobson, Michael (ed.) (2006), Performing Shakespeare's Tragedies Today: The Actor's Perspective, 1st edn, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. "Hamlet" (pp. 41-56) - the essay, which is very interesting, is an edited transcript of an interview with Sam conducted in 2001 by Abigail Rokison.
Independent on Sunday "Diction impossible - no accent too tough", 8 April 2001
The Telegraph "How to Play Hamlet", 28 April 2001
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Dan Stevens - Theatre - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
[updated 18 March 2011]
Reviews
musicomh
"...Strong support is provided by Bronagh Gallagher as a slightly ambiguous teacher, Bryony Hannah as her bewildered ward Sasha and Dan Stevens as a dangerously dithering doctor..."
West End Whingers
"...Good performances. Dan Stevens is very funny as the doctor..."
The Teenage Theatre Critic
"...The performances are pretty stunning across the board... Dan Stevens' conflicted doctor was constantly amusing..."
The Guardian
"...Joseph Millson (Alexander), Toby Jones (Ivanov) and Dan Stevens (a violin-playing doctor) perform with perfect pitch in a play that brilliantly counters Soviet iron with Stoppardian irony, and shows the terrors of living in an orchestrated society."
The Stage
"...Dan Stevens’ very funny turn as the doctor..."
Evening Standard
"...The performances by Joseph Millson, Toby Jones and Dan Stevens are pitch perfect..."
The Irish World
"...Dan Stevens ratchets up the humour, to great effect..."
International Herald Tribune
"...a violin-playing doctor; Dan Stevens is delicious in that part..."
Joe's Commonplace
"...Toby Jones, Dan Stevens and Joseph Millsom gave excellent performances and brought out the wit of Stoppard's script..."
Reviews
musicomh
"...Strong support is provided by Bronagh Gallagher as a slightly ambiguous teacher, Bryony Hannah as her bewildered ward Sasha and Dan Stevens as a dangerously dithering doctor..."
West End Whingers
"...Good performances. Dan Stevens is very funny as the doctor..."
The Teenage Theatre Critic
"...The performances are pretty stunning across the board... Dan Stevens' conflicted doctor was constantly amusing..."
The Guardian
"...Joseph Millson (Alexander), Toby Jones (Ivanov) and Dan Stevens (a violin-playing doctor) perform with perfect pitch in a play that brilliantly counters Soviet iron with Stoppardian irony, and shows the terrors of living in an orchestrated society."
The Stage
"...Dan Stevens’ very funny turn as the doctor..."
Evening Standard
"...The performances by Joseph Millson, Toby Jones and Dan Stevens are pitch perfect..."
The Irish World
"...Dan Stevens ratchets up the humour, to great effect..."
International Herald Tribune
"...a violin-playing doctor; Dan Stevens is delicious in that part..."
Joe's Commonplace
"...Toby Jones, Dan Stevens and Joseph Millsom gave excellent performances and brought out the wit of Stoppard's script..."
Monday 19 January 2009
Samuel West - Convention on Modern Liberty
Entertainment news
- Interviews with James McAvoy and Bill Nighy from the Times james|bill
- Matthew Weiner will continue to executive produce Mad Men, his deal with AMC was finalised a few days ago 1|2|3
- Rosamund Pike and Tilda Swinton have been included in Harper's Bazaar's Best Dressed List 2008 [link]
- Interview with David Hare from the Guardian [link]
- Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox have finally resolved their Watchmen dispute [link]
- Philip Seymour Hoffman will star in an adaptation of Jack Goes Boating. The film is also his directorial debut. [link]
- Interviews with Catherine Deneuve from the Times and the Guardian times|guardian
- More films have been added to the Berlinale program, including Cheri starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Friend, and The Electric Mist starring Tommy Lee Jones, Peter Sarsgaard and Kelly Macdonald [link]
- Article about Tessa Ross (executive producer, Slumdog Millionaire) [link]
- Michael Sheen interview from the Guardian [link]
- Hugh Bonneville will play Charity Wakefield's dad in Legally Mad [link]
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Sunday 18 January 2009
Rebecca Hall - Theatre - The Bridge Project - The Cherry Orchard
[updated 21 January]
Reviews
Columbia Spectator
"...Rebecca Hall delivers a luminous performance as Varya, whose awkward gait and stark beauty personify a painful struggle against solitude..."
The Canadian Press
"...Rebecca Hall plays this forlorn creature [Varya] with tremulous authority..."
