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My blog has quite a lot of posts about Samuel West (Julius Caesar, On Chesil Beach and Darkest Hour) and Charles Edwards (My Fair Lady Australian tour and Henry IX).

Monday 19 September 2011

Film - Anna Karenina. Film - The Big Year. BBC Radio.



(A glimpse of Rosamund Pike in the The Big Year trailer; and David Tennant and Kenneth Branagh discussing radio drama. Click these screencaps for 720p full size.)


Ruth Wilson has been cast in Anna Karenina, which will be directed by Joe Wright and will begin filming this month. The film's cast includes Keira Knightley, Kelly Macdonald and Matthew Macfadyen (Screen Daily).

Jason Isaacs has been interviewed for "My Secret Life" in the Independent. His responses cover things such as fashion, musicals and children.

Rosamund Pike features briefly in The Big Year trailer, which can be viewed at Apple (via firstshowing.net).

BBC Radio
  • The Life and Fate website links to pages where it will be available to download as a podcast, as well as related programs. The site's videos of David Tennant and Kenneth Branagh discussing the production and radio drama in general from can also be viewed on Youtube (via tennantnews).
  • Harriet Walter stars in the Drama on 3 Glass Chair Chair Glass 
  • Juliet Stevenson and Kenneth Cranham are the readers for Words and Music "Nine Lives"
  • Alex Jennings reads The Boys from Brazil

Monday 5 September 2011

Samuel West. Theatre - Close the Coalhouse Door. Radio - Life and Fate. Narration - From the Ridiculous to the Sublime. Narration - The Secret Letters. Film - Hyde Park on Hudson.

Sam will direct a revival of Close the Coalhouse Door. Following performances at Northern Stage next April, the production will then go on a national tour (Journal Live).

Sara Kestelman, John Sessions and Sam star in episode 5 of Life and Fate, the Afternoon Play "Journey". It will be broadcast on 20 September (BBC Press Office).

Tweets from Sam and conductor Nicholas Collon about From the Ridiculous to the Sublime:
"Doing a top gig at @kingsplace on 15th Sep with @auroraorchestra and Lara Melda, 2010 BBC Young Musician of the Year" (@exitthelemming, 2 September)
"Lovely cuppa with @exitthelemming to discuss reading Mozart letters on Sept 15th with @auroraorchestra. Legend. http://bit.ly/rmK8qC" (@nicholascollon, 26 August)

Sam has narrated Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters, which is available on 4oD for 18 more days (@exitthelemming).

Tweets from Sam about filming Hyde Park on Hudson have covered topics such as toenail cutting, filming on HD, degrees of separation to Alfred Hitchcock via Elizabeth Wilson (she was in The Birds and Notorious) and working with Bill Murray (1|2|3).