Samuel West (1966)

Mr Samuel West (Male)

Nationality: English

Born: 19 June 1966   Confidence Level  

Actor and director. West has worked in film, television, theatre, radio and voiceover. He made his London stage debut in February 1989 at the Orange Tree Theatre, playing Michael in [Jean] Cocteau's Les Parents Terribles, subsequently worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre Company and was Artistic Director of the Sheffield Crucible Theatre from 2005-2007. 'In 2002, West made his stage directorial debut with The Lady's Not for Burning at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester [...] and made his West End directorial debut with the first major revival of Dealer's Choice following its transferral to the Trafalgar Studios. [...] His film career has continued with roles in a number of well known films' and he 'is a familiar face on television appearing in many long-running series [...] West is [also] regularly heard on radio as a reader or reciter and has performed in many radio dramas [...] In 2011, he made his radio directing debut with a production of Money by Edward Bulwer-Lytton on BBC Radio 3.' (Wikipedia) West gives a detailed and thoughtful appraisal of working with and on Pinter's material in this interview conducted in 2021 for the Pinter Legacies project (transcript available below in 'resources').

Training and Education

Undergraduate degree

University of Oxford   (Training & Education | Est. Unknown)

Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2JD, England

Studied English Literature.

Other Names

No other Name have been added to this person record yet.

Productions

No Man's Land (rehearsed reading) (Crucible Theatre, Pinter: A Celebration) (2006)

Production | Producer

Notes:

Family Voices (Crucible Theatre, Pinter: A Celebration) (2006)

Production | Producer

Notes: Artistic Director of the Crucible Theatre at the time.

The Caretaker (Crucible Theatre Pinter: A Celebration and tour) (2006)

Production | Producer

Notes: Artistic Director of the Crucible Theatre at the time.

Appears In

Reunion (1989)
Konradin Von Lohenburg (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer

Family Voices (2006)
Voice 1 (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer

Family Voices (Crucible Theatre, Pinter: A Celebration) (2006)
Voice 1 (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer

Betrayal (Donmar Warehouse) (2007)
Robert (Betrayal) (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer

The Homecoming (2007)
Lenny (Age: early thirties, Male)

Performer

A Tribute to Harold Pinter (Lords Cricket Ground) (2009)
Stanley (The Birthday Party) (Age: late thirties, Male)

West also read Alan Wilkinson's and Harold Pinter's 'The Catch' with Jeremy Irons

Performer

Harold Pinter: A Celebration (2009)
Reader (Age: Not Specified)

West read 'Arthur Wellard'

Performer

Arena: Harold Pinter - A Celebration (2010)
Reader (Age: Not Specified)

West read 'Arthur Wellard'

Performer

Happy Birthday, Harold (Harold Pinter Theatre) (2018)
Reader (Age: Not Specified)

West read ‘The Old Days’

Performer

Linked People

Prunella Scales (1932)

Relationship: Parent

Timothy West (1934)

Relationship: Parent

Linked Awards

No award have been added to this person record yet.

Resources

Mr West's Twitter account (URL)

Type: Social media

External Link: https://twitter.com/exitthelemming

Interview with Samuel West, conducted by Alexander Lass, 16 February 2021 (Audio)

Type: Interview

External Link: https://soundcloud.com/user-624699233/samuel-west

Interview with Samuel West, conducted by Alexander Lass, 16 February 2021 (PDF)

Type: Interview

Sources

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_West

URL

Accessed 9 February 2018.