New York Times
"...The quietly combustible Ms. Hall conveys the frustration of ultimately being neither family nor employee, a predicament that finally consumes the seemingly placid Varya, Ranevskaya’s adopted daughter..."
Bloomberg
"...The leads thrive. Sinead Cusack, infelicitous wig notwithstanding, is a properly profligate Liubov; Rebecca Hall, a touchingly troubled Varya; Paul Jesson a sublimely irresponsible Gaev; Simon Russell Beale a just sufficiently arriviste Lopakhin; and Ethan Hawke a not inordinately ineffectual Trofimov..."
Wall Street Journal
"...Mr. Beale, Ms. Cusack and Rebecca Hall all give great performances..."
New York Post
"...Rebecca Hall is deeply moving as Varya..."
Financial Times
"...the superbly doleful Rebecca Hall..."
Newsday
"...Rebecca Hall is especially haunting as Varya..."
Hollywood Reporter
"...Hall, whose ability to transform her stunning looks into that of the heartbroken, plain-Jane daughter qualifies as a special effect..."
AM New York
"...nuanced and compelling are Sinead Cusack, who portrays Ranevskaya as a childish diva too ignorant to comprehend her financial reality, and Rebecca Hall, showing maturity and real pain as the adopted daughter Varya..."
Article
NPR [link]
Pictures
Sara Krulwich [link]
Joan Marcus [link]
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Reviews
Columbia Spectator
"...Rebecca Hall delivers a luminous performance as Varya, whose awkward gait and stark beauty personify a painful struggle against solitude..."
The Canadian Press
"...Rebecca Hall plays this forlorn creature [Varya] with tremulous authority..."
New York Times
"...The quietly combustible Ms. Hall conveys the frustration of ultimately being neither family nor employee, a predicament that finally consumes the seemingly placid Varya, Ranevskaya’s adopted daughter..."
Bloomberg
"...The leads thrive. Sinead Cusack, infelicitous wig notwithstanding, is a properly profligate Liubov; Rebecca Hall, a touchingly troubled Varya; Paul Jesson a sublimely irresponsible Gaev; Simon Russell Beale a just sufficiently arriviste Lopakhin; and Ethan Hawke a not inordinately ineffectual Trofimov..."
Wall Street Journal
"...Mr. Beale, Ms. Cusack and Rebecca Hall all give great performances..."
New York Post
"...Rebecca Hall is deeply moving as Varya..."
Financial Times
"...the superbly doleful Rebecca Hall..."
Newsday
"...Rebecca Hall is especially haunting as Varya..."
Hollywood Reporter
"...Hall, whose ability to transform her stunning looks into that of the heartbroken, plain-Jane daughter qualifies as a special effect..."
AM New York
"...nuanced and compelling are Sinead Cusack, who portrays Ranevskaya as a childish diva too ignorant to comprehend her financial reality, and Rebecca Hall, showing maturity and real pain as the adopted daughter Varya..."
Article
NPR [link]
Pictures
Sara Krulwich [link]
Joan Marcus [link]
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Saturday 17 January 2009
Samuel West - Theatre - The Master and Margarita
[updated 19 March 2011: pictures removed]
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, adapted by Edward Kemp
Directed by Steven Pimlott
Minerva Theatre, Chichester
23 July - 24 September 2004
Reviews
IndieLondon
"...[the acting] is powerful, intense and well-disciplined, a tour-de-force of ensemble playing, led by Samuel West and [sic] Claire Holman, as the eponymous hero and heroine..."
The Stage
"...Samuel West makes a splendid Master, whose lack of confidence is apparent and who is counterbalanced by Clare Holman’s passion and determination as Margarita..."
The Telegraph
"...Samuel West powerfully captures the psychological breakdown of the tormented Master..."
The Independent
"...the depressed and unselfconfident Master (the excellent Sam West)..."
Sunday Telegraph
"...A strong cast is led by Sam West and Clare Holman as the hero and heroine - witty, sexy figures who are distinctly fallible but still embody the survival of decency in a dark world..."
Pictures
Rex [link]
Clare Park [link]
Mike Eddowes [link]
samuel_daily [link]
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, adapted by Edward Kemp
Directed by Steven Pimlott
Minerva Theatre, Chichester
23 July - 24 September 2004
Reviews
IndieLondon
"...[the acting] is powerful, intense and well-disciplined, a tour-de-force of ensemble playing, led by Samuel West and [sic] Claire Holman, as the eponymous hero and heroine..."
