Samuel West. Narration - The Soldier's Tale. Guardian letter.

Sam will be a guest on In Tune today (via @suzyklein). Presumably he will be discussing the upcoming performance of The Soldier's Tale at the Wigmore Hall, which he will be narrating this Friday. [Update, 25 February: a picture of Sam in the studio is here]
Later in the week, he will be a guest on Saturday Kitchen Live, facing his food heaven or food hell. [Update, 4 February: it clashed with a morning performance of The Soldier's Tale (see the comment from Anonymous on this post, and tweets from @cmoody and @debbie2711; cancellation confirmed by Sam here)]

Sam wrote a letter to the Guardian outlining disagreement with the appointment of actor György Dörner as the director of the Új Színház (the New Theatre). Early last week, he tweeted that he was in the process of putting the letter together:

"Putting together letter about theatre situation in Hungary (http://bit.ly/yOizOb). As ever, moved & delighted by response of fellow actors."

The letter's signatories include Daniel Evans, Romola Garai, Toby Jones, Dan Stevens, Harriet Walter, Caryl Churchill and Laura Wade.

Samuel West. Narration - Secrets of the Manor House. Film - Hyde Park on Hudson. Gaza letters.

(screencap from "Gaza letters", screencap from episode 3 of Eternal Law)

Sam narrates the documentary Secrets of the Manor House, which is available to stream on the PBS website.

The writer and broadcaster Jonathan Freedland attended a preview screening of Hyde Park on Hudson and had positive things to say about the film. Selected tweets from an exchange between him, Sam and Ruth Mackenzie:

@j_freedland: "Just been at preview screening of Hyde Park & Hudson: Bill Murray utterly convincing as FDR, Sam West fab as George VI ... @exitthelemming @ruthmackenzie I would say - and gush - more, but feel compelled to respect that it was a sneak preview. *whispers* terrific"
@exitthelemming: "@j_freedland @ruthmackenzie ... Much thanks - it was a very happy job."

A video of Sam reading at "Gaza letters" can be viewed on Youtube.

He has signed a letter opposing the planned eviction of Gaby from Gaby's deli in London.

Charles Edwards - Theatre - The King's Speech

Whatsonstage.com has a brief interview with Charles and his co-star Jonathan Hyde.

Writer David Seidler and director Adrian Noble were interviewed on BBC Breakfast today. Some rehearsal footage was shown during the interview.

Samuel West. Television - Eternal Law. Theatre - Close the Coalhouse Door. Radio - With Great Pleasure. Narration - Enoch Arden.

(screencap from episode 2 of Eternal Law)

Sam has written a post for the Guardian's Culture Professionals blog which explains how the UK Arts Index can be used in public funding (via his Twitter, @exitthelemming).

He performed at "Gaza Letters", an event for the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (via @PSCupdates). He also shared a picture from the event. Additional pictures can be viewed at Flickr.

Eternal Law publicity: he has been interviewed in The Stage and This is Nottingham.

The Close the Coalhouse Door press release has the full tour dates: Northern Stage (13 April-5 May), Richmond Theatre (9–12 May), The Lowry, Salford (15–19 May), Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield (23 – Saturday 26 May), Yvonne Arnaud (29 May-2 June), Gala Durham (12-16 June), Oxford Playhouse (19–23 June), York Theatre Royal (26-30 June).

A couple of tweets from Sam about recording an upcoming episode of With Great Pleasure:

"This afternoon I did With Great Pleasure with the force of nature known as Nicholas Parsons. I have Arrived."
"The other reader was someone called Prunella Scales. She seems very promising."

His tweets about Enoch Arden include the following:

"Adding a new piece to my narrator repertoire today: Enoch Arden by R. Strauss. It's a melodrama. They don't write them like that any more."
"Two lifer ticks, Isle of Wight concert debut in Tennyson's home town and #afcwimbledon doing the double over Port Vale. Top day."

Sam will be on the judging panel for Off By Heart Shakespeare, a BBC competition. Finals will take place Sunday 29 January 2012, 3pm at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre (via @StageWon).
In other theatre news, he's been featured in the What's on Stage top 100 list of theatre tweeters. 

Charles Edwards. Theatre - The King's Speech. Radio - Sea Change.

Charles discusses The King's Speech in an interview from gethampshire.

He stars in the Drama on 3 Sea Change, which will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 29 January (BBC Media Centre).

Samuel West - Television - Eternal Law

(trailer screencap)

Andrew Billen's review of episode 1 described Sam as "excellent" ("Last Night’s TV: Eternal Law", The Times, 6 January). Sam's performance has similarly been praised by Cult Britannia. SciFiPulse's review suggests the series has had a promising start.
Sam and Ukweli Roach's chemistry has been highlighted in a preview of Episode 2 in the Guardian (Phelim O'Neill, "Pick of the Day", The Guardian, 7 January).

Sam chose "My Six Best Books" for the Daily Express (6 January). Titles included The Summer Book by Tove Jansson and Queuing for Beginners by Joe Moran.

Charles Edwards - Theatre - The King's Speech

A promotional image for The King's Speech can be viewed at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre website.

Television - Eternal Law

Eternal Law was chosen as a TV highlight by the Guardian. It was reviewed on Front Row on Wednesday; Matt Thorne described Sam West as "brilliant" (via @therailwayarms).
Here's a selection of tweets about the series premiere:

@lawrencenotrin: "just watched Eternal Law, so dramatic and charming! Can't wait for the next ep."
@theatrekind: "I ADORED it. Nice to see my profession as good guys for once - some of us do care. :)"
@Holly_House: "we enjoyed #eternallaw on our sofa. Good fun. Interesting story concept & York looked great"
@_faeriequeen: "@exitthelemming You were absolutely brilliant in Eternal Law, and the vote from this corner was that you should wear more suits w/braces. ;)"

Sam and Orla Brady were interviewed on This Morning and Arts Extra (starts at 9:00) on Thursday.

Samuel West - Television - Eternal Law

(trailer screencap)

A Sam mention from an interview with series co-creator Matthew Graham at Life of Wylie:

"Q: You have made the angels fallible – was it difficult to think about their biological needs, if I can put it that way?
Matthew Graham: Their biological needs. Well, Sam West does like to ask whether angels have belly buttons. That’s his big question."

York Press has an article about on-location filming.

Charles Edwards - Radio - Ruthless

Charles is part of the cast of Ruthless, a Woman's Hour Drama that will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 next week.

Samuel West. Narration - King George and Queen Mary.

Sam narrates the two-part BBC2 documentary King George and Queen Mary, which will be broadcast 3-4 January (via Radio Times).

A recent interview in the Telegraph covers things such as Eternal Law, his family and politics.

Charles Edwards - Television - Mistresses screencaps

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