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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).

Thursday 27 February 2014

Samuel West - Mask of Tragedy, Intelligence Squared, Carnival of the Animals

Sam plays Aristophanes in Mask of Tragedy, a Seventh Doctor Big Finish story (via @bigfinish). It will be released in September; click here to pre-order it.

At the Intelligence Squared debate Jane Austen vs. Emily Bronte, he played Lockwood from Wuthering Heights (@GuyHolloway_HCH and @louloudillon) and Mr Elton from Emma (@_gabriellasf). @sasmith66 described the event as "brilliant" and @ragazza_inglese was "moved to tears" by a ghostly scene from Wuthering Heights.
The debate will be released as a podcast (via Sam's Twitter, @exitthelemming). Sam also tweeted the outcome of the debate: click here for the result.

Last week, Sam narrated Carnival of the Animals at The Hexagon and the Southbank Centre. He wore a furry giraffe-print suit for the performances - see his selfie on Twitter!
Here's a selection of tweets about the Hexagon performance
and excerpts from reviews about the Southbank Centre performance

Financial Times (23 February)
"a joyous, carefree romp in which the actor Samuel West declaimed Ogden Nash’s idiosyncratic narration."

Classical Source
"Samuel West appeared as the compere, reciting Ogden Nash’s brilliantly witty verses – a performance which he delivered with a wry deadpan American accent."

B Good tweeted a picture of Sam from In Love With Shakespeare, a Sky Arts program from 2011.

Wednesday 26 February 2014

Charles Edwards - rehearsal pictures from Blithe Spirit

Whatsonstage and Official London Theatre have rehearsal pictures from Blithe Spirit. The photos were taken by Johan Persson.

The production is in previews from 1 March. Press night is 18 March; it is booking until 7 June. Click here for tickets.

Wednesday 19 February 2014

Samuel West - concerts, Suffragette, Edvard

[updated 21 February]

Sam, Frances de la Tour, Susan Wooldridge, Charlotte Cornwell, Adjoa Andoh and Jonathan Pryce will perform in Voices for Cuba: an Evening of Music and Spoken Word at the Barbican on 7 March (via @voices4the5).
Tonight's concert at The Hexagon was featured as a "Live Choice" in the BBC Music Magazine (February 2014 issue). Sam is the narrator for Carnival of the Animals.

Armstrong and Miller is being repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra on Mondays. Episode 1 will be available on iPlayer for 6 more days.

Sam finished filming Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell this week (his Twitter, @exitthelemming).
He will play Benedict in Suffragette. The film's cast includes Carey Mulligan, Romola Garai, Ben Whishaw and Helena Bonham Carter (Screen Daily and @exitthelemming).

Last week, Sam gave a masterclass at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (@exitthelemming and @SophCotts).

In 2013, Sam played Edvard Munch in a rehearsed reading of Edvard by Jack Shepherd. The reading took place at RADA; it was directed by Michael Kingsbury and Christie Banks played Eva (Spellbound Productions).

Australian premiere of Downton Abbey series 4

Series 4 of Downton Abbey (finally) premieres on Channel 7 this Sunday at 8.40pm.

Monday 10 February 2014

Samuel West - Carnival of the Animals, Garsington and Fleming

[updated 11 February]

Sam will narrate Carnival of the Animals at The Hexagon in Reading on Wednesday 19 February and the Southbank Centre on Thursday 20 February. He will perform with principal players of The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Katia & Marielle Labèque (via @Thehexagon).
He is the narrator - subject to availability - for Peace in Our Time? a series of concerts by the Garsington Opera Orchestra (6 July at the Wormsley Estate). Click here for booking details.

The Sky website for Fleming has been updated with video interviews. These screencaps of Sam, Dominic Cooper and Anna Chancellor are from "Designing Fleming's World" and "The Man Behind Bond" (click them for full size).

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Sunday 9 February 2014

Charles Edwards - screencaps from Downton Abbey (series 4)

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Episode 1
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Episode 2
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Episode 3
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Tuesday 4 February 2014

Samuel West - Fleming UK premiere, Intelligence Squared debate

Fleming will have its UK premiere online 5 February on Sky Go. Its TV premiere is 12 February on Sky Atlantic (Digital Spy).

Sam does some of the readings for A Brief History of Mathematics, which is being repeated on BBC Radio 4 this week and next week.

Sam, Dominic West and Eleanor Tomlinson are the readers for an Intelligence Squared debate about Jane Austen and Emily Bronte. It will take place 26 February at the Royal Geographical Society.

@sundaybrunchc4 and @weheartwhisky tweeted some pictures from Sam's appearance on Sunday Brunch 1|2|3

Monday 3 February 2014

Screencaps of Charles Edwards in series 3 of Downton Abbey

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Episode 7
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Episode 8
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Christmas special
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