The Stage
"...Samuel West makes a splendid Master, whose lack of confidence is apparent and who is counterbalanced by Clare Holman’s passion and determination as Margarita..."
The Telegraph
"...Samuel West powerfully captures the psychological breakdown of the tormented Master..."
The Independent
"...the depressed and unselfconfident Master (the excellent Sam West)..."
Sunday Telegraph
"...A strong cast is led by Sam West and Clare Holman as the hero and heroine - witty, sexy figures who are distinctly fallible but still embody the survival of decency in a dark world..."
Pictures
Rex [link]
Clare Park [link]
Mike Eddowes [link]
samuel_daily [link]
Friday 16 January 2009
Samuel West - Opera - Cosi Fan Tutte
[updated 19 March 2011]
Così Fan Tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (translated by Jeremy Sams)
20 September - 11 October 2003
English National Opera, Barbican Theatre (London)
Nominated for Olivier Award (2004), Best Opera Revival
Reviews
The Observer
"...West's first opera production benefits as much from his innate theatrical sensibility as his considerable musical credentials. Three pot-plants, some lanterns and ingenious lighting effects are enough for him to create a vivid modern setting in which to explore Mozart's machinations in grippingly original style..."
The Spectator
"...directed with great skill and understanding by Samuel West..."
The Independent
"The touchstone for any director of Mozart's final collaboration with Lorenzo da Ponte is the end. This is the opera about a gruesome experiment on two sisters' fidelity by their fiances, who dress up for a bet and try to seduce them. The women decide they prefer each other's, but convention wants them back under the male thumb. A hasty papering over the cracks, so to speak, is what the 18th Century would have seen on stage. You can't seriously do that now. What, though? Some productions go for unhappy ever after; others allow a straight swap. Samuel West, directing opera for the first time, comes up with something more subtle...It's a wonderfully Shakespearean solution, true feelings set free by disguise, and the beauty is that it's all there in the text..."
Interviews
Independent on Sunday [link]
Official London Theatre Guide [link]
Guardian [link]
BBC Music Magazine interview|picture
Article
Excerpt from an interview with Victoria Simmonds (Dorabella):
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Così Fan Tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (translated by Jeremy Sams)
20 September - 11 October 2003
English National Opera, Barbican Theatre (London)
Reviews
The Observer
"...West's first opera production benefits as much from his innate theatrical sensibility as his considerable musical credentials. Three pot-plants, some lanterns and ingenious lighting effects are enough for him to create a vivid modern setting in which to explore Mozart's machinations in grippingly original style..."
The Spectator
"...directed with great skill and understanding by Samuel West..."
The Independent
"The touchstone for any director of Mozart's final collaboration with Lorenzo da Ponte is the end. This is the opera about a gruesome experiment on two sisters' fidelity by their fiances, who dress up for a bet and try to seduce them. The women decide they prefer each other's, but convention wants them back under the male thumb. A hasty papering over the cracks, so to speak, is what the 18th Century would have seen on stage. You can't seriously do that now. What, though? Some productions go for unhappy ever after; others allow a straight swap. Samuel West, directing opera for the first time, comes up with something more subtle...It's a wonderfully Shakespearean solution, true feelings set free by disguise, and the beauty is that it's all there in the text..."
Interviews
Independent on Sunday [link]
Official London Theatre Guide [link]
Guardian [link]
BBC Music Magazine interview|picture
Article
Excerpt from an interview with Victoria Simmonds (Dorabella):
"'...we did a lot of in-character improvisation. Usually you start with the idea of these couples being perfectly suited to each other, and conventionally in love, but that's not often the case in the real world, is it? So Sam threw in this idea that maybe everything isn't comfortable at the beginning, and when the boys do this terrible thing to their girlfriends, we cotton on to at least part of what's going on, and then it becomes a question of what you can get away with if someone lets you.
'It's real life, not a fairytale. We have this idea that there's one person out there who we are meant to be with for life, and maybe there is, but maybe it isn't the one you're with. People do live in denial, don't they? And they do have affairs: it's interesting that both Mozart and his wife were apparently having relationships with other people just before he wrote the opera. It must have had some effect.' West's production, she admits, offers 'quite a bizarre take on the story. We had this rule in rehearsal that if you didn't get what was going on, you put your hand up, and during Act II we were all sitting there with our hands up! But it really does work, and it's interesting to look for the conflicts and contradictions in the story.'"
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Bill Rafferty/musicweb-international
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