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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 18 August 2014

Charles Edwards - screencaps from Holy Flying Circus

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Sunday 10 August 2014

Samuel West - Bath Mozartfest, Mr Selfridge, Intelligence Squared

Sam will read poems about the First World War at the Bath Mozartfest on 9 November. Click here for tickets.

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This week, Sam tweeted a (relatively unspoilery) selfie from the set of Mr Selfridge.


Reading at Lights Out (click thumbnails for full size screencaps)

Recently, he has done readings relating to World War I. BBC Radio 3 uploaded a video of Sam reading an extract from Wilfred Owen’s "Anthem for Doomed Youth" at Lights Out on 4 August (via Gramophone).
He read three pieces by Siegfried Sassoon on Today (BBC Radio 4, 10 July): the censored and uncensored versions of his poem "Atrocities", as well as a letter about the poem.
He previously read the uncensored version of "Atrocities" at Peace in Our Time? a series of concerts at the Wormsley Estate on 6 July, featuring the Garsington Opera Orchestra (The Independent). Jessica Costelloe tweeted a picture of Sam in rehearsal with the Orchestra.

Sam narrated Henry V by Walton at the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester (30 July).

Intelligence Squared uploaded the debate Shakespeare vs Milton (22 June) on Youtube. These screencaps from the video feature Sam, Harriet Walter and Pippa Nixon (click thumbnails for full size).

Much Ado About Nothing



Julius Caesar


Macbeth



Othello


Paradise Lost



Q&A


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Sam received a Companionship from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) at a graduation ceremony on 31 July. A Companionship acknowledges recipients' contributions to student learning (Liverpool Echo and Sam's Twitter @exitthelemming). For example, he taught a masterclass at the Institute in February.

On 23 July, Sam and Baroness Bonham-Carter co-hosted a reception for Eastside Educational Trust's 20th anniversary. Eastside and Nuprint have pictures from the event.

Charles Edwards - Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully

Charles plays Field Commander Uljabaan in the second series of the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully. In the previous series, the role was played by Julian Rhind-Tutt. The series will premiere 15 October (producer Ed Morrish's Tumblr 1|2).

Penpalthe shared a picture from a recording session (via hellyescharlesedwards) and series writer Eddie Robson tweeted a picture from rehearsals.

Friday 8 August 2014

Samuel West - some recent radio

Recently, Sam has done some readings for broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4: